Bryan Piskorowski
Bryan Piskorowski
bit corporate earnings news vacuum wait
We are in a bit of a news vacuum as we wait for the deluge of corporate earnings reports.
bit bullish fact month picture strongest supports
The big picture here is that we're pretty quiet. We are in the seasonally strongest month of the year, so that supports us, but the fact that everyone's so bullish is a bit worrisome.
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I think the fact that the election is so close is having an effect on the Dow. It's (the race) so close here that little bits of nuances like a 24-year-old story on George W. Bush is having an effect on stocks.
fairly healthy profit run taking week
I think a week of profit taking is fairly healthy after the kind of run we've seen.
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I still think it's a relatively fertile investing environment. There are better roads ahead and the market is generally going to try to consolidate and deal with a slowing economy.
bottom consensus numbers seem trying undermine
We keep trying to see a consensus for when things will bottom out. But then we keep getting these numbers that would seem to undermine that.
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We don't need a cause and effect here. We have bear psychology gripping the market so there's general apathy toward taking positions -- rallies are viewed as short-lived and trader-oriented.
bring data forth forthright question side understand
We understand the manufacturing side is in a recession. The question is, Will the data bring forth a more forthright (aggressive) Fed?
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You have nobody willing to be a hero here -- it's hard for people to step up to the plate. Trade over the past two sessions has been very speculative. If you removed Iraq, you'd probably have a market that was doing OK.
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We're coming to grips with the reality that we had an economy that was cruising at 3.6 percent and is looking at 2.7 (percent) or below in the third-quarter as a revision. The question is how soft a landing are we going to get. A more conducive monetary policy would help the plight of stocks but we've got to see some data to support that notion.
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We're hoping for the 'bad news is good news' syndrome -- that we will continue to see signs of a slowing economy and that will make the Fed more accommodating.
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We're seeing some weakness, which is not surprising. We've had pretty sizable gains in the last two days, so you're seeing a little rotating out of sectors and some profit taking. However, I wouldn't be surprised if we see a little bounce after we get through the morning.
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But it's going to be a quiet week. A lot of people are on vacation, there's little in corporate reporting or econ data, Congress is still in recess. We lack drama right now, which means we're going to be left to our own devices, which could be good or bad.
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You got technical selling coming in as we broke a support level. Beyond that, we're just sitting here in no-man's land waiting for earnings announcements and economic data.