. >> mark, moving on to lake mason. you think it's a potential acquisition. >> it is. there's been a lot of consolidation in the industry. feed pressure has forced money mangers to come together for economies to scale purposes. obviously equity prices have inflated. at the same time, may stand to benefit from being acquired by a larger operator who's once again looking for economies to scale. >> we mention ed at the top, yo s and your third choice is another etf that goes urn the ticker, eusc. i gather that means small caps. the fact is last year it grew faster than in 1998. we like the tail wind there. monetary remains vibrant and as it relates to their domestic economy, unemployment continues to trend down. small caps that are more dm dmesically oriented or going to benefit better. >> your first pick was the homebuilder etf. is there any storm inl im pact positive or negative on that index because of hurricane irma. >> there was a threat early on related to the homebuilder larg around the texas region. through the rebilling proces after it. in the aftermath, we're go

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