a heard from nathan tankus while ago, saying the two are linked, but the evidence is not there.oe: so the stock market -- or excuse me, the gdp smoothly goes has beenime, growth steady, but the stock market swings wildly. we have the stock market, total return s&p is the orange line. gdp, so ifal annual you are trying to establish that the market can get disconnected from what is going on in the look howomy, volatile equity charts are. romaine: this is a debate we are going to solve in less than 30 minutes. joe: i am looking forward to solving it right now. joining us now is bloomberg opinion's nir kaissar. why is this chart important? as we frame the discussion, why is this important to look at? it: it is important, because puts this idea that there is a divergence between the market and what i call the broader environment. it is like the economy as a political landscape, social landscape, and really puts it in perspective. a lot of people want, i think, there to be a connection. they want the stock market to reflect the broader environment. what that chart shows you is there i