WEBVTT -  Trump Threatens Escalation With Sides at Odds on Peace Talks 

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<v Speaker 2>Lots of headlines going back and forth here as it

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<v Speaker 2>relates to Iran in the Middle East. Let's get the

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<v Speaker 2>latest reporting. Ethan Bronner Israel bureau chief for Bloomberg News.

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<v Speaker 2>He is based in Tel Aviv. Ethan, I guess have

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<v Speaker 2>nothing else Iran and the US as it relates to

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<v Speaker 2>his fifteen point plan. Some progress seems to be being

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<v Speaker 2>made here. What can you tell us?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not sure i'd characterize it as progress. Well, but

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, you know, the the Americans have presented a

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<v Speaker 3>fifteen point plan. I think it's fair to say that

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<v Speaker 3>the fifteen points are pretty much what they demand that

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<v Speaker 3>have run before they went to war with it. Iran

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<v Speaker 3>said no. Then then they went to war, and now

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<v Speaker 3>they're gone back and made the same demands. And it

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<v Speaker 3>looks like Arena said no once again. So I don't know. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>it doesn't like progress, does it. No?

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<v Speaker 4>But I mean they're talking, is the fact.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, Scarlett and I were just saying just the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that they're talking feels a little bit better.

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<v Speaker 4>I guess.

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<v Speaker 3>So, I mean, you know, it's it's an interesting question

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<v Speaker 3>about good and bad. I mean, obviously from the most

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<v Speaker 3>perspective abroad, everybody would like this thing to come to

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<v Speaker 3>an end. I've just written a story that we put

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<v Speaker 3>on the Bloomberg Wire a couple of hours ago that says,

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<v Speaker 3>in this country, in Israel, that is not the goal.

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<v Speaker 3>The goal is victory, not stopping the war. So you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the idea is to stop around from having the capacity

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<v Speaker 3>to threaten Israel and the region any longer. And if

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<v Speaker 3>the war stops, that won't happen unless it stops on

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<v Speaker 3>the under the terms that President Trump has put forward,

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<v Speaker 3>and that doesn't seem very likely.

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<v Speaker 5>At the same time, Iron moving forward, for instance, it's

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<v Speaker 5>been able to export a lot of oil and make

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<v Speaker 5>a lot of money by sending oil to China, for instance.

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<v Speaker 5>It's also charging some ships a transit feed to get

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<v Speaker 5>through the Strait of Hormuz, so.

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<v Speaker 4>Financially, you know, they're pocketing some money. They are.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not sure you'd a lot of change places with them.

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<v Speaker 3>They're losing all their infrastructure by pocketing a few bucks

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<v Speaker 3>in oil. I mean, sure, Look, I am not saying

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<v Speaker 3>that it's the war is going great from the American perspective,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know. It's very difficult for us to assess.

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<v Speaker 3>And there's always a propaganda war underway at the same

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<v Speaker 3>time there's an actual physical war, an attempt to persuade

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<v Speaker 3>the other side to back down, and it doesn't look

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<v Speaker 3>at the moment that either side is now. It is

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<v Speaker 3>also true that from an American perspective, rising oil prices

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<v Speaker 3>and all this kind of stuff for what has seen

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<v Speaker 3>to be a war of choice is causing a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of political trouble for the president. And in Iran, I

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<v Speaker 3>think there's less political trouble. It's, after all authoritarian situation,

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<v Speaker 3>so and they may be willing to put up with

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<v Speaker 3>a lot more suffering than the West is. We shall see.

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<v Speaker 2>Ethan, if President Trump were to decide to end this

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<v Speaker 2>war for whatever reason he sees that, is it a

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<v Speaker 2>fair assumption that Israel will go along with that.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a fair assumption. Yes, I mean, as much as

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<v Speaker 3>this country would like to see it completed appropriately, it

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<v Speaker 3>is much more important to it to maintain its strong

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<v Speaker 3>relationship with the United States with this administration, and it

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<v Speaker 3>is certainly made clear that it will take its queue

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<v Speaker 3>from the President on this absolutely.

