I don't know about you, but the way stocks have been going lately, I'm kind of looking

forward to the market being closed next Monday. Motley Fool Monning starts now.

I'm Chris L. Joining me today, Motley Fool, Senior Analyst, Jason Moser. Thanks for being

here. Hey, hey. Happy September 1st. Well, Chris, I was going to say I'm so happy

that August is over. But in terms of the stock market, September 1st seems to be picking

up right where August left off. Well, it's conflicting, right? I mean, it is welcoming

in sort of the idea of fall and like the change in seasons. I love this time of year. But

yeah, I mean, it is worth noting is difficult as August concluded. Yes, September doesn't

have a very good track record when it comes to the market. And so it's reasonable at least

I think for investors to keep their expectations and check here. And it may be prepared for a

tough month ahead. Let's hope for the best. Let's try to be glass, Eiffel. Let's just

prepare ourselves for the possibility that the tough times maybe here for a little bit

longer. Let's try and be glass, Eiffel. Although I think that's going to be challenging,

given that the first thing we're going to talk about is Okta. Because Okta's second quarter

profits in revenue were higher than expected. They're guidance for the rest of the fiscal

year was in line with expectations. But shares of the identity management software company

are down a whopping 30%. Help me understand this. Management talked about the challenges

they're running into with the integration of the acquisition they made of Auth0. I get

that. 30%. That's a lot. I mean, this I don't want to just come out and say, well, this

is an overreaction, but it sure seems like one. Well, I could certainly understand that

sentiment based on the results and sort of the near term outlook that management quoted,

right? I mean, it was a good quarter. It was a respectable quarter. And at least in

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