Angus Campbell
Angus Campbell
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It would seem that bulls are finally starting to come to terms with the grim reality that equities are not so attractive after all at the moment.
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The story of the morning is GM. Their stock is trading a lot lower in Europe, indicating that they will decline by about a dollar when they open up and that has affected the futures. This news could eradicate any good coming out of the corporations reporting today.
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The sooner U.S. investors can see the end of this current interest rate cycle the better.
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Profit taking cannot be ruled out, especially if oil prices head north.
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Earnings are very much the focus of trading as we continue this week, the busiest of the season. Investors want to see that US corporations are still providing returns for shareholders in the face of rising commodity prices.
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This kind of mindless vandalism directly endangers the lives of those who use our rural roads and costs us all yet more taxpayers' money.
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Now market participants are saying that investors should expect range bound trading to continue into next week when the Fed makes its interest rate decision.
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As oil prices continue to trade higher, this (deficit) decline could be short lived and the U.S. trade woes may get worse.
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Despite the U.S. earnings commencing in earnest this week, the recent inability of indexes to sustain their highs has led many to believe that there is impending weakness. For new highs to be set U.S. companies will have to report superb results, far outstripping expectations and things did not get off to a great start last week.
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Apple's poor figures after the bell last night mean that the U.S. futures point to a negative start for U.S. equity indices this afternoon ... Apple is trading in Europe around 3.22 euros lower, indicating a decline of $4 when U.S. markets open later,
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Anything higher here could confirm investors' fears that the Fed's interest rate tightening is far from over and is set to continue well into 2006.
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This could be the make or break week for U.S. indices and determine the path of the markets into the spring months.
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Cisco has provided a little relief posting better than expected results after the close and we could see a bounce today.
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Clients remain largely bearish of U.S. indices on the whole but a good start to the week by Asian and European stocks means the U.S. futures point to a positive start.