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Here is KPP Chief Executive Officer, Financial Advisor Justin Clyde.

Good afternoon fellow investors and welcome back to Invest Talk.

This is a February 8th, 2023 edition and February, February, I certainly started off on an

interesting note and we remain in the midst of earning season so we're getting a lot

of final numbers for earnings that are 2022 for many companies and but most importantly

we're getting projections of what 2023 will look like and obviously there's color that's

coming out of many of these conference calls that pertain to what the economy looks like

in real terms, real time, excuse me, and then going forward what business will look

like.

And so those dynamics are always interesting in shuffling markets but this is also an

interesting time because longer term dynamics are obviously changing as well.

Now the big question everyone's asking themselves, more medium term would be is the bear market

over or is this a bear market rally?

Now that's always difficult to say in real time but there are things to consider when

you're trying to decide and maybe it's not as important, maybe more important and likely

more important are finding the right investments for you, the right strategy for you.

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