Subodh Kumar
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Subodh Kumar
Subodh Kumaris an Indian football player who last played for I-League club East Bengal...
contained economy fed inflation keeping later raising reason regardless risk signal sooner whether yield
Sooner or later it will be appropriate for the Fed to pause, regardless of whether or not we get a signal in that direction. There is no reason for them to invert the yield curve. Inflation is contained and the economy is okay. I don't see a reason for them to take the risk of keeping raising rates.
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This is more a readjusting of expectations as opposed to a readjusting of the economy.
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People looking toward putting money into the banking stocks have taken it out of the resources as opposed to taking it out of things like BCE and Nortel,
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It is not known whether the passengers are safe or have been robbed.
economy fed hikes interest maybe months objective raise rate rates saying start trajectory
I think that the objective of the interest rate hikes is to keep the economy in the 3-1/2, maybe 3-3/4 range. So the Fed has been saying all along, give us 12 months from when we start to raise rates and we'll get the trajectory down. And I think that's what they've done.
earnings likely miss people range remain situation trading
I think we're in a situation where some earnings will miss (forecasts), but not as much as some bearish people expect. If this is the case, the S&P 500 is likely to remain in the trading range it's been in.
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We are seeing a pullback on stocks because many investors are concerned with the outlook for interest rates and with the economy at the start of 2006. The rebound in oil in the past couple of days is also hurting some stocks, especially the ones related to consumer spending, such as retailers.