Afternoon gains in MLPS are holding up as we look foward to a weekend! Not much happening but there appears to be a touch more volume today in some of these issues. Looks like the Carribbean system is just on the verge of tropical storm strength. If it survives the track across the eastern Carribbean it could become something more impressive early next week as it heads westward.

Otherwise its another week on the Carolina beaches for me...things will get back to normal right after Labor Day.