2026 started off hot on the market.

Where do we go from here?

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I'm Travis Hoyam, joined today by Jason Moser and Lou Whiteman.

Guys, this is the first recording, Friday recording that we've had in 26.

Last Friday, we had to record a little bit early because of New Year's.

But I wanted to get your thoughts on where we are in the market to start the year. It seemed like everything was on fire

the first couple of days of the year. I saw people post about how, you know, if this continues,

I'm going to have 10,000 percent returns for 2026. We've maybe slowed down a little bit from

there. But Lou, in the absence of kind of news, we're getting a little bit of economic news, but the vibes seem pretty good in the market. So is that good news to start the year? Yeah, I hate to settle, but guys, I'll be honest, I'll take half of a 10,000 return this year, wouldn't you? Not bad at all. So, you know, Travis, it's funny because I, you know, I'm always wrong, but I was really

curious how this week would go. And I was kind of worried. I was worried that there were a lot of like positions leading into the end of year that were kind of window dressing because we've talked about all of these walls of worry. And I'm thinking that some of these money managers would just want to have these hot companies in their portfolio

on December 31st. And then there might be some trimming of the sales on January 5th.

And boy, was I wrong. We just kind of took off. I'll say, though, there's still a ton

to worry about. There's always a lot to worry about. To me, the biggest thing

I'm looking at for 2026 is there is this critical mass of spenders who are continuing to keep

the economy going. I think things are still looking brighter on Wall Street. Do you mean that from

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