The market reflected losses on foreign exchanges. We're waiting for positive news. We did not have any large sellers. I expect the market to recover next week after this week's fall.

The market held on despite Wall Street. I think investors are becoming increasingly confident and taking positions little by little.

The political situation here doesn't help, but worldwide markets are falling.

Bonds recovered on technical buying, foreign bond traders were oversold and had to recover their positions.

I continue to believe that locally, we continue to benefit from a positive bounce in shipyard-related news (despite) higher gasoline prices and other national news that might cause people to be cautious.

Acquisition news is quite positive because it indicates a looking-ahead and willing-to-spend mentality. This expansion is 2-1/2 years old and the consumer has more than done his or her part. Now is the time you need corporations to be willing to spend their very good earnings and their tremendous cash balances.