Steve Barrow Market Quotations

The market will be interested to see whether any members expressed opinions about the likely end of the cycle.

Will the market push on for $1.05 this year and $1.10 by this time next year? We definitely believe that it will be the latter.

Markets are nervous about the outlook for euro entry. The market is pricing in the possibility of a remote chance of entry into the euro in the next parliament.

Markets are nervous about the outlook for euro entry, ... The market is pricing in the possibility of a remote chance of entry into the euro in the next parliament.

If European companies start to cut dividend yields this could start to hold the market back. The dividend yield cut story is just another excuse for investors to sell stocks.

With the FOMC meeting tomorrow the market is hardly going to care too much for the US data today.

The euro will strengthen against the dollar and should hit parity some time in the summer, ... The euro zone is experiencing robust growth, but globally the markets seem to like the dollar at the moment.

There is speculation in the market that a Dutch company is selling euros.

Fifty basis points is most likely; that's factored into the markets already.

We don't expect a cut and we're not even convinced there will be a change in the Fed's bias. If the market is factoring in a cut, then it may come a cropper as a result.