The UK’s flagship index has enjoyed a stellar run of late, delivering an impressive 22.3% total return over the last 12 months.

But even when zooming out to the longer term, the average annual return is only 8%. That’s still double what most savings accounts currently offer. And with interest rates steadily being cut, this gap’s only going to get wider.

With that in mind, let’s explore how investors can use the FTSE 100 to target a seven-figure portfolio.

Unleashing the power of compounding

Assuming that the FTSE 100 continues to deliver an 8% annualised return in the long run, the journey to building a £1m ISA is simpler than ever. All an investor needs to do is steadily drip feed money into a low-cost index tracker each month. And wait.

Adding just £500 each month at this rate of return will mean a brand-new portfolio today will enter millionaire territory in around 34 years.

For the lucky few who can max out their annual ISA allowance with £1,667 a month, the timeline is shortened to just 21 years. By comparison, maxing out a Cash ISA offering only 3% will take a decade longer.

But investors can potentially speed up the wealth-building journey even further.

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Investing in the best

If an investor can identify which companies are worth buying and which ones to avoid, the journey to becoming an ISA millionaire can be drastically shortened. Just ask anyone whose been drip feeding money into the London Stock Exchange Group (LSE:LSEG).

Over the last 15 years, the UK stock market operator and data analytics group has generated a total return of 1,302%. That’s the equivalent of 19.2% a year, enough to transform a £1,667 monthly investment into £1.7m!

Even with just £500 a month, investors who have been consistent since March 2011 are now sitting on half-a-million pounds. And if the compounding journey continues for another four years, they’ll have reached millionaire territory.

So the question now is, should investors still consider this business for their ISAs in 2026?

Bull versus bear

While the UK IPO market has been soft in recent years, the London Stock Exchange Group has been busy diversifying into data analytics, unlocking impressive and recurring free cash flows in the process. And looking at the firm’s latest results, this strategy’s paying off nicely.

All segments of the business are still growing steadily, while the higher-margin analytics segment is gradually helping boost profitability. And yet, the share price has tumbled close to 20% over the last 12 months, creating what institutional investors believe is a buying opportunity.

However, unless the UK IPO market starts to pick up, the current trajectory of this business suggests data analytics will be responsible for most of the long-term growth. Yet with artificial intelligence (AI) becoming increasingly more capable, there’s growing uncertainty about the longevity of the current strategy – a critical risk that investors must carefully consider.

Nevertheless, with management making moves to adopt AI rather than be disrupted by it, these fears may prove to be overblown. And that’s why, despite the risk, investors may want to inspect this potential opportunity a little deeper.

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Definitely not top marks

ChatGPT picked five companies it called “quality growth” stocks. These were RELX, Experian, London Stock Exchange Group (LSE:LSEG), Sage Group and Rightmove.

Let’s start with the fact that all of the picks are down over 20% in the past year. Typically, growth stocks are firms experiencing high demand for their products or services, meaning the company’s growing rapidly. This is usually translated into a rising share price. So I think ChatGPT may have confused value picks with growth picks, which isn’t a great start.

Even if we look at the scope for future growth, a couple of the choices still confuse me. One of the reasons behind the recent large declines in Rightmove and Experian has been concerns about AI disruption. The released tools can provide some of the services these companies offer. It can process the information faster, without friction and for free! Of course, I’m not saying the related firms are going out of business, but they wouldn’t be the hottest picks right now, given this risk.

One point I’ll acknowledge is that a Stocks and Shares ISA is the best place to house the portfolio. This is because people don’t have to pay capital gains tax when they sell a stock. Given the growth names will hopefully stage large long-term share price rallies, this is a big advantage.

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Adding in my view

The one pick I do agree with is the London Stock Exchange Group. Even though the stock’s down 25% in the past year, it has great growth prospects.

By contrast to other companies’ AI concerns, I believe AI’s more of a benefit than a worry for the company. Some investors feared AI would commoditise financial data. Instead, LSEG’s partnering with major platforms (like OpenAI and Snowflake) to embed its trusted proprietary datasets into AI-driven workflows.

