tom: michael feroli is with us. king about, how does that sift through the feroli prism. how does the bond point guide affect your work? michael: it is not directly. lisa: we don't care. [laughter] michael: when we take our view of the economy, we have to take into account financial conditions, and these are conditions that are affecting the economy. right now, they do not seem to be of the magnitude that they are really changing along the forecast. obviously that was not the case when we had big moves in the dollar, and that clearly affected growth. it is probably not moving the needle on growth yet but if risky moving higher, we could have a situation like late 2013 where the interest rate in the economy get hit really hard. brendan: this is a simple rule have a stable portfolio, stocks and bonds in equal proportion. lisa: the risk parity fund invests in stocks and leverages of their investments in bonds to offer a sort of amplified, protected shield. those funds -- tom: that is what the marketing materials say. li