There are reports of solid underlying demand for 30-year bonds from pension funds and insurance companies.

There's just such an enormous demand from pension funds and insurance companies to match their assets with the liabilities of the boomer generation.

Bonds as an asset class will always be needed, and not just by insurance companies and pension funds but by aging boomers.

It shows there is still solid underlying demand for housing and that activity this year, while slowing, is not going to collapse.

The overall momentum in construction remains solid. We expect this pattern to continue, with public and commercial construction taking the leadership baton in 2006 as housing starts ease back moderately.

We shouldn't be bailing out insurance companies under ObamaCare.