he's frank cochrane president of investment timing consultants. frank, nice to see you. welcome back to n.b.r.. >> great to see you. >> tom: why are you worried about when the fed is due to stop buying bonds the middle to the end of the year? the fed has basically enabled this entire rally, in my opinion. certainly if you look back at history, the last 10 years or, so the market has really gone nowhere but the fed entempted to enable it in early 2000, and we had a rally and then we look at the crash from 2007-2009. it never really worked out. from that perspective, i don't think of it in terms of the longer term view that that's going to work out very well. >> tom: your thought is when it comes to the end of the bond-buying binge that will be first exit strategy we've seen from the fed in the post-recession period and that's what makes you worry. >> that's right. and it stops the end of june. and we'll see how that goes. i don't think that coupled with what congress is doing, those two things, are going to cause the market to move lower over the course of the next few ye

also next week, our market monitor guest is frank cochrane of investment timing consultants. and we'll see quarterly results from walt disney, coca-cola and pepsico. ally financial, the lender once known as g.m.a.c., has picked four banks to handle its return to life as a public company. citigroup, goldman sachs, j.p. morgan chase and morgan stanley will reportedly lead the i.p.o. uncle sam still owns 74% of ally, after bailing it out with a $17 billion loan during the financial crisis. ally is not commenting on the i.p.o. detail and the treasury has hired its own advisor for the deal. >> tom: 2010 was a good year for most chrysler dealerships. eight out of ten finished the year with a profit. for the most part, that money was used to upgrade or expand their dealerships. chrysler c.e.o. sergio marchionne says he's relying on the 2,300 u.s. dealers to help the company meet its goal of selling two million vehicles worldwide this year. in the coming weeks, chrysler will start selling its compact fiat 500 in u.s. showrooms. >> tom: investors can't recognize a bull market for stoc

also frank cochrane is back as our "market monitor." he'll give us his take on the fed's government bond buying binge. he's president oinvestment timing consultants. >> susie: verizon wireless began selling apple's iphone 4 today. the debut means consumers can now buy the new model at apple and verizon wireless stores, as well as best buy and some walmarts. it's the first time iphone has been available outside at&t's network. analysts expect the phone will be a big seller for both apple and verizon wireless; 13 million units could be sold this year. >> tom: groupon plans to expand to china. the big discount coupon web site wants to bring its online sales to one of the world's fastest- growing economies. groupon plans to hire about a thousand people in china over the next three months. but it may not be welcomed with open arms. during the super-bowl last weekend, groupon's commercial was widely criticized in china because it seemed to make light of problems in tibet. >> susie: president obama has focused on innovation in recent weeks, sa