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From full global headquarters, this is Motley Full Money.

Welcome to Motley Full Money. Thanks for being here.

I'm your host, Chris Hellen. I'm joined by Motley Full,

Senior Analyst, Seth Jason, James Early, and Ron Gross.

Good to see you.

Best selling author, Michael Lewis, is our guest this week.

We've got strong numbers from the world of retail,

and we'll look at whether the millions spent on Super Bowl ads

are a good investment. Plus, as always, a look at the stocks on our radar.

But we begin with the big macro. Fed Chief Ben Bernanke said this week,

he sees increased evidence of an economic recovery.

We had a massive winter storm that stretched from Dallas to New England,

affecting 100 million people.

And on Friday, the government reported the economy added 36,000 jobs in January.

Ron Gross, I'll start with you. Not exactly great job numbers.

What stood out for you this week?

Yeah, not what economists were expecting.

Normally, when I hear weather being blamed for something,

it kind of makes me go, ha!

But in this case, I think I'm going to give it to him.

The weather has been...

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