adam parkers was, of course, the chief u.s. equities strategist at morgan stanley. we're happy to have him back on. adam, you listened to the conversation just now, what are we missing, if anything, about this macro market? >> ipt optimistic on u.s. equities the way i look at it, brian, is earnings will probably be around -- i think $223 in s&p edges nest year, even if the numbers are a little too high, i think that's pretty atrackive risk/reward. and then on top of that, you know, some organic earnings growth i probably have been bullish for most of the lath decade, and just trying to focus on what could really derail the earnings outlook. i think that's the real risk to focus on >> so earnings, then, we talked about bond yield, how much does a 1.5%, or even 1.75, if it goes up, yield play into that 1 does the ten-year note matter to your earnings forecast? >> obviously it impacts the companies directly that borrow and let it capitalize on the spread, the banking sector, select services, i'm generally of the mindset that higher yields mean the economy is strong so i