Neal Freiman

91 minutes is very fast, so he just used that to pace himself.

Another really interesting detail was that this skyscraper, Taipei 101, was the home to a lot of

or surrounding it was a lot of New Year's Eve fireworks.

So every single balcony, he would clean off his shoes.

And that's because there was soot from the fireworks left over from New Year's, you know, a few weeks ago, which I thought that was super interesting.

And then the final detail that he was talking about after, well, during and after the climb was that it's very unusual for him to have a crowd watching him.

where he climbs he climbs el capitan and other rock formations in the middle of nowhere with no one watching him here there were thousands of people watching him from down below cheering him on there were people also in the windows which was like the craziest scene you've ever seen um people were in the windows while he was climbing he was waving to them and so he said that it was actually it was weird for him but also somewhat energizing and motivating to kind of play up to the crowd

All right.

It's Monday.

So here's what you need to know to stay ahead in the week ahead.

Wall Street may be buried under a foot of snow, but the action is only heating up with a hugely consequential week for financial markets.

On Wednesday, the Fed will meet for the first time since Chair Jerome Powell revealed he was under criminal investigation.

with pretty much everyone expecting the central bank to hold interest rates steady for the foreseeable future.

And that'll be bookended by a heavy slate, I mean slate, of earnings including tech titans like Apple, Meta, Tesla, and Microsoft, as well as corporate giants like Boeing, GM, and Starbucks.

how the heck did you not do this before that so it's going to be a very spicy slate of earnings for sure attention overachievers if you want to file your taxes as early as possible you can do that starting today as the irs begins to accept tax returns for 2025 tax season which runs through april 15th may not be as painful this year since refunds are expected to come in on average one thousand dollars higher than usual due to the gop's tax bill passed in 2025

As for CPAs, we are sending our thoughts and prayers over the next few months.

In sports, Super Bowl festivities kick off now that the big game is set.

Yesterday, the Patriots and Seahawks booked their ticket to Super Bowl 60, an unexpected rematch from perhaps the best Super Bowl of all time in 2015.

The game, featuring two young quarterbacks, will be held at the 49ers Stadium in the Bay Area two Sundays from now.

There's something there is something going on.