Alan Kral of Trevor Stewart Burton & Jacobsen Notes Prognosticators of Stocks' Future
DEBORAH MARCHINI, CNN ANCHOR: The strength of the dollar of late has not been a good thing for corporate profits, and there is no relief in sight. Alan Kral of Trevor Stewart Burton & Jacobsen joins me. He's our featured guest today. I wanted to ask you a little bit about what you're thinking on the profit recovery -- when it might come, especially considering the dollar seems to be strengthening across everything.</s>ALAN KRAL, TREVOR STEWART BURTON & JACOBSEN: A big part of it will be today's employment report. If employment is relatively strong, we can start to look and see that the economy will start to turn around. You can start to see something happen late third, early fourth quarter. I think with regard to reported profits, what we're going to see in the next earning season here in the next two or three weeks is not going to be encouraging. But on the other hand, that is for second quarter, not for third. With regard to the dollar, as long as investment prospects in this country remain strong relative to what's going on around the world, it's going to be a strong currency.</s>MARCHINI: Thank you so much, Alan Kral. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com