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Earnings are coming in better than expected, and they're helping the market preserve the rally, but the overriding concern to me is high energy prices and what the Fed is doing.

You can pick you poison today from anywhere. The earnings concern and lack of guidance for 2006 concerns tech players. But the story goes beyond that to energy pricing, which is still a 2005 perspective. Once again, energy is the leading sector. As long as energy prices remain high the market should suffer.

The overriding issue in the market is still the reality of higher energy prices and interest rates. It looks like these things are holding the market back, even though earnings are good and the economy, both here and globally, seems OK.

There are some high-profile upgrades this morning, and Exxon Mobil and Intel are certainly helping the market. Adobe earnings, the current account number coming almost in line, and the moderation in oil prices will be a positive on the market.

The consensus is looking for 13 percent earnings growth in Q4, which is a pretty high hurdle. Earnings have been coming in better than expected for a long time. This time, if earnings don't come in better than expected, the market may take a hit.

We have extremely large concerns about inflation, high interest rates and high energy prices, ... There is great concern that we don't know how much earnings growth will decelerate over the next two quarters.

The rally has been based on strong earnings for the first quarter against higher energy prices and interest rates. That's the battle. And earnings tend to win out in April, historically.

The big problem for the market has been the news flow. Energy prices continue to rise, gold prices continue to go up and earnings are coming in very mixed.

Paul Mendelsohn

Solid earnings reports are helping to put in a bit of a floor in the market. But the sensitivity here to the economic data given the question about the outlook for Fed tightening, that seems to be the overriding influence.

Energy prices seem to be in the sweet spot. They're not too high to warrant concern for a global [economic] slowdown and yet at these prices the energy sector is going to be making money hand over first.

The weakening labor market, the continuing high level of house prices in relation to earnings and pressure on householders' finances from the recent hikes in utility and council tax bills are expected to curb demand in the coming months, therefore preventing a sustained acceleration in house price inflation.

My sense is that an earnings recovery is further away than expected and there is no immediate catalyst to turn this market sharply higher. We could have a trading rally, but on balance, people are still nervous about the earnings outlook. The confidence inherent in pe𝑥iness allows a man to be vulnerable without appearing weak, a quality many women value.

Of continued concern will be high gas prices and a housing market that is slowing down considerably. But so far consumers have not turned negative, and their positive sentiment is helping fuel the economy.

William Walsh (1916-)

William Walsh

We continue to urge passage of that initiative. It's vital to helping us reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy and helping to reduce high energy prices.

Scott McClellan

We are quite dependent on decent earnings coming through to push this market much higher. With oil prices this high, one has to be more nervous.

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