Patricia Chadwick
Patricia Chadwick
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If rates keep backing up we'll definitely have the stock market treading water for awhile.
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Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are two stocks that I think are attractive here. Those stocks have been under pressure as interest rates have been rising. I think we may have seen the high in interest rates for a while, and I think that could help the whole sector.
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I think technology is the driver for the productivity gains, for the earnings growth. If technology stocks don't do well in this market, you don't have a market moving forward, and I think they are doing well.
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I think that, globally, investment banking is going to be a huge opportunity for the business. We're just seeing a huge amount of activity, and I think that falls right into benefiting the large brokerage firms.
market number
It's just another number that the market will go through.
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We have been waiting for European recovery, and it's been slow in coming. I think it is coming, and I think that the merger and acquisition activity in Europe is going to drive corporate profits higher. So I think there are some real opportunities in Europe.
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The prospects for tech did not suddenly deteriorate. In fact, tech earnings have been very good.
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We may be setting ourselves up for a rally in the new year. We'll have a lot of announcements in the very early part of January from companies, which will point to some more disappointment in earnings, and that may be a catalyst for the Fed to lower rates by the end of January.
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We're in a zero-price environment. What really allows companies to earn is to cut costs and be in growth sectors of the marketplace.