Ned Riley
Ned Riley
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Whether the catalyst was the cessation of tax selling or just a rally from a truly depressed area, the Nasdaq is attracting some bargain hunting. I would suggest stocks were over discounting shorter-term problems that have already been announced.
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Today the market anticipated possible problems over the weekend. If nothing happens, we might have a better Monday than we've been having.
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There has been a dearth of negative news, which to the market has to be a sign of good news.
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We're nearing an inflection point. I think the market will start to work higher as investors become more comfortable with higher oil prices -- particularly if oil can fall below $50 -- and after the presidential election.
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We're just beginning to see justification for the market's rise, with the earnings that have already come in. The next test comes tomorrow, with the banks. People will be looking to see if loan demand in the economy has picked up.
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What really happened today is the retail sales report set the right tone, ... It appears that consumer spending is down.
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You had to be in tech to win in this period.
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Be prepared for a continuation of negative commentary by companies as they warn about the second quarter.
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Today we're in the bottom- fishing mode and there are a lot of people who think the tech correction is complete and we've established our lows for this cycle.
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What unnerved the market the most and will continue to keep moving it was Greenspan's comments about the treasury market, ... The comments basically took a lot of financial stocks off guard, all the banks and brokers. That paired with PPI created a bit of a panic.
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What's going to be key over the next week and determine how stocks perform is the interplay of pre-announcements versus brokerage upgrades. The corporate news will become more relevant than the economic news as we get closer to the period of quarterly reporting.
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Today's sharp selloff shows that there were more bears on vacation in August than we thought, and they've come back nasty.
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We've had a great rally and I think that's going to continue.
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Theoretically, the incumbent wants the economic recovery to coincide with the election, but really it's a coincidence that those years tend to be positive. I think it's more that there's a good feeling overall during that year -- everyone is promised the world and no one says anything bad to upset the markets.