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Welcome to the Systematic Investor Series.

Welcome and welcome back to this week's edition of the Systematic Investor Series with Richard Brennan and I, Neil's Castleblaston,

where each week we take the pulse of the global market through the lens of a rules-based investor.

Let me also say a warm welcome if today is the first time you're joining us.

And if someone who cares about you and your portfolio recommended that you tune into the podcast,

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It really does mean a lot to us. Rich, it is wonderful as ever to be back with you uh this week how things down under very good

news i'm looking at our live video feed which unfortunately our audience don't see and i'm seeing

you in a t-shirt and me and a jumper that's reflecting the uh it's getting a bit chilly down here

and it's obviously summer over there. Exactly, exactly.

Although so far here in Switzerland, it's been pretty wet summer.

So running around in T-shirts is not for everyday use, I will say.

We've got some really interesting, a little bit different than usual topics lined up,

you know, courtesy of you, of course, which I think people will

really enjoy. And, you know, of course, we also have our little segment, which might be a little

bit longer today, in terms of what's been on your radar. Now, my topic, actually, I'm going to be

very selfish here, because I know your topic will take us into a little bit longer discussion.

So I just want to give you two things that came across my radar and actually both of them this morning when I was just looking at the news.

And they're both stories from the Financial Times.

The first story I came across is kind of a reminder of how obsessed

the world has become in terms of measuring our own activities. You know, we measure how many

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