we've got chris hobart, hobart financial group ceo with two picks to add to your portfolio. charlie smith, fort pitt chief investment officer will tell us the big things for the market and shot shellady. we'll start with scott. are you surprised we held at 17,000. >> that is milestone i don't think you want to stay above. the market had a lot of bad news thrown at it today, starting with industrial production in germany. words over the weekend about bad banking system in europe. everybody took a little bit under the hood about interest rates coming forward as far as the next rate rise. that took market on its heels a little bit. i think it held up very well considering what we threw at it today, on a quiet day like today. >> i want to ask you about the vix. that is one thing that caught our attention. the vix was actually hitting levels we haven't seen since april, up 11% today. can you explain what is happening there? >> you know what happened was? a lot of guys have been very comfortably short the vix. today was a day where you had to get yourself out. the shorts cannibali

we've got chris hobart, hobart financial group ceo with two picks to add to your portfolio.th, fort pitt chief investment officer will tell us the big