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Adam B. Scott

@AdamBScott1979

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Co-Founder Argyle Capital Partners, a Registered Investment Advisor. Tufts Univ. Opinions my own. All around swell guy (not an opinion).

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2 years
In which I argue the worst is behind us — and that what we are currently enduring is a painful retest of mid-June levels for stocks and yields.
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I'm trying here, guys.
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Not a good sign
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BREAKING: Goldman Sachs puts out note confirming they will continue their existing “social distancing” best practices between clients and their money that they have had in place for years.
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Ozark lost me when they romantically paired up a 70 year old woman with a teenage boy for absolutely no reason
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@DividendGrowth I honestly don't even know what she does for a living
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Friend sent this video of a DC10 doing a drop in Calabasas...
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I’m not having sex again until the market bottoms.
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You 👏🏼 cannot 👏🏼 sell 👏🏼 for 👏🏼 a 👏🏼 tax 👏🏼 loss 👏🏼 unless 👏🏼 you 👏🏼 have 👏🏼 a 👏🏼 loss 👏🏼 and 👏🏼 only 👏🏼 shortsellers 👏🏼 have 👏🏼 losses 👏🏼 this 👏🏼 year
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@jeffmehi Yes she has plenty of bandwidth
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I just yelled “GET A PELOTON, NERD!!!” out my car window at a cyclist as he caused me to move 18” to my left and cost me multiples seconds on my commute
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4 years
Just admit you have no idea what you’re doing.
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This just happened. #rescuedog
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I'm convinced the only edge in markets is psychological.
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Most of the accounts complaining about ZeroHedge being suspended are accounts that should also be suspended.
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3 years
I shared an elevator with two other people today and neither one of them asked me what I do for a living or expressed any interest in me whatsoever.
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If you buy Bitcoin at current prices you're basically getting the Blockchain thrown in for free
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Save time by typing ‘thx’ instead of ‘t-h-a-n-k-s’.... this has enabled me to fit in more meetings, podcasts, and personal time.
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3 years
There is a bull market in people mistaking luck for skill.
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HI, BILLY MAYS HERE FOR THE AMAZING REGENERON
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Just boarded flight. Guy plops down next to me, seems hammered. Says his name is Jason and he hates flying. Gets nervous.
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BREAKING: PUTIN SAYS HE WILL CONSIDER BACKING OFF IF JAMES BULLARD REVERSES STANCE ON RATE HIKES.
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BREAKING: As more information is released, it's looking more and more like violent video games may be responsible for Jeffrey Epstein's suicide/death.
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3 years
How is it possible Chipotle hasn’t figured out breakfast burritos yet? It’s been like 5 years since they came out with cheese sauce I think we’ve been patient enough. Get on it, guys. Enough is #enough . $CMG
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BREAKING: SEC asks Elon Musk to "come up with own punishment" for violating agreement, says they are "not mad they are just disappointed" in him.
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5 years
RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING UH OH
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4 years
I do not recall any one day during 2008-2009 that felt as bad as today has felt.
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5 years
Is there a sushi restaurant called A Ponzu Scheme
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BREAKING: All residents of California are being asked to evacuate into the sea.
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5 years
AirBnb but just for meals. Tired of cooking or your regular takeout? Pay $8.99 to go join a random couple/family for dinner at their home.
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4 years
BREAKING: WH Staff suggest Trump may pursue new strategy with regard to COVID-19. He wants to “meet with the virus, try to make a deal.”
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6 years
Omg. Good friend of mine is attending a wedding at Mar-a-Lago tonight. He just texted me that the Wi-Fi password is “LockHerUp”...
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4 years
If it weren’t for Warren Buffett’s well-timed (lucky) purchase of Apple shares a few years ago he would likely be bankrupt today.
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@AdamBScott1979
Adam B. Scott
5 years
Learn how this software engineer retired at 42 by going without food.
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If you waste money on coffee, it’s like "peeing $1 million down the drain," says Suze Orman. ☕️ via @CNBCMakeIt
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Adam B. Scott
3 years
Please let me off this planet
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Tascha
3 years
If you make a NFT of a real diamond, and the diamond itself gets destroyed in a fire tomorrow, you still have the same asset. Because the token still exists and is in limited supply just as before. Nothing has changed. What NFT is doing to the concept of asset, few understand.
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It takes a lot of courage to make a call publicly. To take a stance, back it up with your research, thoughts, and a thesis. To risk being wrong and potentially looking foolish. It takes none to mock those who have done so and, only with the benefit of hindsight, gotten it wrong.
