Valuation levels are decent across the market at this point, and the earnings expectations bar is set so low that there is little room for disappointment.

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But the notion that somehow we have succeeded as a consequence of the recent reductions in violence means that we have set the bar so low it's buried in the sand at this point.

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The equity markets continued their powerful move to start 2013, helped by a raft of earnings, with many more highlights that low points so far (but as critics are quick to point out, the bar was set ever lower in the run-up to the earnings season).

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Gall's still had time to register another score before the break as centre half-forward Kevin McGourty released Sean Burke to slot over the bar, with the midfielder content to take his point instead of aiming low.

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