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Just a week ahead of the earnings season, the S&P 500 headed toward its first record close since August. Strong corporate earnings, enthusiasm around the artificial intelligence trade and a US economy that has so far avoided a significant slowdown have fueled a roughly 14% advance in the S&P 500 this year. The rally is getting additional support from lower oil prices, which have helped temper concerns about rising consumer costs.
On today's episode:

• Eric Weiner, Bloomberg News Senior Editor for Equities
• Sastry Durvasula, Chief Operating Officer at TIAA
• Laura Rippy, Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures
• Eric So, Author of 'The Collision' & Professor of Economics at MIT Sloan School of Management