Timothy Ghriskey
Timothy Ghriskey
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We're into a bit of the summer doldrums. There have been a lot of positive earnings surprises, but the anticipation of that has lifted markets for months, with little proof that the economy is improving enough to justify those earnings. So the mood is more upbeat, but that hasn't translated to higher stock prices.
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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,
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You could see a bit of a correction in early January on the stocks that have done really well in this end-of-2004 rally. Otherwise, you might see a quiet period.
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I think we can see the market continue to move up through the summer, but it's going to depend on the earnings and the economic news. We should begin to see some evidence of an economic pick-up in the July data, which will start to come out early August. Second-quarter earnings look to be favorable, judging by the estimates and the fact that there have been less negative pre-announcements than in recent quarters.
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I think we've seen a slight relief rally, but I don't see what there is out there that's going to lift us beyond that.
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I think we've had a pretty significant correction in the stock market since the highs in early March, and we've reached a level that seems to be bringing in buyers.
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I think any time OPEC meets it has an impact, although OPEC doesn't have the same effect on the stock market it once did.
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I think today is a day of portfolio window dressing, with asset managers making sure they don't have cash sitting around for the end of the year, which tends to be favorable for stocks.
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I think there's a lot of fear about the earnings, particularly the tech earnings.
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Jeff wants to be more upfront with investors.
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I think early January should live up to its reputation as a pretty good time of year for stocks.
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We do have the wind of the Fed at our back. At some point this downturn we're in levels out.
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We really think we're seeing a bottoming in the market. We think the issues really have been dealt with that caused the real collapse of the market. We think we're in a bottoming process that can last a while -- we think the last leg of it is resolution of the Iraq conflict.
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We really think we're seeing a bottoming in the market, ... We think the issues really have been dealt with that caused the real collapse of the market. We think we're in a bottoming process that can last a while -- we think the last leg of it is resolution of the Iraq conflict.