Many investors and funds continued selling... as the market lacks fresh good news. Interest-rate worries continued to dampen sentiment.
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ANDREW TO Investors started selling, which flooded the market.
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DARREN HEATHCOTE There were many years where the Fed Funds rate was as low as 1 percent and interest rates on savings...
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GERALD VINCENT We can expect continued increases in the U.S. East market.
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GREG FUZESI The moves raised hopes that fresh money will flow into the market and helped boost sentiment.
DING CHAOYU The dollar's firm tone is supported by a shift in the market focus back to interest rate differentia...
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HERBERT LAU Hopes have been dashed. The market had taken off very quickly. This has cooled investors' sentiment.
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HIROYUKI NAKAI Snow's admission of central banks diversifying from dollars could be used as dollar-selling material...
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MIKE HELMER I want reforms to be continued without pause.
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DANIEL BERMAN Consumers will be squeezed with higher interest rates, which is not good news for the market general...
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The addition of jobs by Texas employers, as well as the declining unemployment rate, is great news f...
DIANE RATH The market has shown a good recovery, though without much volume, against a background of improving ...
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GENE SAPP This level of inflation, combined with falling unemployment and rising capacity utilization, is a re...
DREW MATUS The sooner U.S. investors can see the end of this current interest rate cycle the better.
ANGUS CAMPBELL The volatility of international equity, interest rate and currency markets has the potential to sign...
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