your money to get a return. corporate profits are strong. companies have $1.7 trillion, a record amount of money in cash. they're not hiring us but they're keeping the money in the bank and stocks are at a fair value here. when you look at price to earnings ratios, we're right along the historic averages. record highs for prices but the value of stocks is still pretty fair. here's the case against buying stocks. europe is in a recession, that's a problem. washington, the debt theatrics there. if something goes wrong, you could see interest rates start to move higher and that could really hurt the stock market. the american consumer is strapped. how much longer can people with declining incomes go out there and keep spending so much money? and there's something in the markets called profit taking. when you look at a big rally like i just showed you those numbers, sometimes people take money off the table. there are hedge funds who are betting against the market here for all of those reasons, soledad. >> so that's one of those yet again confusing two graphics. here's why yes and here's why no. >> the futures are higher this