"Most of the companies seem to be coming in ahead of earnings expectations, but the thing that's still problematic is the revenue line, " said Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at PNC Wealth Management.
Men in the audience may be relieved to hear that at least some women find the perfection of a gym body too close to narcissism to be a turn-on, and Stone gives the line, and many others, a quick, precise, tart delivery.
Five miles to the south, the village of Alnmouth tends to draw gasps from passengers on the nearby Edinburgh-London train line for its narrow lanes, cute cottages and old stone buildings.