We've got the latest in the War on Cash as well as the stocks that we've been buying.

Motley Fool Money starts now.

I'm Chris Hale joining me today, Motley Fool's Senior Analyst, Jason Moser.

Happy Halloween.

Happy Halloween, man, it is just flying right by.

It is. And before we get to the War on Cash, because there's an interesting development

in the War on Cash, it's Halloween, it's the last day of the month.

It's been a good month for the S&P 500, up 8% for the month.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which we don't spend a lot of time focusing on.

And I would argue rightly so because it's an average of just 30 stocks.

But the Dow is up 14% for the month.

It reminds me of something we've talked about before, Jason, of just sort of make sure you

have room in your portfolio for those steady performers.

Because every once in a while they can be even more than steady.

They can be in positive territory.

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

I mean, we've talked a lot recently about how there have been just so many of sort of

the no-brainer ideas, the no-brainer companies out there that seem to be trading at just

or seem to be valued.

It's just very, very reasonable prices today in relation to their long-term prospects.

And I mean, that, I mean, we've talked before about how the market performs in bear markets,

right?

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