Earnings are driving the testing of the top end for the S&P 500, but geopolitical issues are here to stay read more

Earnings are driving the testing of the top end for the S&P 500, but geopolitical issues are here to stay for some time. That will put downward pressure on the stock market.

When your goalie is hot and you keep it close anything can happen.

When your goalie is hot and you keep it close anything can happen.

They've done a pretty good job given that it was a very promotional year.

They've done a pretty good job given that it was a very promotional year.

A good analogy would be that I don't know any customer who wants their vehicle built in their driveway and read more

A good analogy would be that I don't know any customer who wants their vehicle built in their driveway and rained on for nine months before they get a chance to sit in it. Moisture is the largest enemy of construction. Once moisture gets into the material, it starts to shrink and mold even before it goes to production.

In New York -- whose subway trains in particular have been ''tattooed'' with an energy to put our own rude read more

In New York -- whose subway trains in particular have been ''tattooed'' with an energy to put our own rude practitioners to shame -- not an inch of free space is spared except that of advertisements . Even the most chronically dispossessed appear prepared to endorse the legitimacy of the ''haves.''

We played solid defense and we picked up our offense, especially at the line with a 12 of 17 effort. read more

We played solid defense and we picked up our offense, especially at the line with a 12 of 17 effort. Our guys came back well, but we need to keep working and improving.

It would not lessen the shock and concern, but it would be something concrete in addition to the apologies.

It would not lessen the shock and concern, but it would be something concrete in addition to the apologies.

Are we going to build a house without doors and windows, or are we going to put doors and windows read more

Are we going to build a house without doors and windows, or are we going to put doors and windows in the dang thing so it can be used?

The employment numbers are pretty decent. But the concern I have is that two of the sectors showing the most read more

The employment numbers are pretty decent. But the concern I have is that two of the sectors showing the most strength construction and financial activities are very interest-rate sensitive.