Timothy Ghriskey
Timothy Ghriskey
bad economic good interest market number people worry
The market can find something good and something bad in every economic number. If the number is strong, that's a positive, but if its really strong, people may worry about interest rates.
ahead decide earnings expected few growth traders unusual year
The fourth-quarter earnings are expected to show growth from a year ago, and there have been very few pre-announcements one way or the other, which is positive, ... But it's not unusual to see this kind of choppiness as traders maneuver around and decide what they want to be in ahead of the earnings.
alan benign chain consumer far greenspan price remained supposedly watches
The chain deflator is something that (Fed chair) Alan Greenspan supposedly watches closely, and it has so far remained pretty benign even while the consumer price index has risen,
avoid buy company small stock
The company he envisions is small enough to avoid antitrust issues, but big enough to be a real player, ... I'd buy stock in that kind of company.
bias consistent continues cyclical exception last technology
The Dow continues to outperform, ... This cyclical bias has been pretty consistent the last two weeks, with the exception of yesterday, when technology was participating, too.
might oil shows strength underlying
The Dow and S&P are down because of Pfizer and the pharmaceutical sector, and oil is still a factor. But the indexes are not down as much as you might think they would be, which to me shows some underlying strength is still in place.
few market surprising trend
The long-term trend of the market is upward, but it's not surprising that we had a pullback for a few sessions.
earlier rally ran saw yesterday
The little bear-market rally we saw earlier and yesterday just ran out of buyers.
allied brings concern force gives leadership major management marriage strong synergy
I think it's a marriage made in heaven, ... First of all, it gives Allied leadership for the future. Honeywell brings with it some strong management and that was a concern to AlliedSignal shareholders. There are cost-cutting and synergy opportunities. This is going to be a major force going forward.
cautious invariably investors money search spread stay values
I think it's important for investors to be cautious there -- probably take some of that money off and search for new values in the market, ... Spread out your investments, because if you stay in what has been hot, invariably there will be a correction.
broad good key likely rest share shows sting taken takes
I thought Dell had good numbers, and it likely shows that they have taken share in a lot of key areas. While that's good for Dell, I don't think it takes the sting out of HP's news. I don't think it has broad implications for the rest of tech.
august bit certainly direction fed influence market meeting summer time vacation
I think the August Fed meeting is a big overhang. And certainly the direction from that meeting will influence where the market goes. We could get into a bit of a summer doldrums here with August looming, from vacation time and all of that,
yesterday
If you look at today, you've got to say yesterday was a sucker's rally.
ford friday motor news type warned
Ford Motor warned Friday and that type of news is pressuring stocks,