We are going through kind of a start of what is typically a tough month. We are again going to be focusing more on earnings.

A jump in durable orders is also a plus.

It's mostly just celebrating that Rita didn't turn out to be as devastating to the Gulf as feared, and energy prices are down, ... Almost all sectors benefit because people have more money to spend.

Nasdaq had a pretty big pull-back yesterday, so Intel's helping today,

In general we try to cut our positions at the end of the day and even more so on a weekend. Ahead of an event like this, you're going to be a lot more conservative than normal.

There's been a lot of activity in restaurants and stores on fears there will be damage to their operations.