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<v Speaker 5>Ethan, what are you looking at next? How are you

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<v Speaker 5>determining how to kind of keep score here?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm trying not to keep score. I'm not really sure

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<v Speaker 3>it's all that useful for me. I mean what I'm

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<v Speaker 3>you know, there are a bunch of things we're watching

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<v Speaker 3>all at once. What is the level of attacks by

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<v Speaker 3>the Iranians on their names and on Israel? So those

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<v Speaker 3>have gone down to some extent. In the first days

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<v Speaker 3>of the war, there were maybe seventy five or eighty

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<v Speaker 3>a day here, and now they're about a dozen or eight, ten,

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<v Speaker 3>twelve that kind of thing. Is that because the Israelis

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<v Speaker 3>have successfully taken out their launchers? Possibly? Is it because

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<v Speaker 3>the Iranians are husbanding their stuff? Possibly? Another issue, of course,

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<v Speaker 3>is in addition to the growing international markets pressure to

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<v Speaker 3>end this thing, is the interesting fact that the Emmatis

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<v Speaker 3>and the Saudis seem now, although they didn't want this

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<v Speaker 3>war to happen, more enthusiastic about ending it along the

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<v Speaker 3>same lines as Israel's argument has been because they feel

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<v Speaker 3>there's a sort of damaicles hanging over their heads with

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<v Speaker 3>these Iranian attacks of the last week. So will that

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<v Speaker 3>make a big difference. It'll make some difference. And of

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<v Speaker 3>course are there going to be airborne ground troops from

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<v Speaker 3>the Americans heading there? Looks like they are in the

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<v Speaker 3>coming days. So there's a lot that we're watching a lot.

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<v Speaker 5>Let's get a check on how this is all shaking

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<v Speaker 5>out for the market's clearly, the Venezuelan case is not

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<v Speaker 5>what's driving markets.

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<v Speaker 4>It's all about oil prices.

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<v Speaker 5>And oil prices right now are higher by more than

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<v Speaker 5>three percent Brent crude the global benchmark at one hundred

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<v Speaker 5>and six dollars. That is, of course raising concerns about

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<v Speaker 5>inflation and stagflation and demand destruction. Let's bring Kathy and Twistle.

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<v Speaker 5>She is managing director and private wealth advisor at Morgan

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<v Speaker 5>Stanley joining us from Delray Beach, Florida. Kathy, the rise

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<v Speaker 5>in oil prices has remained elevated, you know, day in

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<v Speaker 5>and day out. In my backtrack, it might come back again,

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<v Speaker 5>Yet we know that oil prices are unlikely to go

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<v Speaker 5>down anytime soon, even when the Strait of hor moves

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<v Speaker 5>opens up. How does that color how you view investing

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<v Speaker 5>in risky assets.

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<v Speaker 6>Absolutely, there's a lot of different things that we're thinking

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<v Speaker 6>about right now, and clearly this you know, this Iran

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<v Speaker 6>war oil shock is the big event. However, we want

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<v Speaker 6>to think about our clients and what they're thinking about

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<v Speaker 6>and how we can better position portfolio. So, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>last week's data confirmed our inflation fears. PPI came in hot,

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<v Speaker 6>and the longer oil stays elevated, the harder it will

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<v Speaker 6>be for the FED to control these upstream price pressures.

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<v Speaker 6>And what that means for you know, clients and just

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<v Speaker 6>the general population is that everything is more expensive. They're

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<v Speaker 6>getting like a tax on gas. And they're also very

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<v Speaker 6>very concerned about their portfolios because usually when we have

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<v Speaker 6>these issues with oil, we will see some downward pressure

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<v Speaker 6>on both the equity and the bond market. So what

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<v Speaker 6>we're looking at is favoring some high defensive stocks and

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<v Speaker 6>such as like energy, financial, healthcare, reducing overbought semiconductors, unprofitable tech,

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<v Speaker 6>and low quality credit. What's interesting the market looks like

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<v Speaker 6>on the surface like surprisingly resilient, but underneath it's like

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<v Speaker 6>a violent rotation going on, and energy and AI infrastructure

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<v Speaker 6>are booming, while software companies and private credit lenders are

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<v Speaker 6>showing signs of stress.

