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

Good afternoon, fellow investors, and welcome back to Invest Talk. This is our Wednesday, March 11th, 2026th edition, and what another wild day of markets it is. I mean, we ended up flat, but certainly a lot of movement underneath the surface, especially in the finance sector.

You definitely had some sell-off in more problems with private credit and banks.

And that certainly is a worrying sign if you were a bull on this market.

And, you know, there's economic data, which we'll get to here in a little bit.

But so much to talk about during this hour, but most importantly, will be you and what's

on your mind.

Okay.

This is what the show is dedicated to, help you becoming a better investor so that you

aren't whipsod by the headlines.

You're focusing on the facts on the ground.

You're making sober, non-emotional decisions as opposed to what the default is as human

beings, which is to use those emotions.

Fear, greed, getting worked up based on political, geopolitical events. And they matter, certainly do.

But what matters more is risk in markets, the volatility within particular asset classes,

your goals, and building out a strategy that

makes sense for you. Having an asset allocation target and working towards that over time

and adjusting it over time as well as the situation changes. That's what professionals do. That's what we do.

So we're going to give you the tools as we do this every day. And ultimately, our goal is to

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