let's bring in richard bernstein. elcome, first of all, you point out accurately that there are two things that really drive valuations. one is profits and the other is interest rates and both are moving in the wrong direction for equities >> right so, tyler, first, condolences about uva. >> yeah. >> i know you're crushed life goes on, bud. >> it's all right. >> yes, earnings and interest rates. so i -- i'm not quite sure what people would have expected to happen in the market and to happen to the banking sector when we're in an environment where the fed is raising rates and profits are decelerating if you had to choose, tyler, between the fed raising or lowering rates, profits accelerating or decelerating, i doubt you would choose the combination of the fed tightening and profits decelerating that's what we have had. that's the environment where you get the most volatility in the equity market. that's when defaults start going up in the bond market. it is when banks start having trouble. and we're seeing all of the ab