Tom Schrader
Tom Schrader
economic gains gasoline less morning news unusual yesterday
We had such big gains yesterday that it is not unusual for us to consolidate a little bit. Then, oil's down but gasoline is up and that is counterbalancing each other. The economic news we had this morning was less than inspiring.
companies half less looking mainstream money people putting quality stocks
More than half the Dow stocks are up. People are putting money into mainstream companies looking for quality and less volatility.
busy earnings economic impetus last later less move news today until week
Last week was very busy and I think today there is less impetus to move. There's no earnings news, no economic news until later in the week, and so there's nothing really to move us.
damage drifting east further houston less storm
The storm is drifting east, and the further east of Houston it gets, the less damage it is going to do to refineries in the Houston area.
crude investors less market storm vulnerable
Crude futures are down as investors see the storm going in a less economically vulnerable area, and that's what has got the market rallying.
action coming consumer energy investors less money morning news oil prices worried
They like the CPI news this morning and the action in oil markets, with oil down 2 percent. Investors are less worried about inflation, and with energy prices coming in a little bit, that will give more money for the consumer to spend.
continue earnings last less nice october rally rallying reports since supporting time week
This is more or less a continuation of the October effect. Since about mid-October, we've been rallying and that's traditionally the time you're going to see that. We've had some nice earnings reports in the last week supporting a rally and we're probably going to continue to see that.
damage exactly market oil seems soon taken
While it's too soon to tell exactly what the damage is, I think the market had priced in even more damage to the oil infrastructure than what seems to have taken place.
beginning hard hit
We got hit so hard at the beginning of the week,
few indicator next profit shows suffer taking
Every indicator I look at shows that we're just really overbought right now. I would look for the indexes to suffer some more profit taking over the next few weeks.
few indicator next profit shows suffer taking
Every indicator I look at shows that we're just really overbought right now, ... I would look for the indexes to suffer some more profit taking over the next few weeks.
change claims days market next nice profit rest taking tomorrow
We've had a really nice run. I think we need to see a little pullback before we go higher. There's not going to be much in the next two days to change that. Jobless claims tomorrow won't be a market mover. I think we'll probably see a little profit taking the rest of the week.
downside earnings hold line nasty stay surprise
We've had a lot of earnings that have been in line or better, and the Street's been yawning. If the earnings stay strong, we could hold at these levels, but any nasty downside surprise and we could see some selling.
change nice rally tech
We've got a big rally in tech going and it's a nice change of pace.