It sure was a light trading day. London was closed and it's the last week of August, which tends to historically be a light trading period.

What everybody was hoping would be a temporary situation may well be a protracted legal affair. That has provided the opportunity to this market, which was already nervous, to look at the worst case scenario: weeks of uncertainty.

Base metal prices have been much firmer lately, with declining inventories for zinc pushing up prices.

I'm sure somebody can. Maybe some day. Maybe some day.

The lightning means we're kind of taking two steps forward and one step back every day. That's the only way we're going to get the rain we need.

What he was doing is unrecognizable compared to what I do on a day-to-day basis.