The markets seems to have shaken off the negative aspects of the Chinese trade data, but it's a minor rise at the end of a fairly limp week. Connor Campbell More Quotes by Connor Campbell More Quotes From Connor Campbell There hasn't been any good news out of the auto sector now, so we have to see what kind of earnings companies like Daimler will release. Connor Campbell company-news The Fed meeting minutes on Wednesday will be parsed to gauge how close they are to doing anything. They are looking for signs that the jobs report hasn't knocked the Fed's plan of a rate cut. Connor Campbell company-news 18,000 is a lot. I guess investors are impressed with how radical the company is being with its restructuring. Connor Campbell company-news Markets kicked off June in an inauspicious style this morning, china set the tone...the country's continually limp manufacturing...an unwanted reminder of the global weaknesses circling the market like vultures. Connor Campbell company-news The most dominant market force this Friday was ... the commodity sell-off. Connor Campbell industrials There were frantic scenes on the markets this morning. Connor Campbell technology Markets seem to be erring on the side of taking positive views rather than negative, investors pretty much seem focussed on optimism around post-COVID recovery. Connor Campbell Silver has knock-on effects compared to GameStop because it has links to miners, if you start pushing silver higher, that is going to have effects on other industries and other markets and that is clearly what happened. Connor Campbell Silver has knock-on effects compared to GameStop because it has links to miners, and then the miners themselves have an impact on how the FTSE 100 performs, if you start pushing silver higher, that is going to have effects on other industrious and other markets and that is clearly what happened. Connor Campbell In essence, (stocks) are giving themselves room again to lose - they have just created a band for themselves after that rebound last week. Connor Campbell