Charles Payne
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Charles Payne
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We're seeing some selling, but today is interesting in that it's reminiscent of a number of days last week, where there are a lot of reasons for the market to be down much worse than it is -- the Dow rose yesterday, you have Texas Instruments and other negatives -- but instead it's actually holding in there better than we would have expected.
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I think it could have been a lot worse (at the open). But I think it's important that the Dow stays above 9,600 or we could see another wave of selling.
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Techs took the brunt of the selling yesterday, so that may be why they're performing a little better today, ... There is also a sort of sincere belief that next year, and even in the next six months, tech and telecom will perform better, so that may be reflected in the buying, as well.
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No one is panicking and that is the good news. There's no leadership out there and there are a lot of question marks. Investors have convinced themselves of a better second half, but it's not assured.
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With the low volume, if we have some good news on Friday, we could get a nice jump,
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We knew it was coming but there were some rumors of a possible 50 basis point cut (a half a percentage point) and every time that happens it sets us up for disappointments. The reality is a very large majority of people don't know how to react to this so they're taking their cue from the market. It's really indecision.
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I don't like paying taxes, same as everybody else.
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I think it's insane, absolutely insane for a person to have one of the highest and most important jobs in the entire world to be saying that he has to be at his children's soccer practice.