Marc Pado
Marc Pado
companies given interest likely negatives restrained rising statements
And the forward-looking statements that companies are likely to give will probably be restrained given all the negatives that companies see: rising interest rates, rising mortgages, a lot of concern.
absorb companies fears fourth negative number quarter raises saw today
The negative productivity number we saw today about the fourth quarter raises fears that companies are not going to be able to absorb those costs.
bullish buying faces january looks market negative technical
It looks like some seasonal New Year's buying will give the market a bullish start, but this January faces many negative technical obstacles.
domino effect negative news
It is a domino effect of negative news.
last perhaps yesterday
Yesterday was perhaps as technically disappointing as last Friday.
growth positive rather
Most everyone has rather positive expectations for double-digit (corporate earnings) growth for the first quarter. That is already 'baked in the cake'.
ground help hold looking mergers
Mergers are looking to help us hold our ground today.
bulls continued crude help market obstacles positive rally reinforce represent retail sales strength support weakness
While we would like to see a follow-through day, the positive implications from yesterday's rally should help reinforce a support under the market at Tuesday's intraday lows. Weakness in same-store retail sales and continued strength in crude will represent the first obstacles for the bulls today.
anticipate clear fed funds soon stop trying
The 10-year has been trying to anticipate the fed funds rate. As soon as (Fed policy-makers) made it clear that they weren't going to stop at 4.75 percent, there was a big jump.
continue expected fed market needs question recent retail sales shows slowing whether
Yields, especially on the long end, have been dogging the market in recent weeks. And retail sales down more than expected shows enough of a slowing to question whether or not the Fed needs to continue to act.
coming date flows money tax
With the tax date deadline, you're getting money flows coming into the market.
hikes impact quite rate
We're not going to feel the impact of these rate hikes for quite some time.
ball broken crude curve focus high hit markets needs news question tone turned yield
There is no question that the tone has turned more positive. We haven't broken out yet, but the markets are poised. Now all we need is for the news to hit the ball out of the park, and it needs to be perfect. Crude is still high and the yield curve is still flat, but the market's focus is on other things right now.
coming facing large market number realize tough
We are facing a large number of Katrina-related warnings, ... The market is just coming to realize that it is going to be a tough September.