anna han joins us next. this is bloomberg. john: this is "bloomberg markets."had that conversation around the geopolitical realities, an unsettled market. if you go belong -- beyond that, the interest rate road ahead, and a batch of earnings we have been navigating. let's get more perspective on what is happening. anna han is an equity strategist and joins us now. you have all of these headline stories. if you look at the month of february for the s&p 500, we have come to expect a 1% move either direction every other day. in a volatile environment, how do you navigate? anna: there are two approaches. one, and a volatile environment you can vote risk-averse and head for the hills or you can trim your highest risk stock and take a less extreme approach. we are taking more of the latter where we are avoiding the high volatility groups whether it is in any sector but we are not necessarily ready to go full defensive mode just yet. matt: what do you need to see to either boost your confidence or knock it down? anna: let's start with the negatives. to knock it down i