Alan Ackerman

This has been an amazing market -- a 'Benny Goodman' market with plenty of swing, ... My sense is mood, read more

This has been an amazing market -- a 'Benny Goodman' market with plenty of swing, ... My sense is mood, momentum and money flow are still up.

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.

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.

[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,