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slash Wall Street. We have seen in the last five years over

100 billion dollars per year in catastrophe losses.

There are a lot of meteorologists prognosticating this year

that it's going to be worse than ever.

And the storm season kind of starts in late June and it goes through September so we're about to go into the jaws right now

Jaws sounds bad I have to say Welcome to the Barron Streetwise podcast.

I'm Jack Howe, and the voice you just heard

is Andrew Kligerman.

He's an analyst at TD Cowan covering the insurance business, which has been in upheaval.

We'll hear in a moment from Andrew and another analyst about what's next for that business

and what to make of the stocks. Listening in is our audio producer Jackson Jaws Cantrell hi Jackson I hope that name

nickname sticks it's pretty cool it's not a bad one you don't get you don't get to

pick your own nicknames you'll get stuck with one much worse. That's how it works.

We have a listener question, right? You want to jump right into that? Yeah, we have Javier from Alabama.

Great.

My question for you today pertains to the best use of money I've been saving in an individual brokerage account for several years.

I have about $75,000 invested in the stock market and will be graduating from medical school next May.

When I graduate, I'd like to buy a house and these funds would basically be my only way to make a down payment.

What do you think I should consider and what are the pros and cons of using what is effectively my life savings for a down payment on a home versus keeping it invested in the stock market while I save for a down payment with my new income?

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