Timothy Ghriskey
Timothy Ghriskey
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We're into a bit of the summer doldrums. There have been a lot of positive earnings surprises, but the anticipation of that has lifted markets for months, with little proof that the economy is improving enough to justify those earnings. So the mood is more upbeat, but that hasn't translated to higher stock prices.
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It doesn't seem like corporations want to boost their earnings projections as much as the market would like.
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I think we can see the market continue to move up through the summer, but it's going to depend on the earnings and the economic news. We should begin to see some evidence of an economic pick-up in the July data, which will start to come out early August. Second-quarter earnings look to be favorable, judging by the estimates and the fact that there have been less negative pre-announcements than in recent quarters.
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We've had some not-great earnings news, such as GM. But to us, the biggest issue remains oil. Crude up at these levels is a concern for the consumer and for corporations on a global level.
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There have been few negative pre-announcements and a number of positive ones. Third-quarter earnings should be strong and that should continue to support the stock market. But there will always be pullbacks and volatility. There's always the potential for people to sell the news and you may see that in the short term.
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There have been few negative pre-announcements and a number of positive ones, ... Third-quarter earnings should be strong and that should continue to support the stock market. But there will always be pullbacks and volatility. There's always the potential for people to sell the news and you may see that in the short term.
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Earnings have been coming in by-and-large at better-than-expected levels. But a lot of that has been priced in, and so you're seeing some selling on the news. But the profit-taking is short-term. Longer term, we should continue to see strong economic reports that support the rally, and we should start to see analysts' estimates increase for the fourth quarter.
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The brokerage earnings are by far the toughest to predict, because so much depends on how their internal investment performance was.
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These earnings really give analysts confidence that this company and the industry and the metal are well on the road to recovery and the outlook remains strong.
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We're seeing the same thing that we saw in October during the last earnings period, where investors used mostly good news as a reason to take profits.
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The fourth-quarter earnings are expected to show growth from a year ago, and there have been very few pre-announcements one way or the other, which is positive, ... But it's not unusual to see this kind of choppiness as traders maneuver around and decide what they want to be in ahead of the earnings.
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We're seeing a pullback really just from yesterday.
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We're seeing a little selling today, but I think it's important to remember that we just hit an 18-month high on the Dow, and so we're going to see a little pullback short-term.
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What we'll be focused on in early January will be more reports on how the holiday season went for retailers.