At a time, when investors are confronted with market volatility and a variety of challenges

fueled by the uncertainty of inflation, unsettled geopolitical tensions, and economic pressures,

Justin Klein and Steve Peasley stand ready to take your finance and investment questions

and share their unbiased answers.

This is Invest Talk, independent thinking, shared success.

Invest Talk is made possible by KPP Financial, a registered investment advisor firm serving

clients throughout the United States.

The clarity for your path forward starts now.

Here is KPP Financial President, Financial Advisor, Steve Peasley.

Good afternoon everybody and welcome to Invest Talk.

It is Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023, and if you look back at how the stock market has behaved

and performed over the past year or so, it should be pretty obvious that investors need

to be able to adjust to market dynamics and account for economic and geopolitical variables

that affect the stock market.

Here is what you must also realize.

The business of sound investing in the stock market requires that we look forward, not

backward.

Of course, we take our lessons from what is already transpired.

We take those lessons, but then we look forward and apply what we have learned in the future.

What we think is going to happen because the reason is because all other investors and

investors, all investors, mutual funds, everybody does the same thing and they are the one to

drive the market.

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