i'm jack otter.resident-elect trump expected to kick off with a flurry of executive orders on day one as he enters the white house monday, public policy libby kantrowitz and on what it means for the markets in your wallet. we begin with the expert panel in three things investors to be thinking about right now. on the "barron's roundtable" jacob sonenshine, megan leonhardt and al root. jacob it was a rocky couple of weeks for the stock market, this week really found the footing in the s&p up almost 4%. >> the market came into the cpi saying oh my god with rates up, is the cpi, is inflation going to be really bad. it wasn't it wasn't so terrible you're down a few% from the all-time high in java relief rally. >> i want to make sure were not overstating how benign this report was. we got a nice bump on core inflation but it energy and food cost, that was a bit painful for consumers and were nowhere near the fed's 2% target. >> economist tell us we don't eat or travel. >> make inventions inflation is not

i'm jack otter.et seeing a volatile start to 2025, chief investment officer cameron dawson on what to expect and why mid-cap stocks are now the sweet spot of the market. and later our roundtable shares the best income investments for the next year. we begin with three things investors ought to be thinking about right now. my colleagues, ben levisohn, elizabeth o'brien and jack hough. well, ben, wonderful two years in the market, but the fourth quarter of last year we barely eked out a gain. this year started off, you know, pretty lousy returns. is this a bad omen? >> first of all, i need to say, kids, plug your ears, because i'm about to say something that may shock you, santa claus does not exist, at least for the stock market. the last five days of the old year, first two of the new year stock market was down 0.5%. and that means that the santa claus rally didn't happen. that's actually okay because this was actually the worst santa claus period since last year. and we know that last year was a gre

i am jack otter big tech in the spotlight top ceos front center of the inauguration they deliver for president trump i can they deliver for wall street, we will take a deeper look. we begin with the expert panel and three things investors are to be thinking about right now on the "barron's roundtable" my colleagues ben levisohn, elizabeth o'brien and andrew bary. great week for the s&p 500 and the dow did better going out more than 2%, broadening in the market we sell a little bit on friday but hit an all-time record in the middle of the trading day, what is going on. >> it's amazing i went away for a week and i left in the market was falling apart and everybody was worried and they come back everything is hunky-dory and it looks that way with a solid week the dow was the one that led to higher we had a real breath in the market not just the magnificent seven going up we had software stocks were then double apple and the rest of the stocks that this week. you are seeing a market where people are buying stocks that they like in the market is going. >> washington has been dominating th