 And with markets on the move in light of the ongoing conflicts, trade wars, and economic uncertainty, we're joined by Melissa Armo of the Stock Solution, conservative TV and radio commentator, Steve Malzberg. Thank you both for being with us. Steve, I want to go to you first. What do you make of not only the policy here that the Syrian missiles strike by the U.S., but also the politics of what's going on, Steve? Well, I think it was done in the exact right way. We kept them guessing a little bit as to when it would happen. The president said there'd be a response, unlike Obama, and there was a response, unlike Obama. Also, it was targeted. It was brief. It accomplished its goal. And it, most importantly, perhaps also involved a coalition. It wasn't just the United States. It involved, of course, Great Britain and France. So I think all that was important to show Syria and Russia that it's not just the U.S. and Donald Trump going off, flying off the handle. It was a coordinated effort at the United Nations when the Security Council tried to condemn it because of a Russian effort. That was denied. And I think that plays into a lot of the stability that we're seeing in the market today. Right. I want to come back to you in a minute on the strategy. Melissa, let me ask you, how are the markets reacting to all of this? Not just the Syrian controversy and conflict, but we've got the ongoing trade wars. Steve might not say it's a war yet, but I call it a trade war. And we've got another uncertainty, an economic uncertainty going around the world. What do you say about it in markets? I definitely think it's affected the markets because we're caught in a tight, tight range. And I've seen way more selling than I've ever seen in 2016 or 2017 right now in the market in the last two months. And I don't think it's done. We did have a positive reaction this morning, Steve's right from the Syrian missile bombing. But it really was a weak rally as far as I'm concerned. It depends where we go from here. The market has a long way to go to start to look better where it could be a buy-again. Even though we're holding the uptrend in the market, we've had so much selling really since February, I wouldn't tell people to jump back in right here because we could be lower again. I wouldn't be surprised if we are and we don't know how Russia is really going to react to this. It was good that we went along together with France and the coalition. But overall, this is just too soon to say. It's only happened a couple days ago. Yeah. And the markets, we always have this dilemma, guys, our show ends right when the markets close but markets are all up to today. Steve, let me ask you, you talked about the strategy and I agree with everything you said about a strategy in going in with the coalition and doing things that President Obama didn't do. But let me ask you this. I mean, just two weeks ago, the president was saying, let's get out of Syria. Now we're back in it. It doesn't seem like there's a long-term strategy. And I don't want to look a bird in the hand if there's a strategy that some people think is good. But my question is, how does not having a strategy help markets going forward? Well, I think the strategy is to eventually get out. I mean, I would like to get out. And I think most Americans would say, we have an interest in Syria when it comes to fighting ISIS. But once that is accomplished, we should get out. However, when we see this kind of barbarism take place, a lot of people feel that it's incumbent upon the United States and other free and moral nations to act. Again, though, I mean, if I may, to the markets, geopolitically speaking, we've had the trade issue, or the trade wars, if you want to call it, I'll acquiesce and go along with that terminology, Bart, no problem. But the markets have persevered. We haven't had two down days in a row in the month of April. Earnings, I think, are driving the market today more than the Syria reaction at all. They expect 17% increase in earnings. We have retail sales that came out 0.6% higher in March. And now car sales up 2%. And this is all while politically, at least domestically, we have all this going on every day with Trump, like the world's going to collapse, the media will have you believe, and the China and tariff situation. So I think the markets, I'm certainly not the expert you guys are, but I think the markets have handled it pretty well. Yeah. Melissa, you agree in general? No, I think the markets have handled it as well as they could have. But again, I still think there's too much selling going on and not enough buying. Whether we've had one down day, two down days, I'm just saying that I don't see real institutional buying coming in and just scooping up the market. Institutions, what I mean by that is, I mean big banks, I mean hedge funds, when they want to come into the market, they'll just go right in and the market will drive it up. When we've rallied, even in the last few weeks, we've gapped down, and we were down in the pre-market, and then we would rally, and then we don't really go anywhere with it. We've seen no follow-through. And part of the reason is, because too many things are tippy-toe, we don't know what's going to happen with taxes. We don't know what's going to happen with all this things are happening with China. We don't know what's going to happen with the dictator in North Korea, and Trump's supposed to meet with him, or we're waiting to hear if that's going to happen in May or not. There's so many things that are out there that we don't know about. And Syria is just one of a mix of things. Yeah, and I don't want to... But let me... Go ahead, Steve. I was just going to say, I think that... I was just going to say, I think that... Steve, you're going to go ahead and finish. No, but I was going to say that I think that the tax cuts are playing a big part. I think businesses are very excited about that. There's going to be a lot of buybacks. That's what they're... I guess we don't know the number, but buybacks are going to go way up. The corporate tax rate cuts, I mean, it stimulated the market. And the consumer, through all this negativity and all these questions, forget the market for a second. The consumer, the average person out there is spending and buying and happy with the economy. So I just think things look good. And I think Melissa was probably talking about the possibility of further tax cuts, right, Melissa? Right. I'm saying long-term out, Steve and I are on the same path. Things look great. But I'm just talking about right now, the next month and the next week, in the next three-month summer, 2018, I'm not feeling the warm and snugglies right now because too many things are out there. Like, say I ran a hedge fund, I wouldn't be buying in, going long, strong here. Even though, yes, it's earnings season, that's true. It's going to be a big thing to see what happens with earnings. On Google, all these companies report in the next two weeks. Apple too. Goldman is tomorrow morning. Let's see what they do. Let's see if they can move the market. I think you're right. And when, to Steve's point about not having two down days in a row, another data point, and I don't know if it's still the same as of today or Friday, but from last week was that these moves, positive and negative, have been triple-digit moves. So the market's sort of been all over the map. Yeah, it's holding together. But I don't think there's long-term confidence, which probably goes to what you're saying, Melissa, with regard to the institutional money. One place where we are seeing markets move way down, and that's in the Russian markets, and aluminum prices have spiked with Roussal, one of the largest aluminum producers in the world. Let me ask you, Steve, we've seen this, whether or not there's going to be more sanctions on Russia or not, Sarah Huckabee Sanders walked it back a little bit today. Look in your crystal ball. Are there more sanctions to come on Russia? Yeah, I believe there are. And I don't know really why the delay. I mean, Nikki Haley's usually right on target and well-coordinated with the White House. And for her to make that definitive statement, the way she did yesterday on some of the morning shows, I would assume that the delay is minimal. Or maybe it's a negotiating tool, because we know that's what Donald Trump does. Maybe he's throwing that out there, and he's hoping that that will be a bargaining chip in whatever reaction we may have yet to see from Russia in response to the bombing. We know they moved or reportedly have moved ships and tanks into the port in Syria. Hopefully they will never have to be used. Well, we'll cross our fingers on that. We agree with you. And we also want to keep an eye on oil prices. I noticed, Barkley said today that prices would go down later, but that doesn't seem to be the case given everything that's going on in the conflicts of the Middle East. So, here's a preview of the promo of the stock swoosh in conservative TV and radio host Steve Malzberg. Thank you both for being with us. Really appreciate it. Thanks for having me. Thank you.