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And that leads to very weird situations where Sherwin-Williams is the sixth most influential stock in the Dow market.

And Nvidia, which is the largest company, largest publicly traded company in the world, is ranked 20th.

And we should add that Nvidia and Microsoft didn't even get added to the Dow until 2024.

So those are some of the reasons that, you know, if you talk to a stock professional, they're going to say, don't look at the Dow, look at the S&P 500 and also maybe look at the Nasdaq, because that's a better indication of what's going on in the economy.

And yet the Dow hit 50,000.

It's worth celebrating.

Isn't that wild, though?

It was 6,600 points during the 2009 recession, and now it's at 50.

I mean, it's doubled since the pandemic.

Now Dow 100,000 is coming up, or maybe.

knock on wood yeah geez louise okay it's monday again so here's what you need to know to stay ahead in the week ahead wall street will hope to find solid ground after a nauseating start to the year though that is unlikely with a huge week on tap we've got earnings coming from big names like mcdonald's robin hood spotify and coca-cola as well as two crucial data releases the delayed jobs report for january on wednesday and the monthly inflation report on friday

The Winter Olympics enter their first full week in northern Italy, and if this weekend was any indication, you're going to want to have it up on your second monitor at work.

Brazy Johnson won USA's first gold medal of the Games in the women's downhill, while fellow American Lindsey Vonn crashed hard in a valiant, if perhaps ill-advised, attempt to race on a torn ACL.

Plus, the quad god Ilya Malinin did a backflip.

as the U.S.

claimed gold in the team figure skating competition.

Meanwhile, I am all in on the American mixed doubles curling team of Corey Tisi and Corey Dropkin, who booked their spot in the upcoming medal round.

On Friday, possibly the most controversial movie of the year hits theaters, Wuthering Heights.

Starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, the adaptation of Emily Bronte's 19th century novel has been the talk of Tinseltown for its amped up sexuality and anachronisms like Charlie XCX on the trailer soundtrack.

But shock and awe is to be expected from director Emerald Fennell, who was also behind Promising Young Woman and Saltburn.