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4 years
Just sent this out to clients. Warning--I do give a few reasons to be optimistic.
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6 years
@morningmoneyben @mkady Change to Fox News you won’t hear anything about it!
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2 years
“Hi. I don’t understand stuff.”
@SenSanders
Bernie Sanders
2 years
Shock. Shock. Shock. Gas prices are at the highest level in 7 years while Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell & BP made nearly $25 billion in profits last quarter – the highest level in over 7 years. The problem is not inflation. The problem is corporate greed, collusion & profiteering.
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Jassy literally threatening to kill his employees seems like an HR issue
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6 years
BREAKING: In a surprising move of humility, Chipotle buys rights to Beastie Boys "It's Time to Get Ill" for 2018 advertising campaign.
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6 years
For those wondering how reliable the CNN Fear & Greed Indicator is... Below are the <20 readings over the past 3 years overlaid w SPX.
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4 years
“I’m an optimist. But everyone is probably going to die in the next week or two.” -Bill Ackman
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4 years
Bulls getting insanely cocky.
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Sanctimonious Twitter Bro w 25k followers: “I use advanced, proprietary, top-down macro analysis to identify securities that have the best chance of producing favorable returns in current market conditions.” Me: So long above the 200dma and sell below it? STB: Yea that’s right.
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3 years
The people suggesting that a home gym or “going for a run” are cheaper/better alternatives to owning a Peloton do not understand human behavior. Or probably anything else. Obviously those are cheaper options. The buyer is fully aware of that. You are not smart.
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4 years
Wife threatening to share this so I’m just getting ahead of it. Backstreet Boys are good and you all know it.
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4 years
Some suggestions for those complaining about the Oscars: - Turn it off or watch something else - Continue watching but stop complaining
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5 years
The world should be cheering for Bill Gates — and every other billionaire who’s signed the giving pledge — to compound his/her wealth as aggressively as possible while they are still alive.
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4 years
Lots of people hitting ‘send’ instead of ‘save draft’ today....
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2 years
"Hi. I don't understand rates of change or second level thinking."
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Sentiment check:
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The easy money has been lost.
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Just paid my personal trainer for a week in advance despite the fact that they closed our gym and we won’t be able to work out. It’s not a fortune but makes a difference for him. Do what you can.
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I know it would be bad for everybody else but it would be good for me if the Fed surprised the market by ending QE, liquidating their balance sheet, and selling S&P futures short until we reach my personal estimate of fair value
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Adam B. Scott
7 years
Twitter -- Where those with the most to teach have come to learn, and those with the most to learn have come to teach.
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3 years
Imagine not understanding that rates are never going up again.
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Adam B. Scott
6 years
No. If you watched the entire match (esp the gesturing by her coach), and you understand the sport and have some knowledge of its history, this clip should do nothing but confirm she cannot be gracious in defeat.
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Adam B. Scott
6 years
Ever find that birth certificate, asshole?
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
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Isn’t it a shame that someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without retribution or cost. Don’t know why Washington politicians don’t change libel laws?
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5 years
Is there nothing Jeff Bezos will leave for the rest of us to enjoy
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Amazon deforestation accelerated more than 60% last month. That amounts to about one and a half soccer fields of rainforest being destroyed every minute of every day.
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HOW BAD DO YOU WANT THIS WAREHOUSE JOB YOU MAGGOTS
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Employees at Amazon start their day by answering a simple question about work.
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BREAKING: White House unveils the Paycheck Protection Piñata Program where garbage bags filled with $1 bills are dangled from street lights in the nation’s hardest-hit areas.
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2 years
Now this is compelling
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5 years
Vanguard?
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3 years
Umm
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5 years
If people weren’t watching tv how would they see all your commercials?
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Ken Fisher
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John Templeton, a hero of mine, said, “No one can be a success in life watching two hours of TV a day or more.” Makes me glad I listened to him.
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It’s a good day to remember what happened the last time it felt like stocks could only go up. * * they kept going up even more before finally correcting to a level that was higher than when you first had this feeling.
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Adam B. Scott
5 years
I’ll be relaxing and my wife will say “Oh here’s something you can do” as though I asked her if there was anything I could do to help out around the house—which I definitely did NOT—and then she’ll name something I really don’t want to do. How do I get her to stop this behavior.
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Two years ago today. I've gained some weight and lost some hair—both of which are her fault—but I've never enjoyed anything like seeing her smile... Love you, Booboo, here's to 48 more (we agreed to 50 total). Xoxox
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Looking for an asset class with perfect correlation to oil on the downside and no correlation on the upside? Try energy stocks!
