hope to see you in the new year. >> happy new year. >> patricia edwards from u.s. bank wealth management. >>> investors got their last batch of economic reports for the year, and they were kind of disappointing. first up, housing news. prices of single family homes rose in october, the s&p case schiller index of 20 metro areas gained 13.6% year over year. on a monthly basis, prices rose less than expected, just a fraction of a percent over the strong september gain. this suggests higher mortgage rates have slowed home sales. >>> also slowing, business activity this month in the manufacturing heavy midwest. the closely watched chicago purchasing managers index fell to 63 in november. that still indicates some growth, but the new order segment plunged. but in the same time frame, consumer confident rose. this is after two months of pessimism triggered by the government shutdown. the conference board's consumer confidence index notched up sick points. >>> that shutdown didn't stop new laws from getting passed. at the stroke of midnight, just like every new year, many