sponsored by: ♪ ♪ jack: welcome to "barron's roundtable" where we get behind the headlines, i'm jack otter up, what you can do to equip yourself for the new reality of work and how to future-proof your career. we begin with what we think are the three most important things investors should be thinking about right now. the powerful rally e in tech stocks showing signs of faltering. what to look for as big nameses announce earnings next week. the ipo market, though, continues to boom. which new issues are surging in the outlook for the coming months. and retailers have been hit hard by the covid-19 crisis, but dollar stores seem to be weathering the storm. on the "barron's roundtable", ben, carlton and jack. thanks for joining us, guys. good to see jack howe back in the group. so, ben, every single week i say the same thing to you which is how much longer can tech stocks keep zooming ahead of the market. finally this week i don't have to say that, they actually lagged this past week. >> they lagged and they lagged badly, down around a full percent. and the s&p was up more than a percent. the