Tim Ghriskey
Tim Ghriskey
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They are spending heavily to encourage future growth. They've got a lot of competition. Their competitive edge is their brand name and shopping experience.
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It is an oil day. Oil is over $68 now and that, combined with a very hawkish statement from the Fed, is weighing on the market. Energy prices at the gas pump are impacting consumer spending and its impact is reflected in AutoZone's earnings and Avon's profit warning.
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This is a company where management is still committed to spending earnings to stimulate future growth and market share. You are betting with management that their efforts are going to pay off. Is there any guarantee? No.
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The focus is always on retailers on Black Friday, and early speculation is that concerns about early retail spending are overblown and that we're going to see a reasonable holiday season.
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It was an extremely strong quarter in a very difficult environment for the auto industry and really shows that the restructuring ... is on track.
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It was another solid quarter by GE, in line with expectations and certainly optimistic about the outlook and environment playing into GE's strengths.
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The stock market is a forward-looking beast, and that's why we are seeing futures dip lower even amid some very strong reports, such as the ones from financial institutions.
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Earnings and revenue were both significantly better than expected.
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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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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.
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Big positive surprise, especially in the face of the spike in oil prices in August.
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Technology stocks don't tend to do well in the summer. We could see that pattern repeat itself and technology could take the summer off and continue to drift down.
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Techs have been underperformers during the month of December, especially the second half, so I think we're seeing some bargain hunting within technology.
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Cuts like this were important to negotiations with the unions for similar types of cuts in unionized pay structure.