Brian Stewart

Anything else you would add to the broader economic picture?

I know we saw some housing data also.

Anything else to add to fill out the picture?

What else stock wise are you looking at this week?

Have a great episode from yesterday, from Thursday on our Investing Experts podcast with tech contrarians.

Some great takeaways on this recent earnings season in the tech space and also just on the major and the minor tech players right now.

why there's been a software sell-off, etc.

I really recommend that episode.

I wanted to highlight a stock that we were talking about last week, Hershey's.

You were talking about how it's been doing so well for consecutive sessions.

Somebody also pointed out the fact that it's Valentine's Day this weekend.

Is it always in the run-up to Valentine's Day?

I know the seven or eight or nine consecutive sessions are

that it's been up, not necessarily, but is it always?

Is that a seasonal thing?

I didn't even think about that, honestly.

But probably in the same realm as Homer getting into pumpkins, a la the Dutch into tulips.

I mean, you know, if you're watching the Super Bowl, it's like, should we all be gambling more and more and more?

Like, that's the vibe.

It's like, how much can you possibly gamble in a recessionary, confusing, perplexing economy?