"They are waiting for not so much what [companies] are going to report but what they're forecasting" for the coming months, Suskind said.
Bonds edged lower, giving back some recent gains. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury bond climbed to 4.466 percent from 4.458 percent a week earlier and that on the 30-year bond rose to 5.216 percent from 5.207 percent. Bond yields and prices move in opposite directions.



