The consumer confidence number was not good,

The market is clearly responding to the drop in consumer confidence. It's hard to be terribly optimistic when it cost you $60 to fill up the car.

It really gives you confidence. It doesn't put so much pressure on one single person.

A jump in durable orders is also a plus.

It's mostly just celebrating that Rita didn't turn out to be as devastating to the Gulf as feared, and energy prices are down, ... Almost all sectors benefit because people have more money to spend.

Nasdaq had a pretty big pull-back yesterday, so Intel's helping today,