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Speaker 1: Greg was just reporting we got the FED coming up.

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Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be kind of important this Wednesday

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Speaker 1: paying attention as they are to earnings as we get

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Speaker 1: into the real meat of earning season this week. Rebecca Felton,

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Speaker 1: senior market strategist for Riverfront Investment Group, Richmond, Virginia. She

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Speaker 1: is a like myself, an alumnus. Are alumni alumni from

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Speaker 1: the University of Richmond And Matt, do you know what

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Speaker 1: the University of Richmond mascot is? Sorry, University of Richmond mascot.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, like a like a uh Southern soldier

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Speaker 1: spider a spider. Oh yeah, I should have known that, right, Rebecca,

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Speaker 1: people out there, we don't have to share a mascot,

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Speaker 1: do we, Rebecca, No, do not? All right, Rebecca, what

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Speaker 1: are you telling your clients? Uh? You know, as we

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Speaker 1: color from the frontal reserve, what are you telling your

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Speaker 1: clients about these markets? We've had a little bit of

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Speaker 1: a lift off the bottom, but I'm not sure what

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Speaker 1: to make of it. Well, thank you all so much

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Speaker 1: for for having me this morning. We're a little more

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Speaker 1: cautious than the last time that I spoke with you all.

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Speaker 1: We've actually the only asset class that we are overweight

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Speaker 1: are cautious. Um at this juncture, you know this, This

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Speaker 1: is a busy week with the f o MC Durable

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Speaker 1: and we think it's going to be volatile and potentially

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Speaker 1: all expect seventy five, right, and the question is how

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Speaker 1: far does the FED go and when, if at any point,

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Speaker 1: We also quote Vince Reinhardt in our Bloomberg story he

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Speaker 1: think and how important is that, Rebecca Well, I think

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Speaker 1: to keep their foot on the accelerator given what their

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Speaker 1: don't season letting up on the tightening anytime soon. Rebecca.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned that this is a busy, busy earnings week.

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Speaker 1: Silverado pickup truck. Whatever. What are you looking for, Rebecca

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Speaker 1: outlook for equities at this point. Hey, Rebecca, When you

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Speaker 1: I gotta buy bonds. I gotta go along. Well, we

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Speaker 1: our allocation two fixed income. We're more neutral there than

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Speaker 1: quite some time. All right, Rebecca, good stuff is always

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Speaker 1: we always appreciate getting your perspective. Rebecca Felton, Senior market strategist.

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Speaker 1: River Front Investment Group And what river does it front?

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Speaker 1: The James River, The James River in Richmond, Virginia. And

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Speaker 1: if you haven't been to Richmond, I have noted down.

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Speaker 1: I would like to check that out. It's very cool,

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Speaker 1: I've never been to Chapel Hill. No, I'm just thinking

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Speaker 1: I still have to check it. I've never been to Savannah,

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Speaker 1: another good one, Charleston, all down there in our beautiful southeast.

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Speaker 1: Ho was Rebecca Felton from river Front Investment Group. Al Right,

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Speaker 1: I'm looking at i end go the index browser on

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Speaker 1: the Bloomberg terminal. Total corporate bond returns year to date

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Speaker 1: to date in the fixed income markets. What are those

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Speaker 1: second half? Stephen O Global head of fixed Income at

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Speaker 1: first six months of a year like we had this year. Well,

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Speaker 1: it's certainly been in an extraordinary year, not only in

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Speaker 1: Although in many respects I don't know that it was

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Speaker 1: completely unanticipated, but I think the magnitude has been surprising

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Speaker 1: but that's nice to note though. Stephen Oh, global head

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