Ned Riley
Ned Riley
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This administration is seen as being very pro-investment, whereas Kerry is seen as wanting to rewrite the rules -- on capital gains, tax cuts on the wealthy, certain business regulations. I think, for market psychology, that would be damaging.
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It's equally distributed in Nasdaq. I haven't seen any particular catalysts. The front-line companies like Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle are still suffering from tax selling.
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There was disagreement about tax policies and the need for further stimulus was at issue. O'Neill felt there was no more need for stimulus and it would have been difficult to get a tax package together without unanimity.
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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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I think it would be difficult for Kerry to prove that the tax cuts were not effective.
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I like Merck, in particular, because here's a stock that's retreated dramatically from its high, but still has its earnings growth-rate intact, ... This company, I think, can grow about 13 to 15 percent. And its price-to-earnings ratio now is getting down to a level that I think is very reasonable relative to its long-term growth rate.
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I'm reluctant to revisit things like talk of the 'Goldilocks economy,' but what I think you did see the market react to is Greenspan outlining an environment that is balanced, but with a fairly strong upward bias,
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It's something of an uplifting experience for us in the investing community to see that companies really are taking their accounting seriously. An exercise that CEOs seemed to treat as rote and automatic is viewed totally differently.
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EBay was given no mercy after hours. Followers were very dismayed by the guidance and that clearly was no help for the rest of technology.
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Everybody knows the second quarter is going to be miserable but there's a sliver of optimism on the part of investors that would hope that the commentary would be geared toward a better scenario.
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The big news is clearly the payroll report.
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The bad news could actually be fully discounted in the stocks themselves,
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The retail sales number today reinforces the notion that the consumer hasn't fallen apart. Today's market is encouraging from the perspective that there is less of an Enron hangover.
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This is a very critical period for the economy. The leadership is where it should be, with technology moving forward. I think we're in a turning point. That's what the market is sending a message about.