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Hi, and welcome to the Longview. I'm Dan Lefkowitz, strategist for Morningstar Indexes.

And I'm Christine Ben's Director of Personal Finance and Retirement Planning for Morningstar.

Our guest this week is Louis von SontGov. Louis is founding, partner, and CEO of GavCal Group,

a research and financial services firm based in Hong Kong. After graduating from Duke University

and studying Mandarin in Nanjing University,

Louis joined the French Army, then went on to become a financial analyzed at Paribat,

first in Paris, then in Hong Kong.

In 1999, he launched Gavcal with his father, Charles, and Anatoly Koleski.

Louis is the author of seven books, the latest being, avoiding the punch, investing in uncertain times.

Louis, thanks so much for joining us on The Longview.

Thanks a lot for having me.

Absolutely.

So first off, just so we can get to know you a little bit better, you have a very interesting background, which I mentioned in the intro.

You're French. You went to college in the States. You've studied in mainland China.

You live and work in Hong Kong.

How do you bring all these different perspectives to bear onto your work?

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