David Buik
David Buik
David Barlow Buik MBEis a businessman and financial pundit for the BBC and other British, American and Australian television channels...
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It may be that the energy stocks follow in the wake of the slightly negative performance of oil stocks in Europe this morning.
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There seem to be at least two more hikes for the Fed rate in the pipeline if punters' money is anything to go by.
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This should be one of the least complicated decisions the MPC will have to make on Thursday for some time.
adequate figures pick retail sector sign
There is little sign that the retail sector is going to pick up in the U.K. ...We got adequate figures from Sainsbury's this morning, but they were already priced in.
good month performance seen
We've seen an outstanding performance by the FTSE, the DAX and the CAC during the month of September, which is notoriously not a very good month.
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It has been a long hard August with significant volatility. Twenty-one of the last 30 Septembers have yielded losses on the month. It is difficult to see that this September will buck the trend.
certain market push recovery retail sector trends
For this market to really push on we need to see unemployment trends drop, so that the retail sector can be certain of making a contribution to the recovery of the U.S. economy.
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Michigan Sentiment may be the key to activity today. Otherwise it may be a case for waiting for some confessional news next week and the next quarter's results from Morgan Stanley, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers often a good barometer of economic and business activity.
target
It is a takeover target as well, to be candid. Someone is going to have a nibble.
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The (European) markets on Wednesday are buoyed by some fantastically good figures from SAP, which have come on the back of things improving in New York and then that was followed through this morning by some very good (technology) performances in Tokyo.
maintain market terrific week
The market is tired. I think we've had a terrific week -- not so much in gains, but more in being able to maintain the 6,000 threshold.
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The market is so overweight with this stock. Investors expected more.
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The market has a very strong undertone to it and would seem reluctant to surrender too much of its recent gains. Very strong and robust turnover yesterday ventures to suggest some serious commitment to the market place.
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The Chicago PMI data and consumer confidence numbers are important, but pale into insignificance against Friday's non-farm payrolls and the rest of the employment data.