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Dec 2023
18m 7s

Gold just set a record. Why?

Financial Times & Pushkin Industries
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The price of gold reached a record high last week. That’s surprising, because normally the price of gold goes down when interest rates go higher. Today on the show, we try to figure out what’s driving gold’s rise. Also, we go long Larry Fink and short the jobs report. 


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