otter he's been away hosting the barron's advisor women summit coming up he asked top advisor holly newmanrossed over outlook and where interest rates are headed. then there is a way to invest in the lucrative world of a.i. without the big price tag, expert panel will tell you how, later the legacy of brookshire charlie munger, the resident andrew bary will tell his most important lesson for investors at the end of the show, we began as always with three things investors to be thinking about right now, stocks indy the week mostly higher in closing out the best month since july of last year, can they pull off the santa claus rally from here. , oil stocks have stumped this year why they could be ready to rally honk if you think it's related to fuel demand, here the sleigh bells jingling, ring team tingling for retail. we will look at what consumers are spending on including hot gifts, not squish mellows, that was last year's hot toy. on the "barron's roundtable" my colleagues ben levisohn, carleton english and barron senior squish mellows andrew bary, let me start with you, this is a stock m