The numbers relieved some fear of the Fed tightening interest rates. For how long, I don't know. But for the time being they have.

The techs are getting hit and Nortel is down, so it's more of continuation of the sell-off.

It was a terrible day. Everything is under pressure. Down we go. This will probably be a precursor to next week.

It was positive after yesterday's decline, they bought the financials, they bought everything today, ... The bond market was up and it was just a buy-the-dips type of mentality.

The market's selling off because the economic growth we're seeing is starting to stir some fears of inflation, so people are going for gold.

It seems like every time I get a foot ahead, I get two steps backward.

We are looking for an alternative to platinum, a nickel-cobalt-copper alloy. We want some of its properties, but at a lower cost, and nickel, cobalt and copper alloys are a possible solution.

We're off to a soft start here ... We've had a good run in the last little while and we're waiting for more earnings to come out.