The busiest week of earnings season is underway, and we’re seeing an anomaly develop: beat & drop, or miss & rally. We’ll explore. Plus, we’ll take a close look at pipe financing, an under-the-radar trend that’s helping fuel the recent SPAC boom. And, in today’s Rapid Fire: the most compelling story in retail, a Super Bowl ad shakeup and podcast-palooza.

“Casino mentality”…”carried away”…and “extreme euphoria.” Those are just some of the words two famed investors used to describe the market today. As earnings season kicks into high gear, will they be proven right, or will the numbers justify the multiples? We’ll debate. Plus, investors are piling into one area of the market at the fastest pace in a decade. We’ll tell you what it is, and if you should buy in. And, in today’s Rapid Fire: a moment of truth for Intel, Wall Street goes gaga for Google and an e-commerce boom for Baby Boomers.