After all, AI models need high-quality licensed financial data to make accurate decisions and LSEG owns one of the most trusted global financial datasets. Ultimately, that should serve as a powerful reason to buy the stock as AI adoption accelerates.

Another factor is the push by activist investors to make the company more efficient and profitable. For example, Elliott Investment Management has built a large stake in recent weeks and is pushing for what it calls “value-creation measures”. I see this as a positive influence, giving the LSEG management team the kick it needs to work harder.

Of course, there are still risks. One of the reasons behind the fall this year is the concern that the UK’s losing its influence when it comes to companies wanting to go public. The lure of America and other markets could further hinder revenue from this division. Yet I do believe it’s a growth stock worthy of consideration right now.

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If it does, it’ll be the fastest rise of 1,000 points since the index was launched in January 1984. But what’s driving this performance? And will it last? Let’s see.

Renewed enthusiasm

The index is dominated by stocks that could, perhaps unkindly, be described as old-fashioned.

Banks, providers of industrial goods and services, and miners account for 36% of the value of the FTSE 100. With precious metals prices soaring, and growing concerns about how artificial intelligence (AI) might disrupt specific sectors, these asset-heavy stocks are proving popular with investors once more.

In particular, it appears as though the Footsie’s more traditional stocks are benefiting from current uncertainty about how AI could affect data and software companies.

Ironically, the business that’s responsible for running the index – the London Stock Exchange Group (LSE:LSEG) – is one of those caught in the fallout. Since February 2025, the stock’s tanked 27%.

And on 3 February, it slumped 12.8% after it was announced that AI company Anthropic had launched a series of plugins that can automate mundane tasks. As yet, the American company hasn’t produced anything that’s likely to be a direct threat to the London Stock Exchange Group but the direction of travel appears to be a concern for investors.

That’s because the group also provides data, analytics, and risk management services.

An opportunity or a threat?

However, I see the group’s vast data resource as a strength and something that’s likely to help it see off the threat of these AI tools. Indeed, it’s sometimes hard to get your head around the quantity of information it holds.

The group says its ‘Tick History – PCAP’ repository for “ultra-high-quality” global market data holds 80 petabytes of information, equivalent to 1.6bn filing cabinets filled with documents. Every day, its real-time data service transmits over 230bn messages.

Data like this can be valuable to customers, which is why they pay a premium price for accessing it. There’s also minimal extra cost involved in providing it to another user. In 2025, it reported a gross profit margin of over 90%. It also prides itself on its accuracy. Anyone who’s used AI products will know they’re still prone to errors.

At the moment, I see no immediate threat to the group’s business. In fact, I think the AI-induced share price slump is a buying opportunity. At the moment (1 March), it’s trading on an attractive 20 times its adjusted 2025 earnings. I reckon it’s too early to write off the London Stock Exchange Group. That’s why I think it’s worth considering.

Looking ahead

Of course, it’s impossible to know for sure whether the FTSE 100 will reach 11,000. And if it does, it’s even more difficult to accurately predict what will happen thereafter.

But history suggests the index will continue to climb. Remember, it started at 1,000 and has risen steadily despite several economic downturns, global conflicts, Brexit, and a pandemic. That’s why I believe the stock market is the best way of building long-term wealth.

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While most of the volatility appears to have been concentrated among US tech stocks, some drops also emerged here in the UK. And two companies that have been hit particularly hard are RELX (LSE:REL) and London Stock Exchange Group (LSE:LSEG).

But with fear driving investor decision-making, has all this volatility created a screaming buying opportunity?

What’s going on?

As always, there are a lot of contributing factors behind the recent sell-off in data-oriented businesses. But one of the biggest catalysts was the announcement of Anthropic’s legal AI tool.

With a few prompts, legal firms can use it to take care of important everyday tasks like contract analysis, compliance, and risk assessment, among other things. And with additional AI plugins in development, this sort of functionality is expected to spread into other sectors like scientific research and financial services.

For RELX and LSEG, these tools are a new disruptive threat to their existing businesses.

Both charge considerable subscription fees to customers to access proprietary databases and analytics for these industries. But if AI models can offer similar solutions at a fraction of the cost, the pricing power of these firms could be on track to collapse.

