Richard Cripps
Richard Cripps
buyers certainty keeps lack prefer
What this does is it keeps buyers away. It's a lack of buyers. And they would prefer some certainty.
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We've set up a situation where a 25 basis point (a quarter percentage point) cut is good but you're looking at a market that's desperate.
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Putting it in context, it wasn't a great display of bullishness one would assume.
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I think (the market) needs the ECI price deflator numbers coming in at acceptable levels, meaning that they don't raise the fear of inflation, it needs the Fed not raising interest rates in August and as we move toward the fall, continuing signs that the economy is moderating and that inflation is low.
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Good earning growth. Next year, their earnings will be about $1.90 (per share). That's just 10 times this year's current stock price.
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Keep in mind most people are now working into the next quarter. The window dressing that has been powering the market may be gone.
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It's all driven by Microsoft at this point.
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It's the analogy of the straw and the camel's back. We keep loading the camel's back with straw and higher energy prices and interest rates. It's probably going to be what's good for oil is going to be bad for the rest of the market.
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I think that the correction that we've seen in the market averages, in the Nasdaq, is probably reflecting an inflection point for the equity market that's going to be not as focused on technology. It's going to be shifting more into the broader segments of the equity market.
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I would let this play out as opposed to trying to be brave and buying here.
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You've lost your earnings catalyst so we're moving away from the second quarter. With the economy moderating you're looking at earnings estimates that are too high and have to come down.
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The Nasdaq is simply crowding out the rest of the market. If you are a portfolio manager, you have to own some of these (technology) names.
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We have good optimism out there and that's always the time to think about what dark clouds are out there.
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Tradition drives these international markets very, very hard. The concept is interesting, but inevitably, they will find it as difficult, if not more difficult than Europe.