Tom Schrader
Tom Schrader
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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.
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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 seems that GM put a damper on things with some negative comments, and the economic numbers were a little weaker. They are both putting an overhang on the IBM news, which was generally positive. This is one of the biggest earnings days we have -- and people are going to be focusing more on the guidance than they are the actual earnings.
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It (the advance) seems to be very broad-based, with really good breadth,
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There are some concerns about retail sales but they don't seem to be weighing on the market.
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I think investors are reacting positively to what's going on right now, with this new phase of the war. The more certain investors are that things are going well -- and they seem to be going very well -- the more hints we have that Saddam may be dead, the more investors are going to jump in.
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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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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.
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The semiconductor index right now is a broken index. Until it finds some support, it will continue to sell off and that tends to drag down the market as a whole.
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The selling today is long overdue after the recent rally. You're seeing a lack of buyers ahead of the Fed. You'll probably see more selling tomorrow as the meeting begins.
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Things are going to be very, very quiet today, because I?m sure half the portfolio managers in New York and in Boston are going to stay home.
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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.
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Techs are moving a little and you have oil and gasoline down, which is moving the transports. The drop in energy is also knocking the oil sector lower, and that's maybe weighing on the blue chips.
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Sometimes Greenspan tends to spin a web when he's talking, so I am not sure how many hints he'll give about the size and speed of interest rate hikes.