council had an optimistic take on the report with reason. there is no recession coming. there is no recession in sight. consumers are strong. jobs are rising. wages are rising. neil, when you look at the other reasons the jobs reports are not worrisome, traders heard a more cautious tone even what he said about a month ago. traders, a lot of that began to estimate that a slower pace of potential future rate hikes is possible. and signs of progress between the u.s.a. and china on tried. both countries sending high level officials to beijing. a trifecta. jobs, fed and trade. all giving investors a little hope. back to you. neil: we needed that in an up week on the first trading week of the year. the dow was in excess of 1%