Peter Chandler
Peter Chandler
base dollar fact higher levels low metals prices relative sector seeing strength trading
We're seeing relative strength in (metals and minerals). There are a lot of base commodities prices that are trading at higher levels right now. The fact that the (Canadian) dollar is as low as it is has made our metals sector more competitive than they would at higher levels.
along bottom keeps saying sector seems seen staying
That whole sector keeps saying we've seen the bottom but it seems to still be bumping along and staying on the bottom.
behind corporate higher impact interest market might rate result rises sector seeing selling technology tends
The market now tends to be (thinking): With interest rate rises being behind us, if we've orchestrated a slowdown in the economy, how much of an impact will that slowdown have on corporate profits? Might corporate valuations be at the higher end of expectations? And so we're seeing some selling and softness, in the technology sector in particular, as a result of that.
beyond bump earnings focus looking market months recovery several short starts surely term until
We're just about through the earnings season. We have to go through this bump and grind. I think it will probably be like this for several months yet to come, until the market starts to focus on looking beyond the short term to the recovery that surely will follow.
call days definitive dog economic market sign sitting waiting
We're in what I call the dog days of August. It's quiet, it's slow. Most market participants are sitting on the sidelines, waiting for some definitive sign from the economic numbers.
bounce bouncing environment seeing selling soon
We're in a bouncing environment and as soon as you get any kind of bounce they're selling into the bounce, and that's what we're seeing here.
earning earnings midst pleasant
We're still in the midst of a new earning season. There's probably going to be more disappointment in earnings than pleasant surprises.
bias market selective
We're still a market that's correcting, that's going to be awfully selective and there's still a bias to the downside.
action board continue environment favorable federal indicative reserve
We've got favorable action from the Federal Reserve Board again, indicative that they are going to continue to aggressively ease. So that's a favorable environment for stocks,
acted canadian market pockets seen strength
We've seen pockets of strength in the Canadian markets, so the Canadian market actually acted a lot better than the U.S. market did as a whole.
continue expand growth looking ma mother pursue strategy underneath
out from underneath Ma Bell's skirt, able to continue to expand and pursue their growth strategy without having a big mother looking over.
absence fallen frankly good quite saw tech
It is a tech wreck, that's for certain, ... You need capitulation to have good bottom. I didn't see that today. I saw an absence of buyers. Quite frankly there just weren't enough bids. Have we fallen enough here? Probably not.
bias concern high interest market rates relief
I still think that the concern is interest rates and high valuations of specifically technology. And you will get these relief rallies but the market probably still has a bias to the down side.
believe join market money people prepared process
People are at odds. Most people want to believe that we're in a bottoming process but nobody's prepared to put a whole lot of money out on that assumption. It's a show-me phase: Show me the market has bottomed and I'll join the party.