Alex Scott
Alex Scott
bigger crisis exist fix government group groups health needs problems
But the health crisis is bigger than one group of workers. Problems exist in many professional groups and the Government needs to fix these problems now.
activity background cheap combined costs decent financing low pattern relatively supportive whilst
M&A activity has been the pattern for some time. Whilst we still have a decent macro background combined with low financing costs there's probably more to come. It's probably supportive of a relatively cheap market.
action among due earnings energy equity gas higher markets move oil price profit seen
The big qualifier on that is that a lot of the price action we've seen in equity markets and earnings expectations are due to that energy price move and higher profit expectations among oil & gas firms.
forecasts generally good percent seen start subdued year
At the start of the year, forecasts generally were for a more subdued year than we'd seen in 2004 so 16 percent is a pretty good year.
actual coming corporate earnings good investors mergers optimism plenty reasonable rumors seeing support
There is reasonable optimism still in investors' minds. We are still seeing good support coming through from corporate earnings and there are plenty of mergers and acquisitions rumors and actual which get investors excited.
addressing doctors government
The government did the right thing in addressing the doctors' concerns,