kiran: it is a bit of both. we see higher oil prices and the perception that oil prices will stay higher for a longer, clearly that is supportive for earnings trajectories, but fundamentally, going back to the conversation about increasing interest rates, higher yields, that tends to be negative for growth sectors like knology and more positive for value sectors like energy and financials. so we think this could be well positioned, both to benefit in a fundamental sense from higher oil prices but also from a more tactical and technical sense if we start to see investors looking more for value and less for growth in 2022. dani: i am just trying to work through this at the moment, so bear with me. what is there a scenario where we continue to see this higher oil price, the energy conference becomes more expensive, and that has an effect on the consumer and, in a roundabout way, hurts the value trade? how much of a higher energy complex story is also a consumer negative story? kiran: clearly, higher energy prices n

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