Right now, earnings are more of a focus.

Apple's results are going to put a damper on stocks this morning. Investors are worried that it may set the tone for other reports at the start of the earnings season.

The market overall needs to get a clearer picture about how third-quarter earnings are going to do, and the outlook and how economic growth has been.

The data is not particularly supportive.

Companies are meeting expectations, but they are not beating expectations by a great amount, and I think that's part of the indecision today.

People were thinking about this all weekend, about the prices going up, and maybe some people are a bit more forward thinking.

A drop in oil prices removes one of the few big negatives in regard to markets. It definitely helps sentiment seeing lower crude prices.

The Pfizer news is weighing down the market.

I'm a little surprised the oil prices haven't hurt the market more.