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"I didn't like what I saw. Not one bit." -- Jerome Powell after witnessing people smiling and generally enjoying themselves when he went outside for a walk today
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Civil wars are good. And easy to win.
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BREAKING: CHINA TO BUY MOST -- "WITH OPTION TO BUY ALL" -- U.S. REAL ESTATE AS PART OF TRADE DEAL. -SOURCES
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4 years
Imagine thinking anyone cares that you just bought an apartment building.
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5 years
The bear market rally that started over 10 years ago may be due for a pause.
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5 years
Yes even more than before
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Naija Gym
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Two slices of pizza are the equivalent to swallowing 3 spoons of warm oil. Do you feel like eating pizza now?
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He just ordered an Irish coffee. They are taking dinner orders. That’s all he ordered.
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Give me your best, understandable, unbiased description of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) in a single tweet.
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Great quarter guys
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@StevenMandrapa @WalshFreedom Sometimes I️ feel like I’m on the wrong planet.
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I am really smart and am the only person who has thought to wait until the start of a new year to take profits, thereby pushing out my tax liability until 2022.
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Adam B. Scott
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DID A SLOW FRIEND WRITE THIS
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FOX 12 Oregon
4 years
What not to do in a bear attack? Push your slower friends down in attempts of saving yourself, says the National Park Service
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Lots of people citing the excessive premium IBM paying for RHT (~70% premium to Friday's closing price). Had the deal happened 6 weeks ago, would have been just 25%. 16 weeks ago, <10% premium. Maybe, more than anything, this says valuations have gotten stretched to downside...?
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Our 3yr anniversary, though we'll be celebrating tomorrow night with dinner & a show. Here are some of my favorite pictures of us... She's funny, smart, & gorgeous, but most importantly has the world's largest heart and would run into traffic to save an animal. Love you, MTI.
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[this just happened] Wife: Was 2008 the Great Recession? Me: No it was the “GFC” Wife: Oh, right, the Great Recession is your hairline.
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4 years
Superspreader was my nickname in high school
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Our smallest rescue pup, Maggie Lew, actually knows how to smile. I have seen this hundreds of times and its novelty has not yet begun to wear off...
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Adam B. Scott
5 years
Very unfair to the Russell 2000 !!!
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
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S&P opens at Record High!
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Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sor
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🚨 Emergency landing of a small plane ✈ this morning around 10:00 AM, on "Highway 40" just outside of #Montreal , #Quebec , #Canada .
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I don’t understand why people need to pay $15/mo for that streaming service. You can have fun outside playing with a stick for free.
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Adam B. Scott
4 years
The headlines about coronavirus have gotten more intense/scary *because* the market is selling off, and not the other way around.
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Wife just told me she doesn’t like when the dog drinks out of the toilet. Not because it gets the seat all wet. Or because it’s *drinking out of the toilet*.... But because the toilet water.... is not filtered.
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Adam B. Scott
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I only like to buy stocks when the sitting Fed Chair confirms things are looking very certain into the immediate future.
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Adam B. Scott
4 years
YES IT IS COMING IN NEGATIVE THREE MONTHS
@bkollmeyer
Barbara Kollmeyer
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@RaoulGMI , who called the 2008 crisis says the signal to sell stocks is coming soon
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Adam B. Scott
3 years
You spent $100 out at dinner last night? You could have just made a grilled chicken breast and rice at home for $8. Once people figure this out the restaurant industry will finally crater. Terminal shorts, all of them.
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🐣, Felt cute, might work on legs 🦵 later, I don’t know 🤷🏻‍♂���
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@BobGrayson15 Haha incredible
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BREAKING: In an effort to de-escalate, WH preparing argument that Soleimani was not assassinated but that this was an example of a “super late stage abortion” which many Democrats support.
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Adam B. Scott
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Straight up racketeering. This is a solution in search of a problem. You want to buy something because supply is constrained? Buy land. These guys need to be launched into the sea or the sun. Maybe separate them and launch one into the sea and other into the sun.
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Adam B. Scott
5 years
I HEREBY CHALLENGE JAY POWALL TO A DUEL IN THE ROSE GARDEN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HE IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE AND MANY ARE SAYING I WILL DEFEAT HIM EASILY.
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I ask him if he flies a lot. He says “Not as much as I should.” I don’t know what that means.
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This is as close to beast mode as I’ve got.
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