we are also seeing silverstein day rally, the longest since march, 2008. -- seeing silvers 13 day rallyh, 2008. >> the news was traded before it happened. we did not get tapering right away but we did get a gold to the lasto rally over few months. people are afraid of higher interest rates. higher interest rates are going to drive gold higher. >> we have also been watching corporate earnings. this season is beginning to wind down. let's see what adam johnson considers a key issue. >> we have a little bit of a growth problem here in the u.s.. we also have a solution. insight in action. look at the imbalance, the difference in earnings growth 2008 and sales growth since 2008. earnings, remember, you can manipulate all that stuff. that is after depreciation, amortization, buy back shares, raise your earnings-per-share. we want to see sales line out here. that is what it boils down to. by the way, this differential is in part why we are seeing operating margins highest they have ever been. i am showing you 25 years. you can go back even farther than that. it is the differential that is enab