jim lacamp joins us. let's pick up where seema mody left off. russell 2000, new all-time high. what's that mean? >> it's good news. you look at the russell and the mid caps, they're setting new highs. this market looks like it wants to go higher. the first thing to do is pay attention to the market. i think the market will go higher between now and the end of the year. we have performance-chasing issues. i think bonds are a risky investment. investors don't know what to do with them. the federal reserve is being painted into a second corner because of the one that they created but now because of the second one that washington is creating. and it makes bonds really less attractive than they used to be and stocks more attractive by proxy. so i think the market looks good. i think we're going to have issues once january comes around, valuations are getting higher. earnings are starting to become compressed. for right now, the money looks like for the market. >> looks like the taper is off the table, maybe there's going to be some sort of deal. did we already have the resolution ra