hoje States sobem...

...essencialmente por:
- Fed Vice Chairman Ferguson hit the wires with comments that were generally upbeat about the economic outlook for 2003...his comments were fairly tame, but he wasn't cautious, and that may have alleviated fears of a double-dip recession
- Cisco:Chairman Chambers suggested the backlog of orders is picking up
- Oracle: CFO forecast a pickup in business in late 2003 (verdade.. não está errado.. SÓ para final de 2003.. mas acharam "engraçado)
Mas o Dow sofre um pouco por:
- Philip Morris simply because they said they can't confirm their prior guidance of 8% to 10% earnings growth for next year...they didn't say it would be less, just that they couldn't confirm that growth...this reflects just how sensitive stocks still are to any perceived weakness in the earnings outlook...
- Lehman now making cautious comments ahead of General Electric analyst meeting November 21...says GE may change business model by selling some units.
Cump.
- Fed Vice Chairman Ferguson hit the wires with comments that were generally upbeat about the economic outlook for 2003...his comments were fairly tame, but he wasn't cautious, and that may have alleviated fears of a double-dip recession
- Cisco:Chairman Chambers suggested the backlog of orders is picking up
- Oracle: CFO forecast a pickup in business in late 2003 (verdade.. não está errado.. SÓ para final de 2003.. mas acharam "engraçado)
Mas o Dow sofre um pouco por:
- Philip Morris simply because they said they can't confirm their prior guidance of 8% to 10% earnings growth for next year...they didn't say it would be less, just that they couldn't confirm that growth...this reflects just how sensitive stocks still are to any perceived weakness in the earnings outlook...
- Lehman now making cautious comments ahead of General Electric analyst meeting November 21...says GE may change business model by selling some units.
Cump.