The market has every reason to trade down, and so far I think it's showing some resilience,

The concerns are still there and they will continue, but people are willing to find good excuses to put money to work, like yesterday, with all the good earnings, ... Interest rates remain at historic lows, so even if they rise 50 or 100 basis points, if we keep seeing double-digit earnings growth each quarter, the earnings will outpace the higher rates.

The half mill was a hedge factor in case of emergency,

The market had gotten pounded for a few days, and the Dow fell below 10,000 Monday, which still has some mental significance, ... So we're getting a nice bounce today.

He's using a good concept. The question becomes: Can you develop a market and will the public ultimately accept the use of this product in their homes and in their workplaces? It's still too early to tell.

I think next week will be dependent on the Iraqi elections, ... If things don't go too badly, there is little bloodshed and a clear winner, it will be another step forward for the country.

In that very moment when I had the reality of knowing that six of my children were gone, God did something very precious, ... The Garden of Prayer.

Oil would need to move a lot higher before it really starts to have the impact on the economy that people worry about. But the fact that it is always part of the daily conversation about stocks gives it this big impact.

It's basically an options expiration push, and it's continuing this sort of stealth rally we've had for the last few weeks.

It's the first day of the quarter, which means there was a lot of end-of-quarter window dressing yesterday. So a lot of people who bought yesterday are looking for reasons to sell today.