Taking a step back

While this new AI threat is concerning, investors have definitely reacted with a ‘shoot first, ask questions later’ mindset. And subsequently, a chorus of institutional investors has described this recent sell-off as unjustified.

What’s more, they might have a valid point.

In legal, scientific, and financial fields, data quality, trust, and liability all create a protective moat around incumbent data providers like RELX and LSEG. After all, we’ve already seen AI hallucinations getting lawyers disbarred.

This all points towards a ‘trust but verify’ approach to AI usage within professional fields – something that only curated data providers can deliver. And it’s an overlooked advantage that already appears to be supporting growth, with both firms gaining revenue momentum courtesy of their own AI-powered solutions.

With that in mind, it’s not surprising to see multiple institutional investors move these shares to the top of their recommended buy lists in February.

So, is now the time to do a bit of shopping?

The bottom line

Right now, I think it’s fair to say, investors are seriously underestimating the ability of incumbent data providers to adapt.

Both RELX and LSEG are integrating their own AI tools into their existing platforms to counter this threat, trained on significantly higher quality and continuously updated data – an advantage that most third-party AI models don’t have.

Having said that, this may ultimately not matter. Even if these curated data platforms remain mission-critical, cheap alternative AI models that become ‘good enough’ could nonetheless reduce the number of required seats a customer needs for these premium tools.

Therefore, while I definitely think investors have overreacted, I’m also not in a major rush to buy these shares either. Instead, I think there are other investment opportunities to explore today with less long-term uncertainty.

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Inevitably, there will be winners and losers from the fourth industrial revolution. And judging by the share price performance of these three stocks, investors have already made up their minds about who the losers might be. But could this be a potential buying opportunity?

Hazel’s here!

The St James’s Place (LSE:STJ) share price has come under pressure after Altruist, an online provider of services to investment advisors, launched Hazel, its new AI tax planning tool.

For up to $150 a month (large firms will pay more), the US company claims its new software will “transform your practice” with interactive scenario modelling. Although the tool itself is unlikely to directly impact St James’s Place, it raises questions as to what might follow.

In 2024, the wealth manager charged £1.089bn for investment advice, 34% of its total income. And even if its clients would rather rely on humans for advice, AI could open up the market to low-cost challengers.

The timing of the arrival of Hazel’s unfortunate. Over the course of 2025, the group’s assets under management increased by £29.8bn, helped by net inflows of £6.2bn and a 94.9% retention rate.

However, even though the stock’s trading close to its 52-week low, I don’t want to invest given the uncertainty.

What about Claude?

By contrast, I like the look of London Stock Exchange Group (LSE:LSEG). I think it remains a stock to consider even though its share price is coming under pressure from anxiety about how Anthropic’s AI-powered legal assistant, an add-on to its Claude platform, could impact data and software companies.

Again, the software itself isn’t a particular threat, but what’s coming down the line? However, I think AI could work to LSEG’s advantage. The technology requires data, which the group has in bucket loads. Its propriety data’s spread across five distinct operating divisions.

Elliott Management appears to agree with me. The Financial Times claims the activist investor has been building up a “significant” stake. The firm’s established a reputation for investing in underperforming companies.

LSEG’s shares are now trading at their lowest earnings multiple since the pandemic. And they’re changing hands for what they were in the first quarter of 2023. I think the stock offers good value and is worth considering.

And finally…

Another stock under the AI cosh is MONY Group (LSE:MONY), owner of a number of websites designed to save households cash, including MoneySupermarket. Its share price is now back to where it was in 2013.

It’s been affected by Insurify, another US company, releasing what it claims is the insurance industry’s first ChatGPT app. Drivers will be able to explore personalised quotes.

MONY Group’s vulnerable because, in 2024, it generated nearly 54% of its revenue from insurance referrals. Obtaining quotes though ChatGPT sounds appealing to me, especially if it avoids having to answer all those tedious questions that are usually asked.

The direction of travel is clear and I’m not sure what the group can do about it. For this reason, investing now would be too risky for me.

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Everything is hunky-dory, isn’t it?

