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Hi and welcome to the Longview. I'm Ben Johnson, head of client solutions with Morningstar.

And I'm Christine Ben's Director of Personal Finance and Retirement Planning for Morning Star.

Today's guest on the Longview is Callie Cox.

Callie is the chief market strategist at Rittholz Wealth Management,

where she helps the firm's clients make sense of markets

and suss out signal in the noise.

Callie's clear, relatable approach to market commentary

blends deep macroeconomic market insights

with an understanding of investor behavior. Before joining

Riddholz wealth management in 2024, Callie was an investment analyst at E. Toro, and previously

worked in research roles at Ally, LPL Financial, and First Citizens Bank. She began her career as a reporter

at Bloomberg covering the stock and options markets

after graduating from the University of North Carolina with a journalism degree.

Well, Callie, thank you so much for joining us on The Longview today. I wanted to start by asking

you where your spark came from, specifically what first sparked your interest

in global financial markets and ultimately led you down the path to a career in finance?

First of all, Ben and Christine, I just want to say thanks for having me on. I'm a huge fan of

Morning Star, all all the valuable research

that you put out to both everyday investors and then people in the industry like me.

I'm really excited for this conversation, so thank you for having me on. I know we're going to

talk about some interesting things. What first sparked my interest in markets and money?

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