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Source: The White House, the World Trade Organization and CNBC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d0416d6b73725a0b9694c0/ff3bea78-26ce-488c-ae5a-df2a46aee795/Yahoo+Finance+Chart.png The FI Blueprint - Decoding the Tariff Announcement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d0416d6b73725a0b9694c0/8ecd8119-f8e0-487d-a764-2a38082ef07c/Stock+Market+Cycles.png The FI Blueprint - Decoding the Tariff Announcement - Make it stand out Source: Clearnomics, Standard & Poor’s, Principal Asset Management. Data as of April 3, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d0416d6b73725a0b9694c0/8ee6a415-3d4b-4818-90ef-f275f7db9e11/Missing+The+Best+Days.png The FI Blueprint - Decoding the Tariff Announcement - Make it stand out This chart shows the value of an initial investment of $1000 using S&P 500 price returns before transaction costs under varying scenarios. Each scenario assumes $1000 was invested 25 years ago and remained fully invested or was moved to cash during the best market days. Date range: 25 years ago, to present. Source: Clearnomics, Standard & Poor’s, Principal Asset Management. Data as of April 3, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d0416d6b73725a0b9694c0/751eeeca-dedb-4695-a9ed-4c16dd8dbd1a/Asset+Class+Performance.png The FI Blueprint - Decoding the Tariff Announcement - Make it stand out Source: Clearnomics, Bloomberg, Principal Asset Management. Data as of April 3, 2025. All sectors are represented by the Bloomberg Barclays bond indices except for Preferreds, EMD USD and Local which are the S&P Preferred Stock Index, JP Morgan EMBIG Diversified Index and JPMorgan GBI-EM Core Index, respectively. 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Stocks are represented by the S&P 500 Index. For illustrative purposes only. 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Planning for Emergencies - Make it stand out I store all my important documents on a USB Flash Drive https://www.alexchalekian.com/newsletter/from-vegas-to-la-fires monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d0416d6b73725a0b9694c0/1bd63bfe-b679-4da5-9c4f-6444821fe43d/20250106.jpg The FI Blueprint - From Vegas to LA Fires - Make it stand out Getting ready to watch the NVIDIA keynote at CES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d0416d6b73725a0b9694c0/6bab9bd2-ba79-4239-8ba6-87b9814ea80d/PXL_20250107_0.jpg The FI Blueprint - From Vegas to LA Fires - Make it stand out Jensen Huang on stage at CES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d0416d6b73725a0b9694c0/39085f37-48d1-479c-8828-ff80af5f3d69/PXL_20250107.jpg The FI Blueprint - From Vegas to LA Fires - Make it stand out Front row seats for the Delta keynote at the Sphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d0416d6b73725a0b9694c0/b509de5b-8106-45e3-89d6-d55c4178fb28/224118.png The FI Blueprint - 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