The question is what catalyst will get it going. My guess is more signs of a stronger economy. That might be higher interest rates, but you may need that to get small caps going. They may improve as the bond (goes down).

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I think divergence is the name of the game for the first half of the year.

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While I love technology longer term, I think technology is going to be very problematic in the rest of the year because nobody knows the ramifications of Y2K.

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People are questioning the underlying fundamentals of (technology stocks).

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There is substantial further advance looming now on the heels of this move. There are a couple of things that could show up down the road that we should keep our eye on.

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People get white knuckles from turbulence. But I don't think what we're experiencing in the markets is a suggestion that we're on the verge of something really horrible.

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At the moment there is not a broad-based systemic inflation problem bubbling up in the economy. The Fed as a precaution has raised rates a little bit, will raise rates a little bit more but I don't think they are going to do a whole lot more after that.

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I think the Dow will hold up fairly well. The stocks are much cheaper (than Nasdaq issues), and the supply-demand conditions in the businesses are much more positive.

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Investors tend not to have a big problem with split government because for many investors, the government that governs the least is the government that governs the best.

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