Angus Campbell
Angus Campbell
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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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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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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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And a large decline in Asia means that the U.S. futures are heavily in the red too.
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Bulls have been crying out for a good end to the earnings season, and this will only encourage them to push the market higher, especially if oil prices continue to remain low.
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March is often a turning point for indices, and we could have seen the top of the market for sometime to come.
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On the earnings front, it would seem that companies have fared a little worse than the market had hoped. Annual growth has come in around 14.5 percent this season and analysts were hoping to see 16.6 percent.
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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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The market did not attract the sort of bargain hunting that many expected yesterday which just shows how cautious investors are following Friday's sell off.
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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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Even though oil futures are flat this morning and have remained around (the) $63 to $64 a barrel level, concerns remain over the prospect of the combination of higher inflation and borrowing costs.
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Sentiment is equally weighted between bulls and bears at the moment and the
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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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Even though the market has fully priced in today's expected 25 basis point rise, investors will be listening out for any hints about the future path of their tightening policy,