It was a low-volume retreat. It's understandable. There's some profit taking, some lack of news and the ever-present geopolitical insecurity.
More Quotes from Stephen Porpora:
This will set an overall positive tone for the market in the near-term. Even the fact that they're not warning lower on future quarters is confidence building.Stephen Porpora
A day like today certainly doesn't derail the change we've seen in the last two weeks. The market was up 16 or 17 percent in a straight shot. It was due for a pullback.
Stephen Porpora
The volatility today (Tuesday) was astounding and the moves were very dramatic and quick.
Stephen Porpora
We had the good ISM data and the market reacted very positively. The one missing ingredient was the volume. What we're gonna watch closely in the coming day and weeks is if there is a follow-through on volume. Major institutions drive this market and volume is an indication of that.
Stephen Porpora
Almost every time since the Oct. 9 low that we've had a pullback of 2 percent or more, and we've had five or six, I think, they've all been on lighter volume. What that's telling you is that the institutions are not changing the buying trend -- they are not bailing out of stocks. I think it's a normal and understandable pause.
Stephen Porpora
We, the investing public, are pretty confident about the economy and we wanted to see it in the numbers. It's the 'show me' market and today, some companies showed us.
Stephen Porpora
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Media & News QuotesBased on Keywords: ever-present, low-volume
As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls.
Rita Mae Brown
The Church, during the apostolic age, did not consist of isolated, independent congregations, but was one body, of which the separate churches were constituent members, each subject to all the rest, or to an authority which extended over all.
Charles Hodge
I'm happy, I would say that I'm one of the happiest people I know but I've certainly had periods of profound sadness, depression and heartache and those are the kind of things that are interesting to me to write about.
Richard Marx