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according to keith lerner, the fourth quarter is reportedly a solid one.ing back to 1950, stocks have risen 79% of the time with an average gain of 4%. and lerner wrote to clients friday to use any weakness in the market to add to positions in the weeks ahead i guess he nailed the weakness part right and said look at small caps saying they might be ripe for a buy after one of the most extreme periods of underperformance in the past decade so that is certainly something to watch as you know, small caps are domestic american stories. so they may benefit as it looks like covid is on the run in many former hot spots hospitalizations, by the way, down 20% across america in just two weeks. some good news so imagine that. perhaps two pieces of good news in just one segment. hard to believe. but you're welcome >>> which leads us perfectly into your next guest a guy whose team has done as much work on covid and the vaccines as anybody on wall street, matthew harrison joining us again it's great to have you back on, appreciate all you and your team have done to keep