108 Quotes by Timothy Ghriskey

The market can find something good and something bad in every economic number. If the number is strong, that's a positive, but if its really strong, people may worry about interest rates.

We're seeing a pullback really just from yesterday.

The main thing is the economic news looks like its steadily improving and that should continue to help stocks.

The impression is that corporations are being increasingly cautious in their projections for the first quarter, which is a trend that you've seen for the last few quarters. I think the companies are taking current economic and business conditions and projecting them onto the future earnings, rather than incorporating the impact the improving economy might have on earnings.

We're seeing a little selling today, but I think it's important to remember that we just hit an 18-month high on the Dow, and so we're going to see a little pullback short-term.

The Dow continues to outperform, ... This cyclical bias has been pretty consistent the last two weeks, with the exception of yesterday, when technology was participating, too.

What we'll be focused on in early January will be more reports on how the holiday season went for retailers.

The Dow and S&P are down because of Pfizer and the pharmaceutical sector, and oil is still a factor. But the indexes are not down as much as you might think they would be, which to me shows some underlying strength is still in place.

The CPI number this morning sparked a rally in both stock and bond markets. But beyond the initial reaction, I think we're going to remain stuck in this range until other issues get resolved.