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This is Scott Becker with the Becker Business and the Becker Private Equity Podcast. One of the things we'll tell you today is you are always listening to a real person, not an AI person. As I see more and more AI can generate the podcast so we don't have to. But my goodness, when in human experience in the future is going to be this mix of AI and true human connectivity. And what a fascinating balance. Anyways, this is a real person, Scott Becker, you could text me or call me anytime. 773-766-5322 and love to visit with you. So here's five stories that we're following today. First, inflation is somewhat muted, although core inflation accelerated a little bit. This is leading this morning the markets to be up and in positive territory as the markets more and more bet on Wall street on the Fed rate cuts. So that's what we're seeing this morning. Second, Ford is doubling down on manufacturing electric vehicles. At some point I assume that our nation will more and more move towards electric vehicles. I am a golfer, as many people might know, not a good golfer, but every golf course in the country used to have these gas powered golf carts. Now they're all electric. I assume at some point this is where we're all going to. But it'll take longer than maybe we all expected. But in any event, Ford is doubling down on electric vehicles and the promise of being able to manufacture them, to sell them at a reasonable price. That that's the second thing we're following today. The markets are up. Ford is doubling down on EVs. The third story we're following today and excuse me, I can't help myself, it shows up in the top winners and losers all the time. But Grindr rocks and rolls today. It stands tall. It's up about 8% yesterday on good revenues, even though they miss their earnings per share, but continues to do well. Fourth, something we talk about often is no one cares who's in your foursome. You see so many people that are so gracious, they love people. They don't care if the person's the most highbrow celebrity or the most nerdiest person. They don't care. And they don't judge themselves and worry about do other people judge them based on who they're with. In contrast, you see all these people that are so embarrassed to play with this person or that person to be afraid they'll be associated with them. I am so sick of that type of behavior. It is what it is. That's no one cares who's in your foursome. Finally, fifth, invest early and often and save, because everybody above a certain age, unless they're super rich, is running out of money in retirement. So that's the fifth story today is, is invest early and often and save like your life depends on it. Because there are so many people that later in life are running out of money for retirement. So that, that's the, the next concept today. Those are five of the stories that we're following today. Thank you for listening to the Becker Business Podcast, the Becker Private Equity Podcast. Thank you very, very much.