Timothy Ghriskey
Timothy Ghriskey
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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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Oil is certainly dominating the market right now. Yesterday, crude moved above $60 but then pulled back by the close. Today you didn't see that.
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This is a pulp and paper stock, which is very leveraged to economic improvement, ... That's certainly a stock we like a lot.
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Oil was down a lot on the day and that certainly helped the market to support recent gains. There's also money moving from bonds to stocks here, with bonds retreating after the August run.
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CPI is certainly the big economic report of next week. The Fed's beige book and some of the manufacturing numbers will be looked at as well.
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I'd say the biggest concern right now is certainly oil. The gas pump is squeezing the consumer and the consumer is what has kept the economy going.
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Light sweet crude is over $45 a barrel now, and that's a big drag on various parts of the economy. I think at some point, the price of oil falls and that sets off a rally in the market.
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It was a very reluctant rally but it shows how much the market can feed on itself.
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The brokerage earnings are by far the toughest to predict, because so much depends on how their internal investment performance was.
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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.
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Maybe there aren't a lot of sellers left and buyers are starting to put money into the market,
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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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Is this a true rally, or a false start? ... Nobody's going to wave a green flag when there's a bottom.
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I like the rally today and the volume is good, but we still have a lot of economic reports to get through the rest of the week that could either undermine it or strengthen it.