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      <image:title>The Apex Advisor</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2020-04-28</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Apex Advisor - Turbo Charge Your Savings Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Source: Yahoo Finance. Portfolio values based on S&amp;P 500 closing price on the first of each month from 10/1/2007 through 5/1/2013. Portfolio A represents 647 shares, or an initial investment on 10/1/2007 of $100,000. Portfolio B represents 647 shares on 10/1/2007, an initial investment of $100,000, and $1,000 contributions at the index closing price on the 1st of each month beginning 10/1/2007. Illustration does not include dividends. Past performance does not guarantee or indicate future results. Index performance is for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in the index.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2020-04-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Apex Advisor - You Can't Win a Race by Going Backwards</image:title>
      <image:caption>Source: J.P. Morgan Asset Management. For illustrative purposes only. Hypothetical portfolio is assumed to be invested 60% in the S&amp;P 500 and 40% in the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index from 1979 to 2019. Starting salary of $30,000 increasing by 2.0% each year.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Apex Advisor - You Can't Win a Race by Going Backwards</image:title>
      <image:caption>Source: BlackRock. Data from Morningstar as of 12/31/19. Stock market represented by S&amp;P 500. Stocks PR Index. Principal return only, dividends not included. Past performance does not guarantee or indicate future results. Index performance is for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in the index.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2020-04-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Apex Advisor - Managing Cash in a Crisis</image:title>
      <image:caption>Source: Blackrock</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2019-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Apex Advisor - The Shut Down is Over (For Now) and We Lived</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2019-01-18</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2018-12-21</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Apex Advisor - Can We Live With A Government Shut Down? We Have Before...</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2020-04-29</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Apex Advisor - Don't Over-Drive the Car</image:title>
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      <image:title>The Apex Advisor - Don't Over-Drive the Car</image:title>
      <image:caption>Source: Barclays, Bloomberg, FactSet, MSCI, NAREIT, Russell, Standard &amp; Poor’s, J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Large cap: S&amp;P 500, Small cap: Russell 2000, EM Equity: MSCI EME, DM Equity: MSCI EAFE, Comdty: Bloomberg Commodity Index, High Yield: Bloomberg Barclays Global HY Index, Fixed Income: Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate, REITs: NAREIT Equity REIT Index. The “Asset Allocation” portfolio assumes the following weights: 25% in the S&amp;P 500, 10% in the Russell 2000, 15% in the MSCI EAFE, 5% in the MSCI EME, 25% in the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate, 5% in the Bloomberg Barclays 1-3m Treasury, 5% in the Bloomberg Barclays Global High Yield Index, 5% in the Bloomberg Commodity Index and 5% in the NAREIT Equity REIT Index. Balanced portfolio assumes annual rebalancing. Annualized (Ann.) return and volatility (Vol.) represents period of 12/31/02 – 12/31/17. Please see disclosure page at end for index definitions. All data represents total return for stated period. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. Guide to the Markets – U.S. Data are as of September 30, 2018.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2018-12-06</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Apex Advisor - Driving on Ice</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2018-12-01</lastmod>
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