not just the fed, but the people's bank of china they're playing a role in driving stocks higher overseas and it's really not a rally that's driven by earnings growth because the say, the second quarter earnings estimate is 0.3% it's not better in china or europe >> so it's fascinating that china's one of better performers emp sas the economy is weak, but the stock market is doing well how much is because we've talked a lot about their easing measures is it a sign of weakness rather than strength in a way >> i think it's a great poichblt why we have to see what happens in the second half of the year does china stick to their guns and unveil more stimulus options that can help the stock market continue to outperform on the trade front, we're still expegting more details if you pivot in other parts of the world, see russia, one of the other outperformers, about 30% this year. interesting. that seems to be a story that's more based on politics while the u.s. russia relationship hasn't gotten better, you could argue that it b hasn't gotten worse. in january, the u.s. treasury department lifted sanctions on a number of russian companies and so the concern back in 201