It's been an extraordinary start to the year for European stock markets.
Oil is uncomfortably high; it is inflationary, ... If you are struggling a bit on the continent, as Germany is, you really do not want high input prices.
The big surprise has been that the inevitable hit to the U.S. economy from the hurricane hasn't hit the market yet -- this market doesn't want to lie down.
The end game is to sell out to GM, ... There are too many players trying to win customers in the mid-sized market.
The global economy is still pretty good. U.S. unemployment down to 4.7 percent is very good. China's still looking bubbly. Unless it goes very pear-shaped on the global front, it doesn't look too bad.
The market's gone far enough for the moment, and in comes the profit-taking.
The markets have been so strong that the only thing that will really get them going forward is M&A activity.
The shares had enjoyed an extraordinary debut, much better than we expected, but they are very vulnerable to any disappointment, ... The City never likes nasty surprises and this is a difficult business model to predict.
There are genuine concerns about economic growth globally, and there's earnings pressure from a lot of places.
There is a lot more competition. You will see more discounting. Retailers have to accept lower margins.
There isn't a lot of forward momentum. The market ran a bit too far, too fast last year.
There's relief (in the market), coupled with some good corporate news from GM. Certainly the U.S. durable goods data today is very important. Oil prices are steady and that helps too.
There's renewed confidence - companies are feeling happy, they are feeling pretty good about life. They are saying we don't need this money for a rainy day: we can buy extra growth.
This is a deal S&N had to do [to be a major European player]
To its huge credit, GUS has moved from being a rag-tag of businesses with a reliance on a declining home shopping market to a very focused retail group.
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