Donald Selkin
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Donald Selkin
bombed break highs industry moving rare stocks
What's interesting is it's rare to break new highs in an industry that's pretty much bombed this year. Many stocks go sideways. This one is moving up.
bad data economic faded few good half last month ok quarter sour weeks
We did OK for the first half of the month and then faded out -- a lot of the economic data in the last few weeks have been a little discouraging. It's kind of a sour way to end a good quarter but not too bad for the month.
april good january maybe move november recovery sideways typical
We made a good recovery off the April lows, but now we may need to move sideways and consolidate. Maybe then that will set us up for the typical November through January advance.
next reporting statement
The wording of the statement will be important, and then you've also got Cisco and Dell reporting next week.
earnings fallen good next stocks wave
There's a lot of earnings for next week, but I don't see what's going to give us a lift. If the earnings have been good so far, and stocks have fallen anyway, what could the next wave of earnings do for us, even if they are positive?
adjusting corporate economic fact high market move pace profits recovery slower
The market is adjusting to the fact that corporate profits may not be as high as was previously thought and that the economic recovery may move at a slower pace than it did in the first quarter.
bottoms small volatile week
It's been a really volatile week. I think the bottoms that we made this week will hold, but that's small consolation.
economy-and-economics impact main obviously tragedy
The main thing is how this tragedy is going to impact the economy, and obviously it's negative.
economic fed historic job months morning near raise rates reports several strong until
The Fed is not going to raise rates until they see several months of strong job growth. And even if they do raise rates slightly, the rates will still be right near these historic lows. GDP this morning was not as strong as expected, but you had the other two economic reports that were good.
anticipate market movement recovery shows trying
Friday's Dow movement shows that the market is in an uptrend. That's encouraging. The market is trying to anticipate a recovery before the economy.
bullish excuse fed happiness happy lines markets maybe might people statement stay
I'm happy that things are going up in the markets but when things get too bullish and too, I don't know if they're exuberant, but too optimistic, someone will find something between the lines on the Fed statement saying, 'but they said this, they cautioned here', maybe to have to be vigilant, so people might use that as an excuse to stay profits.
couple days dig good heels hope key levels news pattern people reason support
People are frustrated. The pattern has been a couple of days of rallies on a little good news and then it fizzles out. There's no reason to make big commitments with all of this unresolved. The hope now is that we can dig in our heels at key support levels and find some balance.
contrived energy gain reaction seeing tremendous
You're seeing a knee-jerk reaction to the tremendous gain in energy prices. It's also a reaction to the contrived gain on Friday.
calm future language leave market
I think if they take out the language about inflation, as well as leave in the 'measured' (at future meetings), that will calm the market a bit.