Plus, an earnings season preview. On this week’s episode of The Morning Filter, Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski suggest where to find useful economic data as the government shutdown continues. They also preview earnings season, including what to listen for from the AI giants like Taiwan Semiconductor TSM, which reports this week. Dave’s will be carefully watching the banks this earnings season; tune in to find out why. They unpack the big agreement between AMD and OpenAI—and the resulting big increase in AMD’s fair value estimate. Find out whether Pepsi PEP and Constellation Brands STZ are still stocks to buy after earnings. And this week’s picks feature 4 stocks to buy before they report. Episode Highlights 01:18 Economic Numbers to Watch 05:00 Earnings Season Preview 13:29 Latest Takes on AMD, PEP, STZ, More 28:57 Stocks to Buy Ahead of Earnings Read about topics from this episode. Q4 2025 Stock Market Outlook: No Margin for Error Got a question for Dave? Send it to themorningfilter@morningstar.com. Follow us on social media. Dave Sekera on X: @MstarMarkets Dave Sekera on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davesekera Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorningstarInc/ X: https://x.com/MorningstarInc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morningstar... LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/5161/ Viewers who’d like more information about any of the stocks Dave talked about today can visit Morningstar.com for more details. Read more from Susan Dziubinski and Dave Sekera. Subscribe to The Morning Filter to get notified when we post. We’ll see you next Monday!