Troy Nickerson Quotations

Next week is relatively light, but the following week has a lot of names reporting and nobody wants to buy in front of the numbers. It's going to be less about what the individual companies report, but rather the overall tone that will move the market.

People are really going to be watching the pre-numbers for this next quarter. We need to get some sort of reversal if we're going to be able to stabilize.

There are a couple of tech conferences this week and some economic reports due, but other than that, the problem is there's just no real catalyst right now.

We need to get corporate earnings to turn around before investors regain confidence.

We've had two very strong days in a row. But I don't think it will be sustainable at quite these levels going forward.

ISM is a big part of what's going on, as is the weaker construction. Sun's shake-up is certainly hurting techs. But what we're especially seeing is a lack of belief on the part of investors in extending yesterday's (Tuesday's) rally.

People are waiting for the next catalyst. Earnings are done, the Fed is in a neutral stance. There's nothing big coming up in the next month, so the market will continue to trade on rumors and speculation.

There weren't really any trading floor rumors, nothing in terms of news. What you saw late afternoon that turned it around was a lot of short covering. So much selling had been done all day that shorts needed to cover. We're also at the end of the quarter and that comes into effect, too.

In terms of tech, historically, chips have led the markets, so people are thinking if they can see a turnaround, maybe other techs can, too.

Generally, investors are looking for entrance points or exit points, and there's a lot of negative pricing out there.

The market is event driven and we're looking for some events in times of turnaround. We need corporations to start spending money again and then for that to follow through to the consumer.