Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money.

From Fool Global Headquarters, this is Motley Fool Money.

Welcome to Motley Fool Money. Thanks for being here. I'm your host, Chris Hill, and joining

me in studio this week from Motley Fool, Hidden Gems, Seth Jason, from Motley Fool income

investor James Early, and for a million-dollar portfolio, Ron Gross. Guys, good to see you.

Good to see you. We have got retail numbers, earnings reports, and a billionaire go into

the big house. We've got best-selling author Jim Collins talking about what enables companies

to thrive during chaos, and we've got a few stocks on our radar. But we begin with the

big macro. A lot of headlines at the end of the week, guys. Tim Geitner said on Friday

that the IMF has substantial resources to help with Europe's debt crisis. Retail sales in

September were up 1.1%, that's the fastest growth in seven months, and US consumer sentiment fell

in the latest survey with consumer expectations falling to their lowest level in 30 years.

There's a lot there, Ron Gross. I'll start with you. What's your headline of the week?

Chris, I liked the good old days when we could just ignore the economy and look at companies,

especially the European economy. We have to bring in Slovakia now into our analysis now.

We have so many systemic problems here. It's hard really to know what kind of long-term

implications these are going to have, and we have such volatility in the stock market on a daily

basis, up 2%, down 2%. It's really hard to cut out the noise, but I think it's really crucial to

do so and get back to looking at companies and how they generate cash flow and kind of let the

economy take care of itself. I think the challenge is that stock correlations are now higher than

ever, at least higher than in any time in recent history, which is kind of the opposite of a stock

picker's market in a way that emphasizes the macro stuff. Now it won't be that way forever.

...