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<v Speaker 4>So these are all.

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<v Speaker 6>Things we think about, and we're trying to remove some

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<v Speaker 6>of the risk in the client's portfolio and add some

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<v Speaker 6>more forward looking investments.

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<v Speaker 2>About on the fixed income side here, how much credit

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<v Speaker 2>risk do you think folks should be taking in this environment,

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<v Speaker 2>because more you can just sit there to two year

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<v Speaker 2>treasury and get close to four percent here right now.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah. No, we think that investing right now in safer

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<v Speaker 6>risk assets is the smarter move and the smarter play

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<v Speaker 6>where advising clients not to be in high yield because

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<v Speaker 6>you're not getting paid for high yield and these are

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<v Speaker 6>the times where you'll start to see high yield assets

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<v Speaker 6>start to crumble a little bit, so we want to

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<v Speaker 6>avoid that. I look at it. If you've got money

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<v Speaker 6>and investments and money in the bank. You've won the game.

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<v Speaker 6>We want to protect it. We want to grow it methodically,

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<v Speaker 6>not to get undue risk.

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<v Speaker 4>Where does gold fit into that.

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<v Speaker 5>For a while, everyone was flocking to gold and they

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<v Speaker 5>saw it as almost a risk asset given how I

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<v Speaker 5>was performing. And they've definitely pulled back from that as

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<v Speaker 5>concerns about the prospect of fewer rate cuts and now

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<v Speaker 5>even talk of a rate hike really infect the market.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, on the rate hike issue, we don't anticipate a

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<v Speaker 6>rate hike. We're still looking at two rate cuts towards

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<v Speaker 6>the end of the year, so it will be interesting

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<v Speaker 6>to see that unfold. In terms of positioning with gold,

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<v Speaker 6>we still like real assets. We like energy, infrastructure, commodities, reads,

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<v Speaker 6>and gold and metals still play a position there. Basically, again,

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<v Speaker 6>when oil driven inflation fears take over, our stocks and

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<v Speaker 6>bonds tend to drop at the same time. So real

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<v Speaker 6>assets provide a national natural shield against inflation. So that's

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<v Speaker 6>why we like to add that to the portfolio too.

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<v Speaker 6>So we've been adding real assets.

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<v Speaker 5>Even though gold is down about sixteen percent since the

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<v Speaker 5>start of the war, it hasn't done very much, No, it.

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<v Speaker 6>Hasn't, but it also anytime there's a downward trend, there

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<v Speaker 6>also might be a buying opportunity there, And just with

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<v Speaker 6>the thought of where we are in the markets and

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<v Speaker 6>the economy right now, and with the oil prices going up,

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<v Speaker 6>it's just basically a hedge. And we don't put a

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<v Speaker 6>large percentage of clients into gold, but we do a

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<v Speaker 6>small percentage.

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<v Speaker 2>Inching Scarlett, just as you were talking about gold. Piece

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<v Speaker 2>of research is hit my inbox from Richard Rosenberg Rosenberg

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<v Speaker 2>Research first bulletpoint. We maintain our long term bullish call

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<v Speaker 2>on gold and are looking for the most attractive reentry

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<v Speaker 2>points since we trimmed our position. So he says, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>buy on the weakness here, Kathy, how about numinisful bonds.

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<v Speaker 2>I know Donner Florida, you guys famously do not have

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<v Speaker 2>those state taxes, but for those of us in high

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<v Speaker 2>tax jurisdiction, communis have been really, really attractive here. How

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<v Speaker 2>do you allocated municipal bonds for your clients?

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<v Speaker 6>Absolutely, that's a great question, and we have lots of

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<v Speaker 6>clients in high tax rate states, including New York, so

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<v Speaker 6>we are using municipal bonds the short term and intermediate

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<v Speaker 6>termunible bonds are very pricey right now and not as attractive,

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<v Speaker 6>so we are using long term municipal bonds, which have

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<v Speaker 6>still great value for clients and placing them there. So

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<v Speaker 6>we do like the municipal bonds, and we are continuing

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<v Speaker 6>to utilize them, especially in an environment where you know

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<v Speaker 6>taxes are high and they may go higher at some point.

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