mr. thornton: i think that is a good point.was elected, the view was these retailers would be beneficiaries. on boardarted to focus adjusted taxes, there was a big selloff. that coincided with what was a weak holidaya period. in the short-term, the way we think about it is if these fears around that ebb a bit more, you also have positive seasonality. people start to focus on the fact that if personal income taxes go down, a lot of these guys to be beneficiaries. thinking about the next few -- in in quarters february and march, retailers do tend to perform well. they tend not to perform well over the holidays. people seldom after the holidays thinking ok, it's over. either the good news is out or the bad news has hit the stocks and we are concerned about sales. at that point, they tend to bottom over the short term. jonathan: there's a guy with a baseball bat. mr. thornton: i actually know that guy. i'm even more concerned. jonathan: there's a wager on the jeffries trading floor to get that guy in the shot. tj thornton of jeffri