Alan Ackerman
Alan Ackerman
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IBM's announcement today hopefully is a harbinger of things to come. Investors need to know there's a sense of value among market leaders. IBM stepped up to the plate, and the market seemed to have rallied on the news and inspired other investors.
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Investors are back to looking at the economy, corporate earnings, and unfortunately the continued saga of corporate shenanigans,
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The Nasdaq appears to be probing for a bottom, ... The more erratic the Nasdaq is, the more attractive the old economy stocks appear to be for investors who want to be risk averse.
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Earnings, by and large, are what investors are hanging their hats on, ... Some earnings improvements have prompted some optimism, but we'll know more about that next week.
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My feeling is the Fed hasn't clearly indicated that it's fighting a slower economy rather than inflation. Economists and individual investors would like to see the Fed cut rates by 75 basis points and I do believe that would take some of the pressure off the consumer.
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Investors are being cautiously optimistic. There's a desire to put money back into the market based on a feeling that the worst of the economy may be behind us, ... However, there's not enough evidence of that.
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Investors are likely to say, 'Aha! Merrill tried to pull the wool over our eyes,' ... It will make them even more suspicious and cautious.
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It gave sellers a chance to lighten up a bit, ... On balance, this just appears to be investors taking a breather.
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Retail investors appear to be slower to commit funds to the market this time, ... The market's momentum and volatility has caused some investors to step aside as the market has worked lower.
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IBM's announcement today hopefully is a harbinger of things to come, ... Investors need to know there's a sense of value among market leaders. IBM stepped up to the plate, and the market seemed to have rallied on the news and inspired other investors.
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The market itself turned around. Mood, momentum and money flow are still positive, ... is reacting to a sense of investors not wanting to miss the train.
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Also, this market still needs the underpinning of improved corporate earnings. We've not got the evidence that that's happening in a meaningful way. I like the way it has stabilized following the sharp moves since Sept. 21, but I am concerned that not enough fundamentals are in place.
concerned corporate evidence following happening improved market meaningful moves needs sharp since
Also, this market still needs the underpinning of improved corporate earnings, ... We've not got the evidence that that's happening in a meaningful way. I like the way it has stabilized following the sharp moves since Sept. 21, but I am concerned that not enough fundamentals are in place.
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I like two stocks, Apache and Ocean Energy. I don't own either of them. The firm doesn't make a market in any of them. We don't have an investment banking relationship, to the best of my knowledge, but I think both stocks have done well in the poor market, ... Apache is really building a pipeline of reserves. They drill in seven major countries. They're natural gas rich. They have held in this market and I think we can look for big earnings coming up over the next year or two.