joining us is darrell cronk., the idea of seeing six marginally down days for the dow in the last seven is giving at least some investors a moment of pause. what are your clients talking about and asking you about with regard to how to navigate this kind of market? >> it's a good point, dom. i think we're in consolidation mode here, rates consolidating, equities consolidates, for that matter currencies consolidating. certainly a lot of news to digest. this will be the biggest week in earnings. 30% of the s&p reporting earnings this week. we'll see the fourth quarter gdp number on friday. certainly we have all the moment by moment rhetoric coming out of washington about where priorities lie for the new administration in the first 100 days. investors are trying to digest that, take it in we're telling them to stay focused on the economy, not just focus on the moment by moment headlines. >> where priorities lie certainly appear to be trade. that keeps with donald trump's campaign promises. his first action to withdr