Ned Riley
Ned Riley
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I think some buyers have actually been attracted to the fact that the market has been down so big (this week) even though there may be extensive damage as a result of Rita. Clearly people are concluding things will continue to go on and that the economy is resilient enough to take another blow,
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I think the Fed has at least one further tightening in June and another one in August. Until the American consumer changes his or her outlook on further income growth, the economy is going to remain vibrant and inflation will continue to rise.
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As we start the new year, we could see tech get a slight boost, but then I think investors will turn to consumer stocks as the economy continues to recover.
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The Fed is still maintaining its supportive stance. They are not going to raise rates until the economy begins to generate more jobs.
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It is another piece of good news in that it leaves the Fed in an unfettered position to exercise more discretion in monetary easing. Because the economy has displayed such weakness and inflation has been non-existent with the exception of energy-related prices, the short-term inflation number may be less relevant.
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If the Fed is committed to slowing the economy, then I do think demand for technology will slow.
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There wasn't enough in my judgment to alleviate the fears that we are in the throes of a lack of confidence in the market.
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There was a combination of things that really depressed it. One was Hewlett-Packard's shortfall and we had a sympathetic sell-off using the political environment as a backdrop. Ironically, IBM remained the stalwart and it probably gave the notion of stability to the tech sector and we saw some people looking for bargains.
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Any (profit) short-fall in that growth rate at 110 times earnings means there's some risk in these stocks.
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I like this rally, and even if this is a shortened day, we turned 'Black Friday' into 'Green Friday' on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Clearly, the focus going forward is going to stay on the macro news to either enforce or dispel the notion that inflation is rising.
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The market's reaction has been pretty benign. But I think the market is looking at this as more constructive than destructive. I think the market has absorbed this extremely well even though there is a downward bias.
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I think it's wonderful -- the market doesn't want to go down. There are a lot of frustrated buyers out there that are waiting for a much larger correction, but they are being forced to chip away. ... With this market today, you just couldn't get the sellers out in force.
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I think we're in a situation where until the storm's damage can really be assessed, which could be weeks, stocks are going to stay under pressure.