richard hunter is head of markets at interactive investor.arkets, things have been looking flat but with all the geopolitical turmoil around the world, look at australia, venezuela, brexit, what is happening in the us, on top of that, the fact we have lowered trade volumes, you would think there would be more of a spike up and down in markets. great deal going on, you have cove red great deal going on, you have covered much of it, political intrigue, which should be echoed today at jackson hole, the words from the fed, emerging market problems, on the back of the stronger dollar, underpinning all of that, the us economy is in sparkling shape, no question, quarterly report has said that 80% of us companies smashed expectations and that is usually quite high anyway given the economy. that has led to this longest bull run in history, as things currently stand, apart from exogenous shocks, as things stand, there is no reason for that not to carry on, because the companies on the ground are doing so well. president trump is taking all the credit,