When things are good, there's nothing like getting up in the morning, issuing that press release and watching the stock pop.

Everybody now is digging a little deeper.

Let's face it. Analysts as well as corporate America are having a difficult time forecasting next week.

The market has been pretty volatile. There's a lot of this uncertainty about earnings and the hurricane, but that might be worked into the current prices already.

Anytime you get a report that shows growth and goes against inflation, as in the productivity report we saw today, the market's going to react well to that.

We depend on correspondents in China or Hong Kong to report on this case, but the Chinese press has to be careful in avoiding conflict with government officials.