Ned Riley
Ned Riley
difficult felt further package policies stimulus tax together
There was disagreement about tax policies and the need for further stimulus was at issue. O'Neill felt there was no more need for stimulus and it would have been difficult to get a tax package together without unanimity.
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The report will give investors some feeling in terms of wage trends, and inflation,
bit brighter help people picture retail sales short
I think we'll probably get a brighter picture on retail sales for Christmas, which could (inspire) people a little bit and help the short term.
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This is a very critical period for the economy. The leadership is where it should be, with technology moving forward. I think we're in a turning point. That's what the market is sending a message about.
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I think people are anxiously awaiting the earnings reports, and what these companies have to say about demand for their business in the second half of the year.
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Money funds are still grabbing about 50 percent of share of the money that's coming into mutual funds, ... So I think investors are a little bit guardedly optimistic, but still a little concerned about the outlook in terms of the volatility and the economy, probably.
recovery road rocky
The rocky road to recovery has some potholes.
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There's skepticism out there. Companies are extremely cautious about giving a decent outlook. They've set a much lower level of expectation for the public and the analysts out there.
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The surprising improvements in the latest employment, manufacturing and durable goods data Wednesday, all leading indicators, put the ingredients in place for the market to maintain an upward bias.
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The Dow seems to be lifted because people are trying to resurrect the old growth stocks and giving them another try as a safe place to hide. The perception is that some of these companies are not currency- or energy-dependent enough for earnings to get hurt.
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The hesitancy is still there for the simple reason that companies have another two weeks of warnings before results are actually announced.
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A demon in the market decided to punish us on the last session of the year.
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I think they're waiting for Cisco, but they're also injecting their own level of certainty about the third quarter as being the turning point for the front end of technology stocks,
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I would be very surprised to see a beneficial report.