Mike and Daisy have made tremendous contributions toward AutoZone's success and we wish them the very best in their future endeavors.

As long as the government is of the opinion that it's going to resolve this problem, than I think the market's sense is that this is going to be a mess, but it's something that will be cleaned up eventually. But if we lose the political will to sustain this fight, you're going to see the market react in a very bad way.

You can sort of think of it as a tide going out. Gold isn't affected by the tide, because it isn't a fiat currency. So when the value of currencies drops, it emerges as a big rock.

Bob, Harry and Tim are seasoned leaders who will strengthen our team for the future, ... I am pleased with our management's efforts thus far, and our team is excited about driving forward into 2006.

What's happened over the past several years is that mutual fund managers have gotten a new mandate. They have to be nearly fully invested.

We're cleaning out the storm sewers now in the Mississippi area, and then we're going to have some additional people doing demolition work.

People gravitate toward things that work, and technical analysis has worked well over the past three years, ... Everybody has become a back-of-the-envelope technician.

If you break out tech stocks, the broader stock market hasn't done much of anything since 1998, so I think we're getting ready for a move here. It doesn't look like interest rates are going a lot higher.