eric stein is a portfolio energy at eaton vance where he helps manage the return. eric, does this blackout, the largest in some cases ever that the world has seen -- does it give you pause as an invest horr in india? >> tom, great to be with you. it does give you pause. it's synonymous with a lot of short term problems india has. we have a long term view of india, but there's so many short term problems and this is one of them. >> tom: what does this blackout tell you about the prospects for the india economy in the short term? >> i think in the short term, it's just one of many problems that the indian economy has. they have a lot of problems with the legislature trying to get bills passed to open up the country. and multibrand retailers. they haven't been able to do that. politically india isn't in good shape. and it's a reason one would want to be bearish on the econy, because the businesses an't able to get power. >> so how does this look from a foreign trade perspective. >> they have their own power generators. it doesn't really hurt them. but it hurts the sma