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Parker's in Houston. Hey, Parker, how are you?

Oh, I'm doing fine. Thank you, Dave, for taking the call.

Sure. What's up?

Hey, I've got a question. My wife and I have been investing in the stock market since the fall of 2021, September to be exact.

And since the investment, we have done nothing but go south to the point where we've had no returns we're not even recouping fees

so what in the world are you investing in well that's i'm not sure and that's the reason for

the phone call i don't we don't even know where to begin we're new to the uh investment systems that we

don't where we're clueless okay and okay let me stop you a minute rule number one of

investing is don't put money in things you don't understand okay okay sir this is how you end up

not making any money right and so so and you have a lot of fear

that goes with it when you put money and things you don't understand because

you're dependent on someone else to make all the decisions and that's bad it's how

you lose money so I think the investments need to be moved to some to an

investment broker that has the heart of a teacher, not the heart of a salesman,

meaning that when they sit down with you, they're going to say, all right, Parker, and Mrs. Parker,

right?

This is what you have.

This is what, here's how this works, and here's how the other things work.

Which ones do you want to do? Once you understand

them, you can give direction on where you want your money to be put. And that's when you'll

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