the stock market s a near-term call on corporate profitability. right now corporate profits look great. the economy s pretty strong. we saw jobless claims yesterday fall to the lowest level in 45 years. so at 220,000 claims, labor market is really white hot at this point. the economy looks fine. that s what the market is looking at. also looking at a synchronized global economic recovery supporting all markets of the world. we need to remember that, the global economies. it s not just the u.s. economy, around the world. well, wouldn t you think, though, with a possible shutdown looming, we would see the market tick down? or is the market saying please, it ain t happening? i think the market views this as kaboki. it gets resolved. it s a passing crisis if you want to call it that. but it s a mini crisis. whatever it is, the world doesn t end when the government shuts down. we know that from the mid- 90s. so the market s looking at other stuff that s more germane to