The last week of the 2022 stock market mercifully has begun.

Motley Fool Money starts now.

I'm Chris Hill joining me today, Motley Fool's Senior Analyst, Bill Man.

We're almost to the end, Bill.

We are and by today, I think you should be more clear about the fact that today may

not actually be today.

We are recording this a few days before Christmas, yes, to properly timestamp this, because, you

know, stuff happens.

I wanted to talk with you and sort of get your thoughts on how you are thinking about

non-US markets in 2023.

And for context, a year ago at this time, we weren't anticipating Russia invading Ukraine

and all of the ripple effects in terms of human toll and in terms of businesses that come

from that.

So, this is my way of acknowledging that predicting even the near term future is difficult.

But all that said, is there anything in particular that you are expecting from international

markets in 2023?

You know, it is really incredible.

And this is the time of year in which people prognosticate.

And I think they prognosticate because they are asked, most people probably don't say

what you have just said or we have, you know, what we say, which is prognosticating is really

hard.

And it's a great way to make yourself feel dumb if you go back and check.

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