Paul Mendelsohn High Quotations

Overall, the Intel mid-quarter update was quite bullish. I would suspect unless something major happens overnight you are looking at a higher opening based on the Intel news.

One of the recent themes has been the falling dollar, higher materials and commodities. If that is reversing, you could see a rotation out of materials and commodities. At the same time, oils are getting hit by falling crude prices.

Hopes for a good report on consumer confidence today is helping stock futures this morning. Any signs of higher confidence, which turn into higher spending, will be supportive to the markets.

There's been a lot of selling in the blue-chip area over the last two weeks, with a rotation into high tech, and that seems to be continuing today.