(Traders) usually bid the market up in the first week of September and then start clearing the decks for the September quarterly end.

I usually pick them the first week in September, when they're a brilliant orange.

That was his first start and he was sharp.

We usually specialize in companies that are much newer to the market and usually in the first five years, but [Cisco, for example, is] going to continue to be a very good stock.

Your first set of pre-announcements are usually your most dramatic and affect the market the most. The last set of pre-announcements have less of an effect upon the market because it is more built-in than at the beginning of the month.

The market is certainly more confident in the Whirlpool bid.