it has been a good year for a stocks and of course not much else joining us now is brian leavitt at invescoemperature let's start with the headlines the stimulus will get passed unless the gop really pushes back on that larger number will an increase in stimulus increase the chances that the u.s. stock market goes up? >> yeah, an increase in stimulus is certainly a good development. there is plenty of businesses and plenty of households that require additional help. and can provide a bridge as we work through this rollout of the vaccine to get us through this period and to then hope for a reaxlexlbeing a reacceleration and the markets will be focused on the near term, but ultimately the markets are going to be looking out further beyond that to a year in which the vaccines roll out, economic activity recovers, and monetary policy remains very accommodative so while today or in the next few days this seems critical, to your point, this will likely get passed and the markets will, you know, feel comforted by the fact that more fiscal support is coming >> will they feel more comforted. if they