Tim Ghriskey
Tim Ghriskey
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There's still a lot of concerns about the impact of higher interest rates and energy costs weighing on the stock market. And after the rally in stocks we've seen this week, investors just took a pause.
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Companies are beginning to warn investors that despite this quarter's solid results, what comes ahead will not be so stellar,
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There are a lot of investors we find who are hanging on to technology stocks with the hope that they're going to rebound, and that's still a very dangerous thing. We really need the capitulation of those investors. So we still could see more downside on the Nasdaq and in technology.
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Initially, the tax rate was a negative surprise. Estimates were at 26%.
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Earnings in 2006 will be influenced by a combination of higher rates, energy prices and perhaps even lower demand. The market is not excited with stocks right now.
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After the peak season ends, the fee increases will kick in and that will be a major driving factor in boosting earnings for the full year.
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The Fed statement was clear about the likelihood of further rate increases. That outlook, combined with Dell's warning, was enough to damp demand for stocks today.
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The Fed statement was clear about the likelihood of further rate increases, ... That outlook, combined with Dell's warning, was enough to damp demand for stocks today.
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I'm definitely rooting for Detroit just because of that. You want to have any advantage you can.
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It will strengthen two companies that aren't particularly strong. The industry needs that consolidation to make them stronger against competing technologies.
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They continue to lose market share. Incentives didn't seem to really help the situation here. You have to wonder if the incentives are really the right way to go.
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Cuts like this were important to negotiations with the unions for similar types of cuts in unionized pay structure.
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Earnings and revenue were both significantly better than expected.
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Even though this was a well-anticipated reversal... the market still has reacted positively to the ruling in pushing up tobacco stocks, because this removes yet another legal impediment to the survival of the industry.