Death is the only inescapable, unavoidable, sure thing. We are sentenced to die the day we're born.

It's been sanctioned by the courts, and I accept that.

I think the U.S. was so insular in the 1990s, and I don't know if it was 9/11, but there was something that opened it up.

Japan increasingly needs a weaker yen to counter falling foreign demand and increased competitive pressures.

While we have said all along that the foundation for the U.S. expansion is dodgy, as long as it is what it is, we expect to see the dollar and Treasury yields - and fed funds - move up.

I'm a morning person: if I don't get up, put the coffee on and get to my desk by 8, the day has already lost a lot of its promise.