To start with, stock market highs are a touch misleading. The major indexes are not inflation-adjusted. This makes comparing the present to the past a bit thorny in our modern inflationary society. It’s a bit like saying minimum wage is at record highs. Yes, it technically is, but it hardly tells the whole story.

Here are some interesting facts on this about the S&P 500. In an average year, an all-time high is reached on 17 different trading days! What’s more, the market is within 5% of its all-time high nearly half the time.

Clues?

There are other clues to foreseeing a spot of market turbulence however. And one of them may be kicking into gear in February 2025. I am talking about the recent disruption of certain stocks like London Stock Exchange Group (LSE: LSEG).

As recently as early 2025, LSEG looked like one of the FTSE 100‘s brightest lights. Here we had a forward-focused tech company that provided valuable financial data across the world. The valuation priced it as a stock with a bright future.

So what happened? Artificial intelligence happened – specifically the possibility that the latest models of AI could eat the company’s breakfast, lunch and dinner. When Anthropic released its newest model with tools that might replace legal and financial analysis, the stock lost 13% in a day. The shares are down 37% in the last year as AI fears have heightened.

Is this an overreaction? Possibly. Little has changed with the business itself. And – should AI prove all mouth and no trousers – this could end up being one of the biggest bargains going.

LSEG is not the only company in the AI crosshairs either. The share prices of Rightmove (down 47% since August) and RELX (down 50% since May) are two other notable examples of cratering share prices.

Early signs

There’s also the threat of all this money being spent on AI being wasted. It’s early, but returns on investment are looking shockingly low. A stock to keep an eye on in this regard might be US giant Microsoft. The share price dropped 18% in a week recently after worries about overspending on AI.

If these really are the early signs of a crash, then those of us who have been watching the markets know this is often where the best opportunities are. For example, the best time to invest in UK stocks in recent years was when the world was collapsing during the days of comparing a certain Ms Truss to a decaying vegetable.

Where could be the place to look for bargains? I’ve been keeping an eye on a number of interesting bank and mining stocks; both sectors should be resilient even if a crash does come. And I’m bullish on the turnaround of UK housebuilders, although I wouldn’t be surprised if that comes later rather than sooner.

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The first is financial data and trading specialist London Stock Exchange Group (LSE: LSEG). Its shares struggled last year, over concerns that artificial intelligence (AI) would erode its data business. Critics also argued it had been slow to roll out its own AI tools, despite its partnership with Microsoft.

London Stock Exchange Group shares slump

This month, AI fears returned with force. Virtually every FTSE 100 financial data stock slid as investors worried that advanced tools from firms such as Anthropic could disrupt their business models. LSEG was one of them.

Its share price has plunged 18% over the last month and is down 37% over the year. It’s now bouncing around as markets debate whether the sell-off has gone too far.

The stock got a brief lift Wednesday (11 February) on reports that activist hedge fund Elliott Management had built a stake and may push for a multi-billion-pound share buyback and tighter margins. Consensus forecasts are now supremely bullish, suggesting 63% upside from here. But I don’t fully trust them. Many of the 17 analysts will have set their targets before the latest bout of turmoil.

The P/E has fallen into the 20s, which is more reasonable. If the AI panic passes, this could have proven a brilliant buying opportunity but as AI menaces it feels like a wild leap in the dark today.

Can Entain bounce back?

Brokers are even more bullish on gambling group Entain (LSE: ENT). Eighteen analysts have issued one-year targets, and the median number of 1,015p is nearly 65% above the current 617p. Again, scepticism’s called for. The Entain share price has been turbulent lately, and many forecasts may pre-date recent slippage.

Entain’s troubles include a £585m settlement following a bribery probe into its former Turkish business, while tighter regulation in the UK and Netherlands squeezed profits. November’s Budget hiked UK online gambling duties, costing around £200m annually. The Entain share price is down 15% over one year and more than 50% over three.

Yet full-year 2025 numbers are promising. On 4 February, Entain reported 33% net revenue growth to $2.8bn and guided for $3.1bn to $3.2bn in 2026. EBITDA earnings swung from a $244m loss to a $220m profit. The board anticipates EBITDA will climb as high as $350m in 2026 then power on to $500m in 2027.

