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This is Motley Phil Answers. I'm Alison Southwick, and I'm joined, as always, by Robert Brokamp,

personal finance expert here at the Motley Fool.

Hi, Alison.

It's the October Mailbag, and this week we're going to answer your investing-related

questions with the help of Buck Hartzell.

Most of the questions today have to do with portfolio allocation, I noticed.

So if those two words get you excited, boy, have we got a show for you.

All that and more on this week's episode of Motleyful Answers.

Hey, Buck. Thanks for joining us again.

Thank you, Allison and Robert. Thank you for having me back again.

Always a pleasure.

I also want to thank Austin, who is behind the glass today stepping in for Rick.

Thanks, Austin, for filling in at the last minute.

Rick learned that he is allergic to oysters. What? Is that why he's home? Yeah. Oh, boy.

Yeah. So he's, yeah, oyster-related illness. Thanks for staying home, Rick.

So future, Rick, when you're listening to this, I hope you're feeling better.

All right. So, should we just go and get into the questions?

Let's do it.

First question is from Alexander.

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