Vince Farrell
Vince Farrell
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I think what really triggered the rally was the surprise cut by (Federal Reserve Chairman Alan) Greenspan in interest rates. But earnings have been good enough to continue the rally. Now the concern going forward is: Can earnings grow in 1999.
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Most of the exploratory dollars are going to go to the great big prospects. And I think this will really impact the oil service companies' ability to continue their profit growth.
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I think we have a ways to go on this. Stocks are fully valued.
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I think we have to wait until 2002 for the Fed's rate cuts to take hold and stocks generally move ahead of the economy,
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I think today, at worst, the Fed might tilt towards a tightening. But if they don't, if they keep policy unchanged, I would expect you would see . . . the bond market should rally significantly too.
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I think there is an era of optimism that pervades the financial community in the United States. There's just this feeling that stocks are going to go up, and up, and up.
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We had a little relief rally. We got through the quarterly reports and found out we were still alive.
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Overall, my guess is this is a rally in a bear market. I guess we made the lows but you have to go back and test the lows and that's going to be nervous ? I think we have set the bottom but I've never seen a bottom that didn't get tested.
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We had a euphoric day yesterday because the market thinks Mr. Greenspan is going to be benign today,
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The question is whether this bottom will hold or not. I suspect it will not.
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The data's mixed on the economic side but we have absolutely no confidence whatsoever when profits start to grow. And I think we need that before the market can improve.
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Those are all trading around 12 times earnings and have given us very good earnings growth in a depressed pricing environment, ... And I think the pricing is improving for those companies.
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What the stock market is telling you is that the economy and corporate profits are going to recover sooner than thought.
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Hughes and Delphi add up to over $40 a share in value then you're buying the auto company for 80 minus the 40, or about 40 bucks.