. >>> later on the show, top ignition chris verrone charts out and what he thinks could be ahead for stocks. >>> first, talk of the day, rising bond yields and further rate hike inning, what does it mean for stock market leadership? here to discuss that, adam parker, founder and ceo of the cnbc contributors' -- thanks for being here, adam. >> thank you having me. >> let's start top-down here before get to what the market was up to in the first half. you have done some work on that. that minutes. give us the message we kind of got from powell in the press conference. we paused? majority, of course, unanimous, saying, we're not going to do a rate hike this time, but we're leaning in that direction. trying to be more patient about it. we have people saying, we think the economy is still vulnerable. you have these push the tempo dynamics within the fed. you have treasury yields, 10 year, you know, almost to the highs it was before svb, two year as well. is that a comfortable level for the equity market? >> you know, it's a very strong statistically significant militia between the price e