Mark Bryant
Mark Bryant
absolutely beneficial considered might otherwise pure
It's absolutely pure stewardship, the beneficial use of what otherwise might be considered waste.
mark share
While Mark and I share the same loss, we do not share the same experiences,
kicked people summer until vacation waiting
A lot of people are still on vacation right now, the summer doldrums have kicked in, and everyone is waiting on Friday's payrolls number, ... There's just not going to be much liquidity until then.
expecting last people rally seen stretch
A lot of people were expecting last year's rally to stretch out, and what we've seen has been disappointing.
attribute basically blue decline oil seen somewhat
A lot of this (rally) you can attribute to oil being down more than a dollar, ... You had basically a one-stock decline with 3M this morning, and because that is somewhat seen as a proxy for the economy, like GE, it was weighing on the blue chips.
amount came market people report tremendous weekly
There's a tremendous amount of speculation in that market right now, and I think the weekly report came out and people just jumped on it,
adopt board consider figures led lower meeting pertinent
A re-analysis of pertinent figures at Monday's meeting led the board to consider and adopt the lower figure,
bear please
This is hard, so please bear with me.
gaining hard keeps oil seem
Oil keeps gaining and it doesn't seem to want to stop, ... It's hard to get any (stock) traction when that's happening.
certainly oil passed people talking uncharted
Oil is certainly not helping, ... We passed $50 a barrel, and as to be expected, people are now talking $60 or more, which is uncharted territory.
labor pick volume
After the convention, after Labor Day, volume should pick up and we'll go from there,
holding mid pattern pouring quarter ready second sort start
I think we're sort of in a holding pattern as we get ready for the second quarter earnings, which start pouring in around mid July,
boost likely news provide tomorrow
I think any news out of OPEC tomorrow is likely to provide more of a psychological boost than anything else,
estimates line number roughly shake stock varies widely
I think a payrolls number that varies widely from estimates will shake up stocks, ... But as long as we're roughly in line with forecasts, there probably won't be much stock reaction.