Alan Ackerman

It gave sellers a chance to lighten up a bit, ... On balance, this just appears to be investors taking read more

It gave sellers a chance to lighten up a bit, ... On balance, this just appears to be investors taking a breather.

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,

We're still early in the game. I think what we saw was a rally that we've seen before over the read more

We're still early in the game. I think what we saw was a rally that we've seen before over the last few years. We've had big one-day rallies that didn't really show any sustainability -- so my hope is that the market will hold here.

[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,

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.