Welcome to Motley Full Money.

We're here to talk about some of the week's big business news.

Offer up some stock ideas and share a few beefs.

Chris Hill and I'm joined by Motley Full's senior analyst, James Early

and Seth Jason in studio and Shannon Zimmerman in New York City.

Guys, thanks for being here.

Good to be with you guys.

All right, a lot to talk about this week, starting with the news on Friday

that the unemployment rate has risen to 8.5% the highest since

1983.

Shannon, what do you think?

Well, let's start with the market, Chris.

It was a good week for the market and it's a great blues line.

Been down so long, looks like up to me.

And I think that dynamic is at work here.

The market has been down so long that anything even vaguely positive can have a big impact.

And the data that has sustained the rally, even beginning last week, was pretty vague.

Modest growth in home sales and uptick and orders for durable goods.

And both of those data points probably stem from deeply discounted pricing.

This week we had some auto sales data that was also mildly positive.

That to me was more meaningful because it may indicate that the provisions that are in the stimulus bill

and you get a state tax break for auto purchases may be having an intended effect.

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