Tom Schrader
Tom Schrader
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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.
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There's not a lot happening ... it's just really, really quiet. You might see this kind of action through Labor Day. Typically, this just isn't a good time of the year to put money to work.
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More than half the Dow stocks are up. People are putting money into mainstream companies looking for quality and less volatility.
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It seems to be some natural selling, an extension of last week ... Terrorist activity over the weekend in Turkey led to selling in Japan and selling here; the earnings this morning were mixed, and you have no staggering economic news until Thursday, so people are taking some money off the table right now.
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It might be tough to keep up this pace, but the gains will probably continue. People are definitely putting money into stocks.
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It's a continuation of the same concerns. People don't want to put money in when we have nothing but uncertainty on the international front. There's been so much selling already, but whatever is left is enough to drag the market down. People want to sit it out right now.
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I'm trying to stay positive but it's really hard. I guess one silver lining is that October, historically, has often been a period when we've been able to put in a good bottom and see real capitulation. We've already hit several lows this month and from a technical standpoint, it looks like because we are at such extreme levels, we really could see some sort of rally before the end of the year.
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Economic numbers this morning were very story and could give the Fed more ammo to possibly continue their rate hikes past May. Most of the numbers we've seen over the past few weeks have been stronger than expected.
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Everyone's always concerned about inflationary pressures, and the CPI will certainly give us a hint about that on the consumer side.
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It (the advance) seems to be very broad-based, with really good breadth,
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They'll be looking at the PPI with a real hard eye for what inflation is going to be,
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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.
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We're suffering from a dearth of information -- there's no economic news until Thursday.
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There is so much cash in the corporate coffers out there, that I think you can probably anticipate there will be more mergers happening.