stocks often rally in december but this isn't a typical december. wall street wants certainty and there are still a ton of questions about global growth, trade tensions, and political uncertainty. still the fundamentals of the economy are strong. there is one more trading day left in 2018 and as investors get ready to close the books on 2018, volatility is expected to continue in the new year as investors stay on edge about economic and political uncertainty. back to you. >> allison, thank you so much. joining us congressional reporter for bloomberg, eric lawson. good morning to you, eric. >> good morning. >> before we get to the money aspect of this, particularly and specif specifically on wall street, i want to ask about the human element, it's about people. you wrote a great piece in bloomberg, about how there are members of the treasury