Nejra welcome. If you are a little bloated after all the christmas cheer, it is a little quiet in the moment. Under the surface you are seeing strength and china, weakness in japan. S p futures not giving us much of a direction. It has been a good month for equities. 3 . S p 500 gaining both benchmarks with double digit gains for 2019. Index onberg dollar its third day of decline. The pound is one of the best performers. Oil holding there a three month high. Lets turn to china. A senior chinese diplomat has suggested the u. S. Should honor its commitment to the one china policy as part of a phase i deal. Always the nation will implement what has been promised. The comments come as beijing and washington are working on the final details of the deal. China central bank is shifting to a march it marketbased system. Great to have you with us, christopher. I hope you had a good christmas. Turning to the low crime rate that is china now implementing. It is a sign of a liberalization of a sys