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i am jack otter, former fda commissioner joined us on covid-19 vaccination for young children and thetinued importance of masks, later despite serious supply chain issues there will be plenty of presents under the tree we explained that we begin as always to the most important things investors ought to be thinking about right now, stocks the as politicians wrangled in washington but investors were focused on earnings netflix shares had an all-time high even as technology stocks suffered an electric vehicle stocks outperformed the mid market turbulence from positive news reporting tesla. on the "barron's roundtable" ben levisohn, carleton english in dachau. a crazy week in washington we saw a dangerous game of debt ceiling chicken and democrat trying to snatch infrastructure defeat, using investors were looking at something completely different. >> that is right even friday rally stocks had a terrible week politics did not have much to do with the earnings have been driving this market higher, estimates are coming down in companies cut their guidance because of supply chain issues and

i am jack otter. hedge fund manager dan niles will give his predictions.what do the battles in washington mean for your portfolio? we will ask david drew. we begin as always with what we think are the three most important things

i am jack otter. hedge fund manager dan niles will give his predictions. later what do the battles in washington mean for your portfolio? we will ask david drew. we begin as always with what we think are the three most important things investors ought to be focused on right now. stark spent the week climbing back from a steep drop on monday but when they shrug off lower than expected jobs report. big bank support third-quarter earnings paid next week is the upside for financials. and investing the space race is heating up as william shatner prepares for a real spaceflight on traffic basis blue origin. on the barron's roundtable my colleagues. then, it really interesting. we had a disappointingly low jobs number come and print out expected bond rally on the theory is one of the weirder job reports we've seen in quite a while. we had just 194,000 jobs created in september that is well below what had been expected. but the unemployment rate dropped that was a big drop itself. then the household survey which is where we get that unemployment number sun increas

i'm jack otter.y mcchrystal gives his take on the withdrawal from afghanistan and how geopolitical pressures are impacting the economy and your portfolio. and later, surprising results from our big money poll. where investing pros think the economy is headed and where they're putting the

i'm jack otter.up, retired four-star general stanley mcchrystal gives his take on the withdrawal from afghanistan and how geopolitical pressures are impacting the economy and your portfolio. and later, surprising results from our big money poll. where investing pros think the economy is headed and where they're putting their money. we begin, as always, with what we think are the three most important things investors ought to be thinking about. the markets rallied this week, industrial and tech company reports are up next week. the price of crude oil tops $80 a barrel. why that's good news and bad news. and decisions on covid have captured attention, but other approvals waiting in the wings approving a treatment for alzheimer's. so, ben, some good news from the market this week. mr. market got really excited. what changed and alteredded that mood? >> i think it was two things, jack. the first was inflation. we had two numbers, cpi, the consumer price index, and ppi, the producer price index. they're n