Again, there are risks. Gambling will always face tax and regulatory pressure and Entain must work hard to keep its nose clean. With a P/E around 20, it’s not cheap. Yet it does have a major US opportunity through BetMGM, its joint venture with MGM Resorts. It’s worth considering for investors happy to back gambling stocks but it’s at the higher end of the risk spectrum. Not for everyone.

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But for an inexperienced investor with some cash to spare, the stock market can be a daunting place. Fortunately, the outlook for UK shares is promising and there’s some speculation that the Footsie could reach 11,000 this year. Let’s see what’s going on.

What next?

As home to plenty of miners and banking stocks, the FTSE 100’s benefitted from rising precious metals prices and renewed confidence in financial services.

In January, the index reached 10,000 for the first time, just 171 days after hitting 9,000. As the table below shows, this was the shortest time taken to record an increment of 1,000 points.

And it’s now (9 February) at 10,370. Given current global economic uncertainty, the 11,000 mark might be a bit of a stretch this year. But I’m confident the index will get there in the not-too-distant future.

It pays to shop around

However, I still think there are some bargains to be found.

For example, JD Sports Fashion, easyJet, and International Consolidated Airlines, are currently trading at historically low earnings multiples.

Looking at its balance sheet, Barclays has a price-to-book ratio of less than one.

And income investors are likely to be interested in the attractive yields currently on offer from, among others, Legal & General (8.1%), Phoenix Group Holdings (7.3%), and M&G (6.6%). 

Okay, I need to do a bit more research before deciding whether these are worth considering. However, these valuation measures suggest that despite the Footsie’s amazing performance over the past year or so, there are still plenty of opportunities out there.

Out of favour

One stock with a vested interest in the FTSE 100 is London Stock Exchange Group (LSE:LSEG), the business that — in addition to providing specialist data and risk management services — oversees the index.

It attracted my attention on 3 February when its share price fell 12.8%. It was caught in the sell-off of software and data stocks following news that Anthropic had launched an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that could threaten the dominance of some of the more established players in the market.

Fears about the emergence of possible challengers appear to be behind the 37% decline in LSEG’s share price since February 2025.

Personally, I think investors are over-reacting. To be effective, AI needs data and LSEG has huge volumes of it. Of course, I could be wrong. Nobody knows for sure how AI’s going to change the world. But I see the group as being one of the net beneficiaries. Although, like all companies in the sector, I think a cyberattack remains a real possibility.

Analysts appear to agree with my assessment of last week’s events. UBS described the share price fall as “overblown”. It has a 12-month target that’s over 50% higher than today’s price. The City consensus is that the stock’s 58% undervalued, although to be fair, these targets were set before Anthropic’s announcement.

But I think the stock’s cheap. It trades on a historically-attractive forward (2027) price-to-earnings ratio of just 14.5.

On balance, I think LSEG’s shares are worth considering. However, it’s just one of a number of undervalued stocks on the index that I think deserve further investigation by value investors.

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Could there be a huge opportunity for value investors here? Let’s discuss.

Are AI fears overblown?

There’s a school of thought in the market that AI is going to destroy software/internet businesses. That’s why these shares have tanked. The theory is that companies and consumers will be able to create their own applications with AI and therefore won’t require the services of companies like LSEG and RELX (both of which provide data) or Rightmove (which offers a property search portal).

Now, there’s no doubt that AI adds uncertainty here. But could the fears be overblown?

I think so. While some software companies have easily replicable solutions and are at risk of AI disruption, this is not true of every company.

The case for LSEG

Zooming in on LSEG, which is down 40% from its highs, I think it could be more immune to AI than the market is giving it credit for.

For a start, it sells financial data to banks and investment managers. These kinds of companies (which have deeply embedded workflows and are generally slow to change) depend on highly accurate data so they’re not going to blindly trust AI.

Meanwhile, LSEG has partnerships with a range of data/AI companies including Databricks, Snowflake, Anthropic, and OpenAI. So, there should be plenty of additional revenue opportunities in the years ahead.

