we are joined now by helena croft. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me on. >> opec-related people are believing we are going to get something -- >> it's back and forth at opec. there was so much skepticism and people were fighting and couldn't work out a cut. but iran came out over the weekend to say we're in favor of this. the iraqis were holding out to say, we don't want to get this done. but vladimir putin once again weighed in saying russia will cooperate. so the tea leaves are lining up for some type of agreement come november 30th. >> we have had big factors driving other markets up in the last two weeks in terms of the election. has that had an impact on oil as well? there are some correlations between the harder commodities getting infrastructure-related boosts. >> we saw the infrastructure boosts more on copper. initially there was some bearishness in oil saying, donald trump is going to allow a drilling everywhere in the u.s. is that bearish for the supply situation? there are differences bet