Around. And thats been the theme of this entire earnings season when it comes to the industrials, the banks, and oil stocks, a huge part of the market. That explains a lot of the moves weve been seeing today. Where is this counterintuitive pattern most evident . The Big International companies. The ones that make the heavy equipment and capital goods. Lets talk about a storied industrial, Emerson Electric. It reported one of the most sad sack numbers i can ever recall from what is a Great American powerhouse. Sales down 9 . Earnings share off 15 . Took my breath away. That wasnt enough. The ceo, a bankable fellow, took away any hope for the future of emerson stock when he said, we expect difficult markets to continue through at least the i mean, are you kidding me . Thats awful. Devastating. But apparently not so awful to attract sellers or buyers either. Because Emerson Electric rallied a buck 29 today. You might think thats insane. You have to understand the big institutional Money M
But the facts refused to align with negative story. I think today was one of those times. As we saw a terrific rebound in the averages, after a second bout of hideous selling this morning. The dow closing up two points. The nasdaq declining 2. 4 . First, lets deal with the negativity. Its coming from four different directions. Sell sell sell sell. Sell sell sell sell. Worry number one, chinas falling apart. No matter that its been falling apart for ages or the chinese stock market is not creating wealth, many cant handle the stress of waiting for the other chinese shoe to drop after mondays break down. Suffice it to say theres big trouble in big china. Negative number two, the fed has gone from friend to foe. Right now, now that we have started to raise rates theres no return to the practical policy of data dependence. This thesis says that were on autopilot mode like the prebernanke fed. Well get a shortfall in earnings. Third fear were in the high peaks region of the economic cycle.
As we saw a terrific rebound in the averages, after a second bout of hideous selling this morning. The dow closing up two points. The nasdaq declining 2. 4 . First, lets deal with the negativity. Its coming from four different directions. Sell sell sell sell. Sell sell sell sell. Worry number one, chinas falling apart. No matter that its been falling apart for ages or the chinese stock market is not creating wealth, many cant handle the stress of waiting for the other chinese shoe to drop after mondays break down. Suffice it to say theres big trouble in big china. Negative number two, theed has gone from friend to foe. Theres a narrative out there right now, now that we have started to raise rates theres policy of data dependence. This thesis says that were on autopilot mode like the prebernanke fed. Well get a shortfall in earnings. Third fear were in the high peaks region of the economic cycle. Everywhere i go i hear that all sorts of cycles we have the peak in cell phones which caus
With negative story. I think today was one of those times. As we saw a terrific rebound in the averages, after a second bout of hideous selling this morning. The dow closing up two points. The nasdaq declining 2. 4 . First, lets deal with the negativity. Its coming from four different directions. Sell sell sell sell. Sell sell sell sell. Worry number one, chinas falling apart. No matter that its been falling apart for ages or the chinese stock market is not creating wealth, many cant handle the stress of waiting for the other chinese shoe to drop after mondays break down. Suffice it to say theres big trouble in big china. Negative number two, the fed has gone from friend to foe. Theres a narrative out there right now, now that we have no return to the practical policy of data dependence. This thesis says that were on autopilot mode like the prebernanke fed. Well get a shortfall in earnings. Third fear were in the high peaks region of the economic cycle. Everywhere i go i hear that all
Wall street after the show. But the facts refused to align with negative story. I think today was one of those times. As we saw a terrific rebound in the averages, after a second bout of hideous selling this morning. The dow closing up two points. The nasdaq declining 2. 4 . First, lets deal with the negativity. Its coming from four different directions. Sell sell sell sell. Sell sell sell sell. Worry number one, chinas falling apart. No matter that its been falling apart for ages or the chinese stock market is not creating wealth, many cant handle the stress of waiting for the other chinese shoe to drop after mondays break down. Suffice it to say theres big trouble in big china. Negative number two, the fed has theres a narrative out there right now, now that we have started to raise rates theres no return to the practical policy of data dependence. This thesis says that were on autopilot mode like the prebernanke fed. Well get a shortfall in earnings. Third fear were in the high peak