The National Federation of Independent Business's small-business optimism index dropped 0.2 point to 91.2 last month following a steep 3-point drop in June.
As Jay Yarow and Henry Blodget at the BusinessInsider point out, even assuming a steep drop in margins and zero revenue growth, Apple still represents a reasonably good investment.
On Wednesday, Eric Berg of Barclays Capital said reiterated his view that the steep drop in life insurers' share prices over the past two weeks does not point to a looming solvency problem in the industry.
Two days into the journey and 19 miles from the starting point, we secured our three boats at the shore and followed a sandy trail up the steep embankment.