Tim Heekin
Tim Heekin
dial morning move quiet reduced volumes
It's been pretty quiet all week, volumes have come down...You have pretty significantly reduced volume here in August, ... This morning there was nothing to really move the dial on PPI or jobless claims.
behind earnings economic employment meeting news next number piece quiet retail sales
It's pretty quiet today. We've got an FOMC meeting behind us, most of the earnings behind us, an employment number behind us. The next piece of economic news everyone will look at will be retail sales on Thursday.
behind earnings economic employment meeting news next number piece quiet retail sales
It's pretty quiet today, ... We've got an FOMC meeting behind us, most of the earnings behind us, an employment number behind us. The next piece of economic news everyone will look at will be retail sales on Thursday.
half people rally second setting themselves
After that period, you could see a rally in July, with people really setting themselves up then for the second half of the year.
business gets hope nice september
I hope we'll see a nice pick-up in business as September gets underway.
bit corporate created last news positive potential rally volume week
The news created volume on positive speculation about other potential corporate mergers. However, last week was a down week, so we have a little bit of a bounce-back rally Monday.
chip news sector seen select strength technology themes
Even with the Dell news, the two themes we've seen today, and lately, have been strength in select technology -- today, that was the chip sector -- and strength in industrials.
bunch interpret market rates rise seems
You can interpret it a bunch of ways, but all I know, and all that the market seems to know, is that short-term rates are going to rise, and they're going to rise really soon.
gained half huge move
You had this huge down move on Tuesday, you gained half of it back yesterday, and more of it today,
bonds coming fixed funds income money pension seeing shifting weeks
What started this two weeks ago was the big pension funds and other institutions coming in, seeing that bonds were getting over-valued and shifting money out of fixed income and into equities.
bonds came finally funds high hold profits recent taking test
Bonds finally showed a little reversal. We put in a high on the long-terms and then dipped off of that. I think the big bond funds came in and started taking profits after the recent run. The real test will be if we can hold these levels.
cushion earnings economic good light news provide sort week
This week is pretty light on the economic news. The first-quarter earnings should be good and should provide some sort of cushion for the markets.
based betting earnings fourth guidance half numbers people quarters rally robust saying second seeing third year
Earnings have been fine, but they just haven't been as robust as people were hoping. The guidance for the third and fourth quarters hasn't been that strong, and part of the rally was based on people betting that the second half of the year would be good, so with the numbers not saying that, you're seeing some selling.
airlines drag steel
FedEx is a big drag today, Merck is down, steel is down, airlines are down, it's all weighing on the transports,