It’s worth pointing out that industry automation is a risk. This could lead to fewer seats/licenses that the firm can charge for.

The stock is down 40% and currently trading on a forward-looking price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 16. I like the risk/reward proposition and think it’s worth a closer look. Analysts at UBS agree – they currently have a Buy rating and a price target of 11,000p.

A look at RELX

Turning to RELX, which provides legal, scientific, and financial risk data and related solutions, the situation is a bit more complex. That’s because there are some parts of its business that could be disrupted by AI.

An example is its Lexis+ platform, which enables lawyers to draft briefs. Recently, Anthropic released some legal plugins that could potentially replace this.

However, RELX’s risk division (which generates a large chunk of its revenues) looks more immune to AI. This is because it relies on massive, private databases of identity and fraud records.

So, I don’t see this business being wiped out by AI. I think it could be worthy of further research after its recent share price fall as the P/E ratio has fallen to 16 (low for a data company).

What about Rightmove?

As for Rightmove, some people believe that in the future, Britons won’t use this platform and will instead ask ChatGPT or AI agents for links to property for sale/rent. This scenario is a possibility but it’s far from guaranteed.

Personally, I reckon a lot of people will continue to use the platform (I will) because of its vast property selection. So, I think the stock could be worth a look while it’s down.

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This was its longest monthly winning streak in over 12 years!

That’s pretty remarkable considering the volatile past few months, with on-off tariffs, the Autumn Budget uncertainty, AI bubble jitters, Venezuela, Greenland, and more.

Another impressive record is that the FTSE 100 recently jumped 1,000 points in the shortest time ever. It took just 171 days to go from 9,000 to 10,000, according to AJ Bell‘s data.

The previous record was 229 days back in the late 1990s when it went from 5,000 to 6,000.

And the positive momentum has continued into February, despite billions been wiped off the value of data companies like London Stock Exchange Group (LSE:LSEG) and RELX yesterday (3 February).

As I write, the FTSE 100 is above 10,400.

Why’s it on fire?

Last year, the blue-chip index returned 25.8%, including dividends. This was its fifth-best year since inception in 1984.

The return even beat the S&P 500, which is packed with tech titans that resemble the corporate equivalents of nation states.

What’s going on here? Well, I don’t want to rain on the Footsie’s parade, but for perspective it should be noted that 2025 was a very strong year for most major global indexes.

When compared to many of these, the FTSE 100’s return doesn’t look so spectacular.

Still, the index has benefitted from investors worried about unpredictable US government policy and highly priced S&P 500 stocks. As such, it has become a bit of a safe haven in troubled times, along with gold.

We’ve seen increased interest from foreign investors looking to diversify their holdings and the FTSE 100 has also shone during the more tumultuous periods thanks to its plethora of defensive-style companies…The UK is a rich hunting ground for dividends.
Dan Coatsworth, AJ Bell.

AI disruption fears

A regular criticism of the index is that it lacks high-growth tech firms, particularly in artificial intelligence (AI). However, this perceived Achilles heel has actually been an advantage lately, as investors have started to worry that AI might in fact be a Pandora’s Box.

That’s certainly how it feels right now for investors in London Stock Exchange Group, or LSEG. After crashing more than 10% yesterday, shares of the financial data provider are down by a shocking 40% in 12 months.

The big fear here is that AI companies like Anthropic (with its Claude product) might poach customers that currently use LSEG’s data terminals (Workspace/Refinitiv). This can’t be discounted entirely.

However, it’s worth noting that analysts at UBS think the risk is exaggerated. They point to LSEG’s data supply deals with Anthropic, OpenAI (ChatGPT), and others.

Moreover, the forward price-to-earnings multiple has collapsed to less than 16. And the forecast dividend yield’s now 2.2%, which adds weight to the investment case considering LSEG’s 15 years of consecutive dividend growth.

Of course, given the uncertainty, it would take a brave soul to pile into the stock today. But it’s worth noting that UBS just slapped a 12-month share price target of £110 on LSEG. That’s 55% higher the current price!

On this basis alone, I think it’s worth investigating further.

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