From a technical standpoint, the fact that the market is testing the lower end of the trading range with low volume suggests the risk of the yearly lows being tested increases.
Long-term investors should stay the course, ... No one should be diving into this market with the notion that they'll make fast money because that's not the case.
The damage is done, ... So you want go buy for the rebound, which could be six to eight months away down the road.
Investors will continue to monitor what happens in the economy because once the economy picks up, earnings will improve.
Obviously we're looking a relief rally here. The hurricane damage was less expected, and that has sent oil slightly lower. But in the next few days we'll see an increase in pre-earnings warnings that will in the short-term will contain the rally.
Obviously they (investors) are going to focus on the Fed but a rate cut is priced in. The focus will be on the economy and signs that the first batch of interest rates are finally taking hold.
It takes a lot of guts to buy near the bottom, ... But smart money is made when nobody wants stocks. If investors take a long-term approach, I think they'll do very well.
I think we are in the early stages of a market that is beginning to see some light at the end of the tunnel.
The market is going to be held hostage to corporate earnings and there is no real evidence that there is a turnaround. So we'll continue to have what we've been having -- people not really showing any willingness to participate.
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