Individual investors have to separate the statistical noise of week to week numbers and focus on the big picture.
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So many Americans are consuming by using their home equity. If you can't afford a standard mortgage, you probably shouldn't be buying a home.
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The Fed often overshoots and I think you have to prepare for that outcome.
I'm hopeful that we're nearing the end of this series of tightening. I don't think we have a serious inflation problem. With strong productivity, unit labor costs are under control.
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The market is nervous. We're in a transition period as we get through all the accounting issues.
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The war phase in Iraq seems to be winding down. I think in the months ahead consumer confidence will improve. It's a mistake to just look at the short term. I think it's more important to think about the third and fourth quarters.
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Take IBM out and the market looks pretty much unchanged on the day.
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The market has done well in the year following a recession. We think the recession has ended.
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If the economy is growing, companies' earnings are growing and that moves the market.
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Small business owners have a great stake not only in what's going on in the stock market, but what's happening in the overall economy as a result.
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