Tim Heekin
Tim Heekin
economic friday hugely news next rest week
There's no economic news out Friday or Monday, and the economic news the rest of next week is not hugely influential,
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.
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.
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.
creates news people taking week
A lot of people are taking the week off and there's not much news, so that creates this volatility.
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This is purely a technical rally. There is no economic news, no company or sector-specific news that's causing this,
action driven fact hanging namely negative news
Action is being driven by the news of the day, namely Microsoft, Nortel, Qwest, ... The fact that we're hanging in there with so much negative news out there is good.
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I think the rally just ran out of gas. You're right at the beginning of the earnings reporting, and all the good news is priced in, and buyers are getting a little tired. I think it's time for a little pullback. After we see a little consolidation, then we can go higher again.
economic impact news obviously oil prices tomorrow wild
You've got oil prices and the economic news having an impact today. Obviously tomorrow it's all about unemployment. That's the wild card.
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You've got a lot of factors here all coming into play. Oil is having a negative impact and the pre-announcement news from Viacom was significant. You also had all the banks reporting strong earnings yesterday, but yet they're selling them off two days in a row, and we're near the end of the quarter and you've got portfolio managers wanting to cash out of the rally's recent leaders.
banks cash coming days earnings factors impact managers near negative news oil portfolio quarter recent reporting selling strong wanting
You've got a lot of factors here all coming into play, ... Oil is having a negative impact and the pre-announcement news from Viacom was significant. You also had all the banks reporting strong earnings yesterday, but yet they're selling them off two days in a row, and we're near the end of the quarter and you've got portfolio managers wanting to cash out of the rally's recent leaders.
bad companies elections except news piece
All the big news is out of the way, the Fed, the elections, all the big companies have reported. So we've got nothing new except this piece of bad news from Cisco.