Tom Schrader
Tom Schrader
boston half managers portfolio quiet stay sure york
Things are going to be very, very quiet today, because I?m sure half the portfolio managers in New York and in Boston are going to stay home.
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The storm is drifting east, and the further east of Houston it gets, the less damage it is going to do to refineries in the Houston area.
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The semiconductor index right now is a broken index. Until it finds some support, it will continue to sell off and that tends to drag down the market as a whole.
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The selling today is long overdue after the recent rally. You're seeing a lack of buyers ahead of the Fed. You'll probably see more selling tomorrow as the meeting begins.
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Crude futures are down as investors see the storm going in a less economically vulnerable area, and that's what has got the market rallying.
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Techs are moving a little and you have oil and gasoline down, which is moving the transports. The drop in energy is also knocking the oil sector lower, and that's maybe weighing on the blue chips.
greenspan hints interest rate size speed spin sure tends web
Sometimes Greenspan tends to spin a web when he's talking, so I am not sure how many hints he'll give about the size and speed of interest rate hikes.
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They're taking oil higher because of the inventory numbers, ... but the thing with oil is that there's a lot of whipping and sawing in the oil pits, a lot of things pushing oil around.
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A lot of the reason for the rally is that people think that everything's on the table. You saw a knee-jerk reaction this morning, with people selling on an initial reaction to the news, Europe being down so much and some weak earnings, like Kraft.
increased volatility worse
You're going to see increased volatility through the end of the week, and it's probably going to be even worse Friday,
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Acquisitions are always positive because it implies that someone out there thinks something is undervalued.
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Oil is certainly creating some anxiety in the market.
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Oil is always a negative factor for the markets and that, combined with lack of economic data, is contributing to a lack of interest in the stock markets this morning. On the bright side, the series of company upgrades is certainly welcome.
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Augusts are tough months. We've pretty much got the meat of the earnings out of the way, and now we've got to drift through the summer doldrums.