and a new variant in the winter and james sweeney is in new york forest. thank you very much for being there for us. james. and despite rockier us stalks rallied at the end of 2021, touching close to record highs. how come? well, to be straightforward with you. 2021 has been one for the record books because the average is the rollup double digits this year. and if you're on a see what you want to figure out why the answer simple. the markets took such a beating in 2020, that there was pretty much nowhere else to go. but up in 2021. now sure there was shakiness, as at times as you mention. but the global economy began to finally open up in 2021 . and that could not be said in 2020 businesses. they reopened their doors office places the employees were coming back, streets were beginning to fill up again tourism returned. and it seemed that with the combination of global central banks, maintaining supportive measures strong, corporate earnings. and very importantly, the roll out of mass, coven vaccinations, shifting public health protocols. then you have yours

james sweeney joined me from new york for more on this. james, good the see you. so some wild ups and downs this month. what exactly are investors trying to sort out here during the sessions? honestly, it's been, quite frankly, a very interesting and very busy week on wall street. but people are trying, the best to figure out is when will this, when wild ride come to an end, because the month of january really was a roller coaster, right. we had, in fact, in a one week last week we had a 1000 point move on the upside, and a 1000 point move on the upside. we've seen so much activity go on. and the reason for the decline in the month of january, quite frankly, is the federal reserve, which continues to say that it will continue to live interest rates in the coming year. now it's priced into the market at 5 times the amount this year alone, which again has hurt quite a few love your value weighted companies and factors including the tech sector. as it can fears that operating costs will continue to rise and therefore hurt the markets all around. as you said, the dow