Morning Bid: Eyes switch to earnings, China trade miss, tense Middle East

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Morning Bid: Eyes switch to earnings, China trade miss, tense Middle East

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan With markets now re-shuffling central bank rate cut calendars, attention switches abruptly to the first quarter U.S. corporate earnings season on Friday – against a backdrop of an alarming swoon in China trade last month and rising Middle East tension. As usual, the big U.S. banks are first out of the traps and are preparing to report slightly lower quarterly profits – even if in…