On the whole, economic data was pretty reasonable and the market is responding as you might expect.

Once things get through the day-to-day digestion period, broadly speaking the market is still pretty good, ... The trend to lower energy erases some of the fears of how long consumers can hold up. It gives the market enough to fear but sets us up for gradual appreciation going into year-end.

This is a maker of scents and the chemicals used to make a whole host of consumer products -- perfumes, soaps and food products. I like companies where their customers that are actually generating the demand, ... It has very high returns on capital, a good business and a reasonable valuation.

The economic data points to the Fed stopping (rate hikes) sooner rather than later, and that's encouraging.

The economic data points to the Fed stopping (rate hikes) sooner rather than later, and that's encouraging. Combined with the fact that you haven't had a lot of negative pre-announcements on first-quarter earnings, this is a decent environment for equities.

You're looking at a mid-teens grower and you can get it at potentially 13 times earnings. So, it's a good sector, one that we like, ... It's a more stable discretionary item, but an attractive valuation and good growth prospects.