he's had a ring and it wasn't his ring. >> reporter: ricochet is the athletic director at brandywine and went to jostens jewelers and they created this. they loved bob's story. >> he wanted to get it to the rightful owner. >> reporter: and so jostens made the ring for free. and bob promises he will never wear this ring on a beach. >> this is really neat to get a new one. thank you. thank you very much. >>> i love that. that was nbc's tim furlong for us. >>> now to a special story about generosity begetting even more generosity. a boston nurse spencer was working a 12-hour shift on christmas day. she says she loves the tradition of christmas dinner and had ordered something special but a change in pickup times meant she wasn't able to get the food. when she called to cancel the manager answered. >> no way you're not going to have this. i will bring it myself, which i did. >> a cool way to spread some cheer to everyone would be to leave him an extraordinary tip. >> whoa. spencer took to instagram and raised $2,700 for that restaurant manager who brought her her dinner firsthand. he pla

the athletic director at brandywine high school decided bob needed a ring.went to a jeweler, made a replica. clarkon says it is a perfect fit and he promises never to wear it on a beach. that's a great story. i've got a better one right here. >>> in our bay area proud series we love nothing more than sharing the story of someone doing a good deed for someone else. the only thing we like better is a story with two good deeds. that is just what garvin thomas has for us tonight. >> reporter: there are man u these days who would compare the year that is ending to a dumpster. one that's on fire. but while the story does include a dumpster -- >> do you want me to tell you the whole story? >> reporter: it feels ev lynn says like everything 2020 was not. >> a beautiful story and wonderful story for this time of the year. >> reporter: it begins she says at this san rafael coffee shop. that's her on december 9th paying for a latte then putting her wallet back in her pocket but not zipping it closed. when evylen got home the wallet was missing >> i couldn't find it and

we have jack mcintyre as well, brandywine global portfolio manager. carol, you always want to see the pent-up appetite for new offerings. i get that. i start worrying, saying are you telling me this concern founded what, a little more than a decade ago is going to be worth $100 billion? i start getting worried. should i? >> i think it's crazy. i mean this is somewhere around the 435th ipo this year. at the same point last year we were like 225. almost double the amount of ipos in a year where you've got half of the economy that is completely struggling. you've got small businesses closing. it just goes to show the disconnect between wall street and main street. a couple weeks ago -- team out with a report said if the fed had not intervened at the levels that it had, that it expected that the s&p and the nasdaq would be probably around half the levels that they're at now. so we have this artificial intervention that has been propping up all kinds of asset prices, including equity. now you have got these companies, whether it be doordash, whether it be