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Invest talk is made possible by KPP Financial, a registered investment advisor firm, serving clients throughout the United States.

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

Good afternoon, fellow investors, and welcome back to Invest Talk. This is our Monday, March 3rd,

2025 edition of InvestTalk. Yes, the first trading day of March was quite the doozy and we'll dig

into the details a little bit later. But but as usual this show is here to help you

become a better investor to now help you navigate these complex times and seek out opportunities

and avoid the pitfalls and more and more as each year passes more pitfalls present themselves

and our goal is to keep you your eyes wide open and abreast of the risk and

rewards that are out there in markets and help distill reality and the facts on the ground versus hyperbole and headlines that

don't mean much okay so that's what this hour will be dedicated to which is answering your

finance and investment questions and helping you take that next step in your own journey

to financial freedom now in just a bit we'll talk about today's market performance and run down

the show topics but as usual we'll tackle this caller question first yeah hey luke hey just

yeah i'm just calling and find out about valero. I've held it for a while, and I'm wondering if I should sell it and take profits. I've had it for about four years. Thanks a lot for all you do. You have a great show, and I appreciate all the help you just give us. Okay.

Appreciate your help. Thank you very much. Bye.

No problem. Thanks for the help. Thank you very much. Bye. No problem.

Thanks for the call looking at Valero Energy.

And this is one of the largest refineries in the country, $40 billion market cap.

They do about $30 billion in sales every single quarter.

But their profits are waning they made

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