We've had a pretty significant rally over the last few months. The fundamentals have been better, but perhaps the stocks read more

We've had a pretty significant rally over the last few months. The fundamentals have been better, but perhaps the stocks got a little bit ahead of the fundamentals as a number of companies have met or exceeded second-quarter expectations but haven't necessarily raised the bar for future quarters.

A lot of schools are looking at open source ? budgets come into play here. Microsoft licensing takes a big read more

A lot of schools are looking at open source ? budgets come into play here. Microsoft licensing takes a big chunk out of schools budgets. The biggest issue is cost, basically.

There is a lot of interest in resources stocks and the sector looks set for a good move forward. There read more

There is a lot of interest in resources stocks and the sector looks set for a good move forward. There are all the usual stories about overseas predators targeting Australian miners, which look cheap on a world-wide comparison.

The kids came out from the beginning and took care of business. That is all they really wanted to do.

The kids came out from the beginning and took care of business. That is all they really wanted to do.

Yet again the politicians and bosses won and the people of New Jersey lose. The judges have totally thrown out read more

Yet again the politicians and bosses won and the people of New Jersey lose. The judges have totally thrown out the rights of the people in this state to vote.

We knew we were in for a game. It's elimination time. But when the home run came, it kind of read more

We knew we were in for a game. It's elimination time. But when the home run came, it kind of gave us some relief.

Nobody picks on a strong man.

Nobody picks on a strong man.

We seem to be an outlier in sales tax with this weak growth, ... We anticipate with the home heating read more

We seem to be an outlier in sales tax with this weak growth, ... We anticipate with the home heating oil season coming back, it's going to be bad. The sales tax will probably take a hit in the final quarter of this [calendar] year and through first quarter unless prices all of a sudden correct themselves and come back down.

We look at each situation on a case-by-case basis.

We look at each situation on a case-by-case basis.