and with only one-fifth of the companies reporting so far, the earlymixed. there is one trend. revenues have been lighter. less than one-half of the companies have been able to meet their estimates. i'm bob pisani at the new york stock exchange. >> joining us now with andrew berkeley, chief portfolio strategist at oppenheimer and company. you know, andrew, as bob pisani just reported, it was a tumultuous week. it was also a very emotional weak, not just because of the volatile swings in the market, but because of the terrible tragedy in boston that continues on. so when you were hearing from clients today, how were you advising them on an emotional day like today? >> yeah, well i think here in new york everyone was kind of glued to the television, but talking to a lot of colleagues in the boston area, it was very eerily quiet and just the lockdown was very, very strange. but when we talked to clients and investors in general, we tried to encourage them to take a longer term perspective and not get caught up in the volatility of these short-term moves. but to try to focus on the