Alan Ackerman
Alan Ackerman
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It could well be another week of stabilization and consolidation as the market seeks to hold its own, ... We are likely to see some earnings disappointments. Conversely, we're also likely to see some earnings surprises. I'm looking for a market that stays in a reasonably tight trading side.
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Stay with the big stocks with the big backlog and big trend of earnings and with management that have been there before,
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I think people need to be concerned about the length of the technology cycle and the inability of most CEOs and analysts to predict the course of corporate earnings over the next several quarters.
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the expectation is there will be a fairly strong stream of earnings disappointments in the second quarter.
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The real problem is that until we get through this earnings period, there's going to be an awful lot of skepticism out there about whether or not companies met their objective, and concern over the economy.
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There is likely to be turbulence ahead. Earnings disappointments are devastating. This is not a time to loosen the safety belts,
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We're in a light week that's light on news, light on earnings and light on volume, ... Most of the attention is focused on Cisco. The techs have been sprightly but they've left a bit to be desired.
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We're still three-to-four weeks away from second-quarter earnings reports and there's nothing really to light a candle under stocks,
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What's confounding most people out there is how do you get your hands around earnings, ... there's not that much out there in terms of earnings predictability.
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The public is in a semi-shocked state and cash remains on the sidelines on Wall Street despite everything being on sale, ... The main downside pressure seems to be continued earnings disappointments in the tech sector and we had downgrades today that were troublesome.
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Earnings warnings continue to dent confidence and the price of individual issues, ... This is a market that's nasty and negative. It's difficult to divine if we're reaching a bottom or not.
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My sense is that an earnings recovery is further away than expected and there is no immediate catalyst to turn this market sharply higher. We could have a trading rally, but on balance, people are still nervous about the earnings outlook.
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September will be as difficult for the markets as August as we enter the earnings pre-announcement season,
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One can hardly ignore the strength or weakness of the earnings reports coming out nor can they ignore the slowing state of the U.S. economy.