Tim Ghriskey
Tim Ghriskey
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GM's announced cut both to the dividend and to executive pay is not a big surprise. Cuts like this were important to negotiations with the unions for similar types of cuts in unionized pay structure.
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Companies are beginning to tell the markets they are going to take a hit from both Katrina and higher oil prices. Demand for stocks in the short term may slow down.
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GE's businesses are benefiting from the economic environment both domestically and internationally. But revenue did fall slightly below Wall Street's expectations, which is a bit of a disappointment.
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GE's businesses are benefiting from the economic environment, both domestically and internationally. But revenue did fall slightly below Wall Street's expectations, which is a bit of a disappointment.
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Earnings and revenue were both significantly better than expected.
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The damage from the storm, both in terms of the physical damage and any human impact, was certainly less than expected so that should really bode well for the financial markets.
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It is a stock that has the potential to disappoint.
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It is an oil day. Oil is over $68 now and that, combined with a very hawkish statement from the Fed, is weighing on the market. Energy prices at the gas pump are impacting consumer spending and its impact is reflected in AutoZone's earnings and Avon's profit warning.
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I think there is a growing perception that the next move by the Fed could actually be to ease -- in other words, lower rates. Now, we're not going to see that certainly before the election, but we could see it late this year, early next year. I think as that perception might spread through the markets and become the consensus, we could actually see a rally in technology stocks,
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People are already reeling from high prices at the gas pump. I think they're going to be reeling even more from higher heating costs.
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We don't think it does (change the pace), but it raises some uncertainty and the stock has sold off in some profit taking. This is a nervous market environment.
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Retailers are trying to push holiday sales early -- before those first big heating bills.
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Regardless of the outcome of this case, today's ruling is going to mean a market share loss for Blackberry and a gain for Palm.
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This should lead to a positive tone to the start of the market today and to the outlook for industrial earnings.