Tim Heekin
Tim Heekin
action driven fact hanging namely negative news
Action is being driven by the news of the day, namely Microsoft, Nortel, Qwest, ... The fact that we're hanging in there with so much negative news out there is good.
banks cash coming days earnings factors impact managers near negative news oil portfolio quarter recent reporting selling strong wanting
You've got a lot of factors here all coming into play. Oil is having a negative impact and the pre-announcement news from Viacom was significant. You also had all the banks reporting strong earnings yesterday, but yet they're selling them off two days in a row, and we're near the end of the quarter and you've got portfolio managers wanting to cash out of the rally's recent leaders.
banks cash coming days earnings factors impact managers near negative news oil portfolio quarter recent reporting selling strong wanting
You've got a lot of factors here all coming into play, ... Oil is having a negative impact and the pre-announcement news from Viacom was significant. You also had all the banks reporting strong earnings yesterday, but yet they're selling them off two days in a row, and we're near the end of the quarter and you've got portfolio managers wanting to cash out of the rally's recent leaders.
correction lower seeing
I think we probably need to take it even lower before the correction that we've been seeing is done.
beginning buyers earnings good higher news rally ran time
I think the rally just ran out of gas. You're right at the beginning of the earnings reporting, and all the good news is priced in, and buyers are getting a little tired. I think it's time for a little pullback. After we see a little consolidation, then we can go higher again.
continue continuing fall few next oil prices pull stocks
I think even if oil prices continue to fall for the next few days, we're probably going to see stocks continuing to pull back.
clarity interest looking oil people prices terms
People are looking for more clarity in terms of Iraq, interest rates, oil prices and the dollar.
exception last seeing seven six
I think this is a continuation of what we've been seeing for the last six or seven weeks, with the exception of last week,
comments moderate move
You'll see a moderate move off of Greenspan's comments tomorrow. But at this point, it's pretty well anticipated by the market.
comments moderate move
You'll see a moderate move off of Greenspan's comments tomorrow, ... But at this point, it's pretty well anticipated by the market.
confused continue people today walked whether
I think people walked in confused today as to whether we are going to continue this uptrend through year-end or back off.
good healthy jump looking partly path people percent remains resistance trends
There are good trends everywhere. Some people are looking for a 5 percent to 10 percent correction, partly because they think it's healthy and partly because they want a pullback so they can jump back in. But the path of least resistance remains up.
question selling whether
The question is whether this is a one-day thing after all the selling or if it's something more sustainable.
accounting catalyst continued corporate flirting key markets move rally support technical
We're flirting with key technical support levels. Markets rally but then can't sustain. There's continued nervousness about accounting and corporate profits, but no catalyst to move us out of it.