You're about to join Jerry Parker, Maritz Siebert, and Nealz Kostrup Larson on their raw and honest

journey into the world of systematic investing and learn about the most dependable and consistent

yet often overlooked investment strategy. Welcome to the Systematic Investor podcast series.

Welcome or welcome back to this week's edition of the Systematic Investor series with

Jerry Parker, Mort Sebert and I, Neil's Castro Blasen, where each week we take the pulse

of the global markets through the lens of a rules-based investor.

And for those of you who are regular listeners,

our conversations are intended to keep you focused and inspire to continue your rules-based investing journey.

And if you're new to the show,

we hope that today's episode will trigger your curiosity

to check out the back catalog

and listen to some of the past episodes

that you may have missed.

Jerry Morts, great to be back with you this week.

How are you doing? How are things where you are? Things are good. Glad to be back. Thanks for having me.

I've enjoyed listening to the podcast. It's the first thing I try to do every morning,

Monday morning when I wake up and get right into and see what's going on. It's

been a blast. I've missed you guys and you've had some pretty good quality stuff out there. I've

really enjoyed it. Appreciate it. How are you doing, Moritz? Doing great. Hey, Neels. Hello, Jerry. It's

great to have you back on. Yes, absolutely. It's always a lot of fun. Now, I was looking at

sort of what to pick up in terms of a market wrap this week. And I thought of the year as a

holder, and it's kind of a paradox that we're winding down this, in many respects, difficult

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