THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. DEBORAH MARCHINI, CNN ANCHOR: Well, the futures markets today are pointing to a slightly higher open for stocks. We've been seeing barely any movement in the last couple of sessions coming on very light volume. Alan Ackerman is a market strategist at Fahnestock & Company and my featured guest this morning. And are we seeing anything more than just the usual summer doldrums here?</s>ALAN ACKERMAN, MARKET STRATEGIST, FAHNESTOCK & COMPANY: Not really. What we're seeing is a dull July, a duller August -- dull is dishwater, to put it bluntly -- awfully light volume, people beating a path to the sidelines, uncertainty as to what to do with their funds. My sense is right now the light volume will continue, we need to see what the Fed's going to do with interest rates August 21. But on balance, this is a time to keep cash, keep cautious and keep cool.</s>MARCHINI: Quickly, a couple sectors you'd look at?</s>ACKERMAN: Energy is one and education is the other.</s>MARCHINI: All right, thanks very much, Alan. We'll be talking to you a little bit later on in the program. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Futures Point to Slightly Higher Open