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records and collaborations that have been listed with some of the audit, smiles, davis, aretha franklin, ray, charles, ella fitzgerald, frank sinatra, michael jackson, the list of music royalty is nearly endless. how did he become the successful? yeah, like you said, there's so many names that he worked with and that's a big part of his success, right is a, was such a collaborative, a person, he worked for so many people and he had deep bonds with these people. so one of those people, michael jackson, who was mentioned and that success with the album thriller was due to their chemistry, they had a really deep connection. and that's something he was known for. he, he, you know, blended genres often he worked with people across different musical style. so that's a real big key to success is the collaborative, the collaborative effort that he, yeah. and, and he also compose soundtracks for more than 50 films and tv programs. right. and he was nominated for a number of ask, is what impact did he have? would you say brianna on pop culture and beyond? yeah, that's a great question. i mean, quincy jones was

charles: so there's a lot of teeth-gnashing, hand-wringing, you name it. [laughter] everyone was nervous going into tuesday. my next guest says if you watch the data, you'd have been pretty bullish. franklin. you point to the things, right, we're in a pretty good earnings season, and the reactions have been blowing my mind. i'm looking at stocks i gave up on three years ago, up 30% in one day. and you talk about the whole notion of forget about soft landing, no landing. that camp is starting to get filled up. and, of course, the economic surprise is whether citigroup or bloomberg just straight up. so you had factual things on the ground can versus all the anxieties that come along with election season. >> yeah. i think a lot of people have been concerned because they've seen the move in the market. we've seen it since the election. well, all the gains have gone, and we think that's really just that relief rally that we've seen because we were so bearish and cautious and nervous going into the election and going into the election result that a lot of these moves in the stocks are actually just the resolving of that, and they're not reflecting some of these really positive things. charles: