Angus Campbell
Angus Campbell
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Sentiment is equally weighted between bulls and bears at the moment and the
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With higher gasoline prices putting a dent in consumer spending and underlying inflation looking to be contained, further interest rate hikes seem unnecessary.
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There have long been rumors surrounding Lloyds as a potential bid target. Wells Fargo has a large part of its business in the retail banking arena so to take over someone like Lloyds would make a lot of sense.
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When public policy goes one way and the premises of the culture go the other, you've got a formula for an unsustainable system of education,
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Considering that NYMEX crude rose yesterday on speculation that demand for oil will grow next year, an increase in stocks will be required to cool off what looks like the beginning of a little rally in oil prices.
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Everyone hopes the fourth-quarter earnings will give a much needed boost to a poor equity market, but if you remember last quarter, we had the best earnings season for a while, and it wasn't enough to push the Dow to new highs,
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It looks like the market will be focused on the interest rate cycle this week and finish off with non farm payrolls on Friday, so many market participants are expecting this week to determine the direction of U.S. indices for the remainder of the year.
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It looks like the impetus to buy has dried up and certainly European bourses are feeling the pressure from yesterday's sell off in the U.S.,
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We'll be focusing very closely on earnings today. There is concern that companies are not pulling out the earnings expected, so the real test for shares will come from company releases this week.
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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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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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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.