Anthony Scilipoti

Or political pressure.

There's supposed to be a separation.

You're right.

But it seems like he's actually noticing that because now all of a sudden we've seen some more strain in the employment market.

And that, I think, is what's leading him to believe, OK, now it's time probably to start cutting rates.

It could become a situation of where you sell the news because everybody was moving the market up in anticipation of it happening because the belief is when we cut rates, we provide more lower-cost capital to companies.

They put that capital to work, and it generates return.

Every company is only as good or as stable or as strong as its customer base is.

And if we're seeing that the customer base of, you know, let's call it the average Joe, and I call that Joe Sixpack.

He's a buddy of mine.

We all have a buddy, Joe Sixpack.

And so if Joe Sixpack is struggling, right?

then ultimately, how is everything going to trickle down and create growth?

And so when you're investing, it just depends on your horizon.

And I think what's happening today is investors have learned...

And rightly so, that every time the market falls, it rallies back.

And I like the comment you made, Shane.

I'm not here to predict markets.

It's a fool's game.

I don't know, you know, I wish I knew.