...you waited for Dow 10,000 as an all-clear to put money back in the market, that's a bad trading idea," said Robert Streed, portfolio manager of Northern Trust Select Equity Fund in Chicago. He noted that the top sector gainers this year...

...necessary. Now we have to see if the economy continues to recover and if the stock market continues to respond," said Robert Streed, portfolio manager of Northern Select Equity Fund in Chicago. "In effect, we're waiting to see if the patient...

...investors will be discounting for the entire year. Everyone is sitting down and making their forecasts for 2004," said Robert Streed, portfolio manager of Northern Trust Select Equity Fund. "And for the most part, investors tend to be right and...

...Dow had a 5.5 percent gain. As to the biggest winners and losers, "it was all tech, telecom and media," said Robert Streed, portfolio manager of Northern Select Equity Fund. "Once you get away from those groups, you find stocks had very...

...any balance sheet problems and no longer any accounting issues with the companies they are interested in," added Robert Streed, portfolio manager of Northern Select Equity Fund in Chicago. "The balance sheets, the nonrecurring charges, and...

...I'm in it for the long haul." "We'll see if they're really long-term investors as they say they are," said Robert Streed, senior investment adviser at Northern Trust in Chicago, noting that major mutual fund companies are reporting a...

...can well be market leaders ... Internet companies such as eBay and Yahoo, whose businesses appear strong," said Robert Streed, portfolio manager of Northern Trust Select Equity Fund. Levkovich said a cross-industry leader might be dividend-paying...

...just about any Internet-related business may turn Microsoft's loss into a gain for other technology stocks, said Robert Streed, an investment strategist for Northern Trust in Chicago who manages the Northern Select Equity Fund. "Because people...

...went from several years of below-average volatility to above-average, so the shock was really noticeable," said Robert Streed, senior investment adviser at Northern Trust in Chicago. But, most analysts insisted, volatility is a necessary...

...downturn that began early on reports Dell Computer was also pondering layoffs. "The focus is on the near term," said Robert Streed, portfolio manager at Northern Select Equity. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 99.10 at 10,781...