joining us now is bank of america merrill lynch head of economic strategy tony morriss. really has been the prevailing theme over the past 24, 48 hours. how do you think this is going here ininto markets terms of any possible optimism moving into 2019? tony: yes it is a positive development over the weekend, these headlines. we know the trade delegation will be heading to china. still a long way to go. it is in the interest of both sides they tried to make progress here. we could see economic damage on both sides. the u.s. still has a government shutdown. politics will be formal more a driver going into this year. bes year is going to political instability or uncertainty overall. you'd expect the aussie dollar to perform better, if that is some revolution -- resolution on the trade talks. ramy: there are a few factors here, one, the historical lens of ties between the u.s. and china, 40 years to the date on new year's. looking at the barometer donald trump likes to look at in terms of the stock market, do you think there was a threshold we saw and said, look, i have hitc