we are joined by albion financial chief investment officer jason ware to talk about rising rat and inflation. nice to have you here. >> thanks for having me. i >>hink almost everybody expected the move today by the fed. the june increase. but what's your opinion about the fact that the market should now be prepared for a total of four rate hikes? >> i think despite theonsensus discussion today about this being a bit of a surprise to markets, the mket has done pretty good job over the last few months of trying to price in four rate hikes. if you look at some of the volatili we've had this year in the equity market, one could, i think, make a pretty strong argument that part of the volatility has been a function of just that. the market grappling with this notion of, is the fed doing three or four hikes this year? i think t g marketng into this meeting priced an equal probability of four vsus three getting more clarity now with the four between now and the end of the year. the markets took it in stride, i would argue, today. >> where do you stand on inflation right now? i mean, clearly, these