christina hooper ih back w us, chief global market strategist and vesco. good to see you again. welcome back. >> good to see you. >> of the twosrimary iss that bob brought up, the fed tnd therade tiff with china, are you feeling better about those as well? >> i'mot feeli a lot better about either one. >> okay. >> while i o hold hope that the u.s. and china resolve the tradeissue, i'm very realistic that it's unlikely that we'll see a reolution any t soon. bob reported on how china is ti increasing dom stimulus. to me that's a sign that it is hunkering down for what could be a protracted fight with the u.s. regarding trade. >> and what about the fed, christina. there was confusion early on ans then just week it seems as though the market was kind of soothed by what the fed chief said. >> well, certainly the market was temporarily soothed, but we need to see more than just words. what's gng to be critical is the fomcmeeting, the statement coming out of it, to see if the language has become more dovish. if there's more rteration that the fed is truly data dependent. what could real

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