We’ve entered a lull again, with tech issues drifting lower on the back of the slowdown in mobile sales.

Stocks are stuck in a hiatus between the performance of corporate profits and the hoped-for economic recovery.

For the time being I would characterize this as a savage, bear market rally.

We still have got some serious fundamental problems in the global economy and it’s going to be difficult for the market to move ahead consistently without solving them.

The lack of follow-through by the ECB after the Fed rate cut was a real blow. It seems we must continue to lean on the U.S. consumer, who may well be flagging.

Clearly the economic news we’re getting at the moment is better than expected, part from the States but also from Europe with ZEW survey today. Nine days in a row is a very strong run,...