Today on Motley Full Money, we're all gonna take a deep breath.

Because this is one of those times when stock investors need to remember, this is the

business we've chosen.

You got this.

Now let's go to work.

I'm Purcell joined by Motley Full's Senior Analyst Jason Moser.

Thanks for being here.

Hey, thanks for having me.

Later in the show, Bill Mann will be stopping by to take a closer look at China's middle

class and investing opportunities.

Let's start with the market in general.

And I saw something over the weekend, a financial firm compiled research on the language

used during earnings conference calls.

And they've been doing this for nearly a decade.

And 2021 was a record in terms of profanity used on conference calls.

And I saw that and I thought boy, if the market continues to fall, then this earnings season

alone might obliterate that record.

As you and I are recording this in the middle of the day on Monday, year to date, and I

look, it's early, it's still January, but year to date the Dow is down to 8.5%.

The S&P 500 down 11%.

The NASDAQ down 16%. And this is one of those times Jason, where as long-term stock investors,

we got to take a deep breath and remind ourselves, this is the cost of admission.

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