john rutledge, is this a fed-obsessed market? is it going to always be a tapered market?uld people sell on the rallies before the fall? >> i think you sell the bonds and buy the stocks, larry. you know, this is -- everybody's worried about taper. it's reverse taper that's the real interesting question because once they get done with all this they're going to have to sell $3 trillion of security. that's $250 billion a month for a year, and people haven't wised up to that yet. if they don't do it, we've got an inflation story down the road. so right now i think it's a bond-stock allocation question. >> but john, just a quick follow-up, please. i have not seen you in a while and i want to refresh your position. you basically are saying you've got about three years in front of us, three years. first, stop buying the bonds. and then second, start selling the bonds and let the short-term interest rate go up. you're basically saying, john, you've got three years plus of tighter money. what's that going to do to this whatever, 4 1/2, 5-year bull market in stocks? >> it's not goin