Good morning. The dow is now on its longest winning streak in 16 years. Thursday, march 14th, 2013 and squawk box begins right now. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to squawk box here on cnbc. Im becoky quick along with andrew ross sorkin. Joe is on vacation. Hes still skiing. We are joined on set by mike san tilly. Good to have you here. Good to be with you. Thanks. Good to see you. We have a lot of stuff to talk about because of the markets. The markets have been our lead just about every morning. Not the pope . No, the pope was red. Well talk more about that in a bit. But as we have been doing every morning lately, we begin with the markets because just about every has been closing. As andrew mentioned, its a nineday winning streak. Thats the longest weve seen since 1996. The s p still hasnt reached the alltime high of 1565. 15. Its been get veg close, but at this point, the broader index is still 11 points away. Do you have any idea why its been tough on the s p 500 . Financials an