 That has made companies less fearful. They're comfortable with the direction of markets. Art Hogan is chief market strategist at B. Reilly Wealth. The markets feel firm enough for them to go ahead and make bold decisions. Bold decisions like do a merger or an acquisition, which they will pay an investment bank to execute for them. Goldman reported this morning a 21% rise in investment banking. And on the high side, we had a 60% gain in investment banking for Citigroup.