Michael Holland
Michael Holland
call industry securities west wild
It's the wild, wild West of the securities area, I wouldn't even call it an industry there.
anyone earnings few great next weeks
It was a precursor to a great earnings season. I think the next few weeks are going to be better than anyone expects.
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It's very possible it will take a completely different course than any of us expected, ... The real story is where will this thing go sometime in the future, particularly as people continue to become more and more involved in telecommuting.
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The bad guys lost, the good guys won.
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It's just continued disappointment in the Federal Reserve, ... We have a growing problem in the economy and with companies' profitability and the Federal Reserve is behind it (the curve).
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When the market refused to acquiesce (to Cisco's news), that was uncharacteristically resilient of this market, ... People are now looking for reasons why the market isn't doing more.
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We're coming close to the end of earnings season. But the remaining earnings that are coming up will be important in terms of the reaction to them.
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Alan Greenspan's history is being a gradualist. Having done five quarter-point increases in less than a year, another quarter-point would fulfill one of his objectives of not unsettling the markets. That's why I believe there will be a quarter-point hike in May, possibly followed by another in June.
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A number of people were looking for the good news that occurred, ... When the dust settles, people also say, history argues for the market going up. So people who may have been inclined to sell just don't.
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I think the economy stinks and the numbers (corporate results) for the next couple of quarters are going to be lousy. You have exhausted sellers on the one hand and the crummy economy on the other, so you get a standoff,
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I think what stocks are reflecting, especially with respect to the Nasdaq, is they've incorporated the worst news.
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I think there's a possibility that after Vice President Gore makes his comments, I would expect a little bit of a relief rally tomorrow.
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People are saying at some point the recession will be over and earnings will come, and at some point you have to own stocks.
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I think it's not a clear and present danger,