Coca-Cola narrowly beats earnings expectations, plus why investors are remaining cautious

Welcome to Morning Brief. I'm Julie Hyman. Here's what you need to know today.First up, US stocks are trading near record highs ahead of key economic data, including the US jobs report and the latest read on inflation. This morning, we already got an economic data report. Retail sales from December showing no growth.And we're going to talk much more about the state of the consumer throughout the show. Plus, investors are betting on another century of Google parent Alphabet. According to reports, Alphabet se ...