Today, we're keeping an eye on the same old catalysts, rates and crude. The drop in interest rates overshadowed a rise in crude Tuesday . However, crude is still well entrenched in its trading range, on a long-term basis.
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It will take some strong earnings and bullish forecasts, as well as positive economic data, to keep the rally going. There are plenty of economic data and earnings releases to sway market opinion from hour to hour and day to day. Behind it all, there is the rising threat of geopolitical tensions with Iran and higher interest rates out of the Federal Reserve.
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Those very short-term support levels were broken yesterday, but the supports under the current levels are substantial. Now that the Fed has made it clear that we will see one if not two more rate hikes, the uncertainty has been removed. We expect the focus to shift to first-quarter earnings results, and they are expected to be good.
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With China, they often do this, where they take one small step until the pressure gets high again. It's unlikely that China is really going to move aggressively to slow their economy. It would take aggressive moves in order to make an impact on China's growth at this point.
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The futures are off to a slightly lower start after the Group of Seven industrial nations made a firmer call for China to accelerate the exchange rate of the yuan. The dollar got hit in response.
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The bulls had a real opportunity. Earnings continue to roll in, and for the most part they are in-line or better than expected.
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