speaking with >> tom: for an investment perspective on today's statement from the fed, we're joined by rob stein he is the global head of astor asset management and he joins us from the c.m.e. group in chicago. >> tom: rob, welcome to "nightly business report." do you agree with brian's assessment about 2011 growth, despite the disappointing language used in the fed's statement? >> i do. i think in 2011, the economy will surprise on the up side. it is interesting that the fed's statement was so dire and so glum because as brian pointed out. the g.d.p. in the fourth quarter will probably be 4% or better, and the third quarter will be revised to close to 3%. we'll have four quarters of positive g.d.p. growth, and a stock market up for the second year in a row, and we added approximately 400,000 jobs. and counting. so things are better. maybe things are not as good as they would like, but things are certainly moving in the right direction. >> tom: let's talk about the investment strategy. we're going to look at better than a two-year chart of the s&p 500. it hasn't been at this levels since weeks b