People are pretty positive ahead of the first-quarter earnings season. There haven't been very many negative pre-announcements.
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If we get a GDP or deflator number that's much stronger than the consensus estimate, then it could hurt the market because people will be talking about a tougher Fed.Robert Pavlik
The durable goods number will matter more to industrial stocks like Boeing and Caterpillar. People want to see if the growth in this sector is continuing, but they don't want it growing so fast that it will scare the Fed.
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The market, especially the bond market, will view the report as negative since it will likely mean that we are facing at least two more increases in interest rates by the Federal Reserve at both the March 28 and May 10 meetings.
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Today was a bit disappointing. The bond market has a flat yield curve and people are still concerned about inflation. We're still left looking for any indication that the Federal Reserve won't raise rates as much as people are fearing.
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People are looking for a Santa Claus rally, but I don't expect it's coming. The only real positive I saw today was some of the economic data. It's been a hard day to get excited about. We've seen some individual names get action, but nothing is carrying over.
Robert Pavlik
Also some of today's selling pressure is a result of a very quiet market, with many professional investors taking the final trading of 2005 as a holiday, combined with some last minute cleaning up of portfolios by those investment managers who have made it in today.
Robert Pavlik
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