I suspect over the next session or two, we could see more selling, as investors await all the economic news due next week,
I think the market is responding pretty well to the reports and also positioning itself ahead of the economic news due later in the week,
I think you're seeing buying today because of anticipation ahead of some of the economic and corporate news due in the next two days, particularly Dell tomorrow.
The rebound is due to many of the sectors moving higher and a big portion of this rise is due to Hewlett-Packard (on the Dow). What the market is telling us is, this morning we panicked but this is probably just an isolated situation and a temporary situation for Intel.
The selling in financials is an anticipation of lower earnings due to a slower economy, ... From the point of view of interest rates not going up, it's positive.
Oil is trading higher today due to the new hurricane fears. The big story of the week, which will be the market mover, is going to be the Fed.
As long as there is no inflation this is extremely good for the financial markets and also for the bond market. What we saw a couple of weeks ago was a backup due to technical factors rather than any fundamental changes.
As a result of that, every now and then the market needs to remind investors that Wall Street is not a one way street, and things don't last forever and things don't go up forever. It is quite obvious that the Nasdaq was due for a correction.
A lot of today's market is due to the flow of money going into pension funds and money managers. These are the types of investors who are more inclined toward the large cap stocks.
The backup in oil prices due to intensifying geopolitical problems is obviously weighing and will overshadow any bullish sentiment that's linked to earnings or economic data.
All in all, I think we're looking at a mixed reading in economic data but pointing to growth ahead. I think it'll continue to support a bullish atmosphere. Right now we're just looking at cautious trading ahead of the numbers and due to Europe being a little soft.
The market is up, and I guess it's just the lack of economic news and anticipation of earnings and economic news due later in the week,
The market opened higher, after some good economic numbers. However, we're seeing a pullback due partly to volume being lighter than usual.