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Hello, everyone.

Welcome to this episode of FinanceHugh.

I'm your host, Chris Martinson, back with Paul Kiker of Kiker Wealth Management.

Hi, Paul.

Hi, Chris. Good to see you today.

Well, we have a lot to talk about today because we're recording this on Wednesday. Looks like April 8th, but we just had this big ceasefire announcement last night, and it had a huge impact on markets.

So that's what I want to talk about, markets in the Iran war. And it began with

this that came out last night, Donald Trump tweeting out, based on conversations with Prime

Minister Shabaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir of Pakistan, and wherein they requested

that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran.

They agreed to the complete, immediate, and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz.

And in return, he said, I agreed to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.

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