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Here is KPP Financial portfolio manager, Luke Guerrero.

Good afternoon, fellow investors, and welcome back to InvestTalk.

My name is Luke Guerrero, and it is Friday, November 22, 2024.

Before we start this show today, I think it's important to note that each day of the year carries with it a history.

And today's date, November 22nd, is infamous for a tragedy

that occurred 61 years ago today, also notably on a Friday. And that tragedy was the

assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. Now anyone who lived through that event,

certainly I was not around during those times, but I have heard from my parents.

Anyone who lived through that event most certainly knows the impact that it had on the American psyche and where they were when news broke the assassination.

I think this is important because even though 61 years have now gone by, there are still many people who doubt the findings of the Warren Commission report.

And that is similar to the distrust with institutions that we have today.

And today we're inundated with information.

And it becomes difficult to sort through what is true, what is factual, what is important.

And so with that in mind, that's why we come here each and every day to try and find the signals in the noise.

What is important?

What can help us become better and more informed investors.

And because of this, because we all want to be better and more informed investors, we bring to

the table some educational items, some actionable items, some stories, some market trends,

some things that are affecting individual stocks, all companies, bonds, all sorts of things that

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