Adam Oliensis Highlights the Following Stocks: Caterpillar, Greenpoint Financial, Maytag, Safeway, and Sun Microsystems.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 2003 It never hurts to be a bit suspicious when things are going well. If all the good news has already been priced in, then you'll need to move quickly and Adam Oliensis can help with his technical analysis and stock information. Read about Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CAT), Greenpoint Financial (NYSE:GPT GPT glutamic-pyruvic transaminase; see alanine transaminase. GPT abbr. glutamic-pyruvic transaminase GPT glutamic-pyruvic transaminase. ), Maytag (NYSE:MYG), Safeway, Inc. (NYSE:SWY) and Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://featuredexpert2bw.zacks.com/ Here are the highlights from the Featured Expert column: PRE-MARKET UPDATE: STANDING ASIDE FOR EXPIRATION... from October 17th, 2003 Of particular note in October's report were the employment readings, which moved smartly to highs for the year and confirmed some of the improvement we've been seeing in job creation and Initial Jobless Claims Initial Jobless Claims is a report issued by the U.S. Department of Labor on a weekly basis. This report tracks how many people have filed for unemployment benefits in the previous week. It is a good gauge of the U.S. job market. . That's a large idea. If the jobs market is indeed improving then a strong leg on which bearish Bearish Words used to describe investor attitude. A bearish investor believes that a particular asset or the market as a whole will decline in value. bearish arguments have been standing is significantly weakened. Separately, Thursday's Industrial Production numbers, while not earth-shattering do show some improvement. On the earnings front there have been some glitches out of the likes of Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) (missed by a penny), Greenpoint Financial (NYSE:GPT) missed by $0.016 at $0.85 EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. ), Maytag (NYSE:MYG)(missed by a penny), and Safeway, Inc. (NYSE:SWY) and Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUNW) (also both short a penny) but generally reports have been strong. With all of the above stuffed in our heads the question is just how much good news is priced in already? BOTTOM LINE: There's no denying the market's recent strength. However there IS being suspicious of it. While the fundamentals are showing up strong, let's see Let's See was a Canadian television series broadcast on CBC Television between September 6, 1952 to July 4, 1953. The segment, which had a running time of 15 minutes, was a puppet show with a character named Uncle Chichimus (voice of John Conway), which presented each how the market holds up after Friday's Options Expiration and the first week of the Earnings reports. 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