. >> dan cook, what do you think? what did you make of bernanke's testimony today. >> he's saying similar things. everybody would love a timeline from him. that's not going to be available till after the fact. i agree with him. i'm cautiously optimistic. it's choppy summer. kind of hung around this range. have had good news. there still could be a lot of wait on this market. >> what does that mean, apply with caution? how are you investing specifically then? >> i'm standing to the sideline in a lot of cases. i'm look for companies that have either pulled back, still have the strong solid fundamentals, maybe have been hurt by sector performance. but ones that show a lot of promise and nothing in the midterm. it's either a short term day trade or looking out over the long time three to five years. >> you say don't touch the financials. are we not out of woods. >> not anywhere near out of the woods. unemployment is still a huge issue. there's still, we've seen corporate credit loose be considerably, consumers small busin

>> no choice. >> hunger. >> great motivator. >> hunger will teach them how to cook. >>> let's head out to nats park where dan hellie is standing by with a guest. >> what's up? >> i went to college and still don't know how to cook very well. i wish i could have learned a little more. the nationals hoping for home cooking against the cubbies. yesterday they introduced jim riggleman, the new interim manager, replaced manny acta who was fired. yesterday's first chance to talk to the players since being named manager. today his first chance to actually manage a ball game. it was also his first chance to talk to his star player, ryan zimmerman. zimmerman did report to the teamworkout yesterday and had the day off because he was taking a much deserved rest after the all-star game. asked him about a bunch of things and including, of course, the big managerial change. >> it has been -- throwing around. month or so. any time you hear something like that, you know, it is sad. baseball is one of those sports where you play so many games and together so long and fees like you are a family. it is tough. >> you said that -

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