Barry Hyman
Barry Hyman
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(Microsoft) has been trading like the company (had already) lost the antitrust case against the government. The stock has been extremely weak compared to its sector and especially since the company has already reported earnings.
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People have gotten into the belief that much of technology is cyclical now.
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People look for the summer rally, and people have always complained - well, what happened to the summer rally - not understanding that the summer rally started the day after Memorial Day. So we really have had a very good summer rally. In the Nasdaq, it went up almost 40 percent off of the bottom. The Dow went up around 12 percent off the bottom. The S&P similarly. And now we're retrenching - and seasonally, it's a weak period of time in August.
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The ability of Intel to come out and say a 'no worse than expected' story pleased the market. There are many other corporations in technology that are in that position so that if the slowdown is just a slowdown, there's good upside in many of those issues.
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The 10-year bond looks like it's headed higher, so I think the feeling is starting to pervade Wall Street that economy's fine and interest rates are heading higher. But the market has (also) been choppy and struggling with some key technical levels.
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I think people are looking forward to the end of rate hikes and if there's no dramatic change in the wording of the statement tomorrow, that could hurt the market.
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I think people are just abandoning technology, especially when you can't count on a 'Nokia' that hasn't missed (expectations) in years. The point is that there's nothing wrong with these companies - what's wrong is that analysts were not looking at the second half of the year. What's happening now is estimates are going to come down to match the reality of the economic situation.
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It doesn't really determine that this year is going to be a down year. What it really indicates is the confusion over whether we're in a growth economy or not.
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The PPI number on Friday gave us a little bit of a hint that there most likely will be a hike on August 24th, but that'll be it,
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When you have a major company like GE boosting its dividend and announcing a big buyback, that's very positive for corporate America,
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Without having that constant barrage of negative news, there is the opportunity for the market to exhibit some strength.
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We weathered a near-term storm of the recent tech earnings well. The market has a lot of consolidating to do, and there isn't a catalyst for serious upside at the moment. Only quality earnings amongst all sectors will help us.
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Trying to pick a trend in this market is impossible. Friday's action was anemic, and today there's anticipation of a stronger earnings season. Other than short-term traders, it's hard to negotiate a market that is so narrow in range. We're at least stable for now, but there hasn't been a trend for over a month.
energy exposure oil stocks
We like stocks in oil and drilling. Energy does well in an inflationary period. So we want to have some exposure to energy,