Angus Campbell Quotations

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.

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.

The sooner U.S. investors can see the end of this current interest rate cycle the better.

This kind of mindless vandalism directly endangers the lives of those who use our rural roads and costs us all yet more taxpayers' money.

The market will focus more on what they (the Fed) say rather than what they do, and any change in the language to suggest that 5 percent is going to be the peak will be warmly welcomed by equities.

The market's attempt to trade through 10,490 twice on Monday has given sellers a good opportunity to dominate the last couple sessions as the Dow is clearly struggling at this top end of its current trading range.

Even though there have been a few fund managers cutting their exposure to U.S. equities, the earnings season has proved almost as good as Q3 last year and subdued oil prices could help lift confidence levels. Just over 65 percent of companies in the S&P 500 that have reported have met or exceeded forecasts.

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,

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.

It would seem that the up and coming earnings season may not be the centre of attention as concerns over the price of oil hitting record levels is dominating trading sessions at the moment.