Timothy Ghriskey
Timothy Ghriskey
backing buying closer expected hit last pressure relief seeing selling three
You're seeing a little relief buying after the pressure of the last three days. There was a lot of selling on the speculation about Rita, but now that it's getting closer to where it's expected to hit land, there's a backing off.
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.
bear conditions expect levels lift major market rally technical today
I think this is a technical bear market rally that we could get today (Wednesday) on oversold conditions after we went through some technical levels on the major indexes yesterday. So we can expect the market to lift up some,
continue expecting mantra measured point
Everyone is expecting a 25-basis point rise. The mantra has been measured and we expect it to continue to be measured.
barrel crude drag falls light oil parts price rally sets sweet various
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.
feed market rally reluctant shows
It was a very reluctant rally but it shows how much the market can feed on itself.
depends earnings far internal investment performance toughest
The brokerage earnings are by far the toughest to predict, because so much depends on how their internal investment performance was.
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.
buyers left maybe money starting
Maybe there aren't a lot of sellers left and buyers are starting to put money into the market,
beyond lift relief seen slight
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.
false flag green true wave
Is this a true rally, or a false start? ... Nobody's going to wave a green flag when there's a bottom.
economic either rally reports rest strengthen today undermine volume week
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.
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.
consumers investor last picked retail saving seen
If the retail investor has picked up, as you've seen in January, that's a positive, in that you want consumers to be saving more and investing. But you never want to be the last one in and too often that's the case.