Art Hogan
Art Hogan
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We need a significant catalyst. Whether it be great second-quarter earnings or blowout economic data or some marquee firms coming out with a mid-second-quarter preview.
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There's a lot of improvement priced into the earnings, and provided we see confirmation of that, we should be able to keep gaining over the next few sessions, ... But if another major household name -- like GE last week -- were to disappoint, you could see some selling.
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Of course, when you have a marquee name like Microsoft disappoint, it's hard to sit up on good news.
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There's a lot of trepidation out there about earnings, ... A lot of times, the complexion of markets is what the household names are doing. A couple of weeks ago it was about IBM ( Research ) and Apple ( Research ). Today, it looks like the focus is on Amazon, and that can shape the market -- at least in the early going.
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The fourth quarter is when we'll see the impact of rising interest rates, higher energy prices, ... I would say eBay is the biggest piece of the problem this morning. It's a household name and it's adding to the sentiment we're not going to have the best of fourth quarters.
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Just because Oracle is up and is optimistic about the future is not getting us excited about everything, ... Nobody's convinced there will be a rebound in the second half.
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It's an oversold bounce, ... After you get oversold, you have a reflex rally, and that's what we're seeing now.
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The increase in wages was the piece that really speaks to the inflationary pressure. The fear is that the Fed doesn't stop in March, that it continues through May. If corporate America's borrowing costs go up, that makes stocks less attractive.
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The Fed disappointed us short term, ... The economy looks better than it did in December and the Fed knows more than we do.
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It doesn't take much to push stocks lower in this market, ... Stocks have been headed in a downward direction for a while.
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I think the fourth quarter is going to be great, ... We just don't have signs of it yet.
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Clearly, we will see stabilization. It's just a matter of when.
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I think we'll see the stock market trying to price that (rate cuts) in the second quarter.
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The catalyst will be liquidity, ... There's a great deal of cash on the sidelines.