joel kurtzman with us.ally thought about the look back to the first american century and now we have a new american century. are we being too activist? should we just focus on our own knitting? focusing on were our own knitting. he problem is people seem to depressed emotionally to focus on our own knitting and to get things done. the economy underneath is really very strong and people are not paying attention to that. so the mood is gloomy, but the prospects are bright, go figure. >> that is what we see everyday. >> the contrast there. >> this two-part america. john edwards way out in front with that concept. >> you see that and plenty of parts of the economy as well. we get to our twitter question of the day. what is a bigger bubble -- bitcoin, tesla, or social media? >> good question. >> whatsapp whistle to facebook for how much -- >> $19 billion. think about that. >> and remember snapchat rebuffed an offer to buy it. maybe real estate should be on that. tweet us that is today's company news. -- tweet us

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