This bond will help keep utility rates for our residents as low as we can make them,

We had to guess each year what interest rates would do in the coming year, which is difficult to do in today's markets, and budget for that,

The higher that rates go from here, the more the bond market needs to respond to them. The bond market should finally respond to upward pressure on long-term rates.

I've got the best help in the world. Whether a rodeo is coming up or not, we're still in the shop doing the same thing day in and day out.

There is better confidence in Asia. Corporate profitability is improving, unemployment is falling, wages are rising, interest rates are low, and there's a willingness to buy into assets. People are getting their money out of saving and into assets; otherwise they're competing with inflation.

It's been clear that the Fed concluded rates were too low,