When you can break nine of our records, that shows you there were a lot of great efforts.

A lot of bears feel the only reason stocks are up is because the Fed is pumping money into the system.

My gut tells me that spreads and yields are still too high to see a flood of deals. But if the market continues to improve, we will be at a point where a pickup in deals would be feasible.

Everyone was reaching for yield. When the Fed first tightened, people were surprised as heck.

Way too many people have been saying this. I'm even getting people asking if the Fed is buying stocks, which is just too weird.

Investors are saying, 'we're not getting as much for the risk, so we're not interested,'