Alan Skrainka
Alan Skrainka
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Over the last six years, we have experienced the largest drop in price/earnings ratios in the history of the U.S. stock market, going back to 1871. 2006 has the potential to be a great year for stock investors.
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I think people placed bets today based on (the data). By buying stocks today, you are assuming we won't get bad news tomorrow.
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What you have going on in this market is a flight to quality, which is the blue chips, as tech stocks are priced to perfection.
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The valuation gap between old economy stocks and new economy stocks is getting wider and wider. To me, it's like a rubber band. You can only stretch it so far and eventually it's going to snap back.
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Albertson's is truly a value stock, the third-largest grocery chain, with a very stable predictable business with 29 years of higher earnings. The stock was really clobbered since they announced a merger last year that didn't quite work out. But it's still a wonderful company, at 10 times earnings.
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Small business owners have a great stake not only in what's going on in the stock market, but what's happening in the overall economy as a result.
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The easiest thing is to be bullish when the market is rising and bearish when the market is falling. But as we all know, that's not how to make money in the stock market.
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I think the performance gap between the new-economy and old-economy stocks is like a rubber band; it seems to be snapping the other way. The new economy sounds very exciting, but you're still going to need food, medicine and electricity to survive.
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I think all these reports taken together are going to paint an economy that is too hot. Labor costs are rising and that is beginning to lead to some signs of inflation.
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It has nothing to do with the economy. It was in the private equity unit where they tried to help fledgling tech companies get started.
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Maybe investors are realizing there's more to the economy than technology.
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I think investors should take a step back and look at the big picture. I think the (Fed) is doing its job and investors should do theirs -- avoid those companies that do not have a track record of growth.
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Long-term investors know this (rate cut) is a green light to get back into the market.
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I think people are looking for good value in the market and they're finding it in 'old economy' stocks. What these companies have in common is they're all viewed as great companies at a strong price that are not dependent on a slow economy.