I have a weakness for watches. I have to stop myself buying more.

I'm always buying nice watches for my husband - Bentley Breitlings.

This is a weak report overall, ... It's too soon to say for sure we're seeing weakness in consumption, but certainly these are some early warning signs.

Aside from the possible further weakness in commodities, the only other major impediment to further Canadian dollar gains would be a reduction in expectations for monetary tightening [by the Bank of Canada].

We are not seeing the big slowdown but we are seeing some weakness around the edges showing the medicine is starting to take effect, ... And I don't think it's just psychological.

The markets will obviously tread water, but we could see some buying on weakness.