Tim Heekin
Tim Heekin
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People are looking for more clarity in terms of Iraq, interest rates, oil prices and the dollar.
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Retailers are still taking a hit off of Best Buy's loss yesterday and now today's data is providing some more selling pressure in the sector.
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GM is such a bellwether, major company in the United States, and if they filed for bankruptcy, that just wouldn't be a good indication as to market conditions.
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Clearly, the Fed is the biggest drive in the market right now.
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Citigroup was disappointing and financials are the worst performing group today, ... You pair that with weakness in technology and energy -- the two leaders for the market over the last eight weeks -- and you have sort of a ho-hum day.
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I guess a new deadline could be positive for markets, but I'm of the camp that the more the war is postponed, the more it keeps the market distracted.
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If the rate increases do stall out at 5 percent, I think there's still tremendous upside room for this group of stocks. Rates will be a very key metric that's going to determine whether these stocks make new highs or pull-back.
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After that period, you could see a rally in July, with people really setting themselves up then for the second half of the year.
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In the first four months of the year, people made a lot of moves, but since then, I think people have been sitting on their hands a bit. I think that will continue in the next week, but a few weeks from now, it gets more interesting.
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I didn't see anything fundamental to turn us around. I think it's a combination of program buying and asset reallocation,
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If companies are not giving optimistic guidance, that's causing some ripples and some concerns in the market.
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I hope we'll see a nice pick-up in business as September gets underway.
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The duration of the up move has been pretty significant. The buyers are just taking a little bit of a pause.
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The election will take center stage next week, but hopefully that will actually end on Tuesday. Then later in the week, people can focus on the jobs report and the earnings.