Michael Holland
Michael Holland
fisher george great happened joined problem
When Mr. Fisher joined Eastman Kodak, I was a shareholder with great anticipation that he would take a technological problem and make it into a technological opportunity, ... Lou Gerstner did that at IBM. I thought there was a possibility, actually a probability, that we'd get that out of George Fisher. Unfortunately it hasn't happened yet.
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It's just continued disappointment in the Federal Reserve, ... We have a growing problem in the economy and with companies' profitability and the Federal Reserve is behind it (the curve).
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I think what stocks are reflecting, especially with respect to the Nasdaq, is they've incorporated the worst news.
levels people
I think we are down to levels were people have said enough is enough.
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I think there's a possibility that after Vice President Gore makes his comments, I would expect a little bit of a relief rally tomorrow.
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People are saying at some point the recession will be over and earnings will come, and at some point you have to own stocks.
decrease global interest rates
We have a global decrease in interest rates and a global decrease in inflation.
digest recent
I think here for a while we will probably digest the recent gains,
stocks
Merrill Lynch could go down some more, but I like stocks like that. I like Merck, but they got pounded on Friday,
bull despite lots nasty stealth stories
There are lots of nasty stories but despite that we've had a stealth bull market.
move next october
We've come from 7,500 in October to 10,000 shortly thereafter, ... I think the next 2,000-point move is not back to 7,500 but up 2,000 points.
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We have been and are probably in the midst of some sort of significant recession, ... The stock market predicted it ? it's already down. Since the market has already priced in the recession, we get these really strong reactions on the upside when there's a glimmer of anything positive.
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We're coming close to the end of earnings season. But the remaining earnings that are coming up will be important in terms of the reaction to them.
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I don't think we're in bad shape. I think we're in a recession. I think we're in very good shape to weather this recession and make it a short, shallow one.