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Hey everyone, Kirk here again at Option Alpha. On today’s daily call, we’re going to talk about why most investors actually act like toddlers. This actually came out of just (I don’t know) being a parent. I often relate investing a lot to parenting. I think actually, parenting has taught me a lot about being patient, being calm the long haul basically because you can’t get them back obviously and a lot more stuff about investing in life obviously by being a parent, especially if two girls I guess right now, I’ll learn even more when they become teenagers. But I do think that most investors, most traditional investors (we often probably find ourselves in this mode a lot) act like toddlers. The reason is because we overreact and for some reason, when it comes to money in the markets, we can’t control our emotions. It’s like my kids. My two girls are young. I have one who’s almost four now and then a toddler who’s like 18 months. Our toddler, our youngest, Anna, she has a really tough time right now controlling