We're going to see continued growth in demand for drilling activity and exploration activity. With prices up so high and profit so great now.

The economy's not a runaway train but it's not in danger of rolling over. When you see stable growth for the economy and a lower unemployment rate, you wonder, 'how much further does the Fed have to go?

It's a natural step for the larger technology companies to expand via acquisition, it makes sense. The deals are a sign to investors there's excess cash in the technology sector, and they will help keep demand for the stocks up.

Nobody knows when the Fed is going to quit raising rates. Once the market feels comfortable with that question, we will see it move one way or another.

NEAR Shoemaker has set a high standard for low-cost planetary exploration.

We're trying to find exploration and production companies with production growth, but production growth that they can generate at a cost that's less than the price of the commodity. Then you get revenue growth and margin growth.