Donald Selkin
Donald Selkin
bought came cell components division dropped earnings electronic equipment original parts potential strong wireless
They make electronic components for the original equipment manufacturers. In February, they bought the Motorola ( MOT ) division that makes parts for wireless cell phones. Well, it came down a little bit..made a new high, dropped a little bit, and is now on the way back up. They have the potential strong earnings growth.
bit maybe next pull
I think we'll consolidate around these levels, maybe pull back a bit next week, but nothing much.
center companies earnings good greenspan help hope looking market people reporting speaks tomorrow
Hewlett-Packard had good earnings so that should help the techs tomorrow. The other companies reporting tomorrow aren't usually market movers. Greenspan also speaks to Congress, which people will be looking at, but I don't think he'll say anything too surprising. So the hope is that HP earnings will take center stage.
bush business conflict finds government internal public putting satisfy taking tries
There's an internal conflict as Bush tries to satisfy two different constituencies. The public finds reassurance in government taking a harsher stance, but big business is a little conflicted in that it traditionally doesn't want government putting too many regulations on it.
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Normally, lower rates would be seen as a positive for stocks, but in this case, it seems like the Fed is behind the curve and the Fed is supposed to be leading us out of this. For months people have been talking about the disconnect between the economy and stock prices. Now it's starting to seem like that disconnect is narrowing.
bias economic grind hugely likely next terms week
There's nothing much next week in terms of earnings, and not really hugely influential economic news, but the bias is still pretty positive, and I think we're likely to grind higher.
ahead based huge itself major market rally setting worst
This is the worst thing you want to see before major events. A huge rally that was really not based on anything substantial, ahead of two major events, is the market setting itself up for disappointment.
bond holding market oil prices staying tough yields
Oil prices are staying up there, bond yields are rising, there are these tough headwinds out there, but the market is holding up.
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Right now business stinks, consumer confidence is down, the travel industry is suffering and the economic reports haven't been good and any economic recovery is going to be linked to the war. There haven't been too many first-quarter negative pre-announcements, but I'm still worried about corporate profits in the first quarter.
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Maybe Exxon will go up a little bit today because they beat the earnings; but remember, the stock has dropped 7 points in the last couple of weeks. So I would say this is really not a very dynamic investment. People like it and get a little dividend. You are really wasting your time with these stocks because you invest money in them and in two years, you have the same price as you had from the time you invested. So you really, in a sense, lose money by owning these stocks.
basically earnings ended market period range reporting top waiting
The market's at the top of a range here. The earnings reporting period basically ended with Dell and now the market is waiting for a new catalyst.
build continues decent economy economy-and-economics improvement labor market slight
If we show a build on the slight improvement in the labor market we've seen, if the economy continues to grow, there will be a decent November.
decline hit last nice oil rise texas week
Between Texas Instruments, the rise in oil prices, and commodities, we got hit today. But the decline wasn't terrible. Last week we had nice gains, and today, we're kind of consolidating.
almost classic earnings expecting market meet news seeing sell though
This is the classic 'buy the rumor, sell the news' reaction. The market is expecting the second-quarter earnings are going to meet or beat, so even though Yahoo! almost tripled its earnings, you're seeing some selling.