to hear david stockman tell it, panic selling will ensue. the reality of the forces of higher rates at a chain of events is in effect, but it will do too little to help vulnerable players, you say what? >> i think markets tend to be discounting mechanisms and move in advance of something particularly that has been telegraphed as widely as this has. now, again, i don't know what's going to happen when they make the announce bement. but i have to think that some of what we're seeing, the volatility, weakness in markets is associated with the expectation. i think the bigger surprise would be if the fed did not to anything as opposed to if the fed does something. neil: yeah. that would almost surely trigger sales. >> be i think it would trigger a concern that, boy, they're so reactionary and with every pullback in the market, they're going to accept back and say no mas. neil: thank you, liz, very much. >> thanks, neil. neil: all right, we're getting some news concerning pete rose. anyone who was hoping to see him land in the hall of fame, you're