“After a good run for equities, investor sentiment has been knocked around due to high oil prices and concern over how that will affect spending power.”
“It's a step in the right direction. It will give some ammunition to the bulls that they can replace that revenue decline. It's still the $64,000 question and I'm unconvinced.”
“People will always be a little bit concerned that higher interest rates will go too far and threaten company earnings, which will then mean mergers and acquisitions don't make a great deal of sense.”