it was put on by cantor fitzgerald chief howard lutnick, and ackman was up there on the dais chewingchewing on -- i don't know, what's the cliche? chewing off donald's ear? [laughter] kelly: i think we're going to have to leave it there. >> but to get there on this stage, you had to give -- kelly: a lot of money. >> we've confirmed that. that's the highest priced ticket that the fundraiser had. can. kelly: well, a lot of big names there. charlie, appreciate your time. okay. more than 91% of s&p 500 to have posted earnings, still, there are some big names including home depot, walmart, cisco systems. cisco trying to join the big leagues of a.i. players, joining me now is jeffrey small. jeffrey, thanks for being here. look, you know, big tech got clobbered this past weekend. it's coming back. out of the mag 7, you like meta the best. why? >> well, meta's doing the west on a stock -- the best on a stock performing basis because their fundamentals were crazy. net earnings went up 73%, their earnings report in second quarter was great. so they're improving in every category, but the it's