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Dec 2021
27m 47s

The Golden Age for Individual Investors

INVESTOPEDIA
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Jan van Eck, the CEO of Van Eck U.S., joins the Express to talk about why retail investors have never had it better, and why his firm is launching Bitcoin-related ETFs. Plus, consumer prices surged to the highest levels since 1982. How long will they last, and how long will consumers keep spending? And, sentiment shifted again, as investors pile back into ri ... Show More
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