. >> the fed is going to be a powerful force in the new year mike khouw, would you at least agree with that part, and what do you think of jeff's way of applying small caps? >> yeah, well, i think he's hitting on one of the most important elements which of course is that with monetary policy being what it's been, it's very hard, i mean, we say it again and again, and of course we continue to see plenty of evidence of it, but you don't fight central banks. when you see the monetary supply increase in the way it has done, you know, it's pretty tough to sell risk assets, right? despite the valuations and i know a lot of people have expressed considerable concern about that, think about the last time we saw a material selloff that was unrelated, obviously, to things like the pandemic, you know, i'm thinking mostly of things like q4 2018 that was concerns about decreases in central bank balance sheets. absent anything like that i wouldn't expect any kind of a material pullback. the other thing we should be taking a look at is think about rotating into things that haven't seen so much streng