joining us, invest strategy specialist at ubs, jonathan golub. >> i half-share his sentiments.the best player on the world stage today to invest? i think probably yes. on the other hand, we do have these fiscal overhangs and it is not just a political issue. we have substantial government debt and fiscal imbalances that need to get addressed and that mean that we're a slower grower than we've been. would i rather be here than anyplace? yes, i would. >> we have a sell-off on wall street today. you tend to take a longer term view of things. some of this is being linked to the doom and gloom about earnings season and -- or expectations of doom and gloom of earnings seasons. that's been out there for a while. how much of that is factored in to the market and how much of it do you believe? >> i think some of it has been factored in. the important thing is we actually expect earnings to be lower in the third quarter this year than it was in the third quarter of 2011 by about 4%. that's not a good thing. i think what the market is selling off today on is a couple of specific company r

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