Sudeep Reddy

A year ago,

It was a concern about tariffs.

Now it's a concern about the Strait of Hormuz.

There are enough things that are clouding the environment here that they've got to be concerned about it.

But you don't want to act rashly and then have everything clear up.

That's the core uncertainty of the environment right now, which lots of businesses are dealing with it as well.

Things could get really, really bad or they could be just fine in a few months.

So you don't want to overreact.

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