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Apr 2022
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Episode #103 -- Alex Krainer and the Fra...

TOM LUONGO
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Alex Krainer (@NakedHedgie on Twitter) joins me for another wide-ranging discussion about the global-macro situation in commodity markets and the effects of the War in Ukraine is having on the geopolitical game board.

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