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I'm Robert Brokamp.

Fool on, everybody.

Being intentional with your cash flow and the best performing sector of the past five years may surprise you.

You're listening to the Saturday Personal Finance Edition of Motley Fool Money.

I'm Robert Brokamp, though my nickname here at The Fool is Bro.

So don't be surprised if you hear colleagues call me Bro when they're guests on the show, including this week when fellow Fool employee and certified financial planner, Stephanie Marini, joins me to discuss this month's installment of our 2026 Financial Planning Challenge.

But first, let's highlight some items in the news from this past week.

You know, it's been an interesting year so far for investors.

Many formerly high-flying tech stocks are taking it on the chin, while subsegments of the market are going gangbusters.

For example, consumer staples are up 12% in 2026 as of the taping of this episode on the morning of February 5th, which trounces their meager 1.5% return in all of 2025.

But the best performing sector so far this year is energy, which is up more than 18% in 2026, driven largely by a spike in oil prices due to geopolitical tensions related to Venezuela and Iran.