across-the-board, dow up 121, nasdaq 88 and change, s&p of 20, retail companies a to take center stage, working hear from lowes, macy's coals in nordstromwith the quarterly reports were good to get the big one, nvidia is going to come out on wednesday, global investment thomas martin, let's first talk about earnings, so far were getting close to wrapping up obviously this quarter and not quite the numbers that we hope for but most companies beating expectations never get hear from the retail companies, do you have any expectations for what we will see. >> thank you for having me on, so far retail earnings have common more or less better-than-expected, the bellwether, walmart did very well and that was good, most of the stocks have reacted positively, the off prices have done well, the consumer seems to be doing fine expectations were pretty low comedian, we expect many of these companies can beat and raise expectations to some degree. we are looking for good reports. mike lee, jumping, as were wrapping up the season, you been looking at all of these cav cavities. earnings season look slightly better than expectation, were looking at a 7