Alan Ackerman

We're beginning to come out of a recession. It's now a matter of just how meaningfully the economy can recover read more

We're beginning to come out of a recession. It's now a matter of just how meaningfully the economy can recover over the next quarter or two,

This has been a Benny Goodman-type market, ... lots of swing, and it's very, very difficult to get a handle read more

This has been a Benny Goodman-type market, ... lots of swing, and it's very, very difficult to get a handle on long-term positioning when the market is moving up and down so rapidly.

the expectation is there will be a fairly strong stream of earnings disappointments in the second quarter.

the expectation is there will be a fairly strong stream of earnings disappointments in the second quarter.

Investors are being cautiously optimistic. There's a desire to put money back into the market based on a feeling that read more

Investors are being cautiously optimistic. There's a desire to put money back into the market based on a feeling that the worst of the economy may be behind us, ... However, there's not enough evidence of that.

[They have] bright management, they are cost conscious, they're lowering the costs all the time. They want to be able read more

[They have] bright management, they are cost conscious, they're lowering the costs all the time. They want to be able to survive in between cycles. They're in what would be a very significant well, could be a billion barrel prospect within the next couple of months. My feeling is that the company will do much better as Wall Street gets to know it,