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Dec 2023
20m 58s

The Unhedged Awards

Financial Times & Pushkin Industries
About this episode

Today on the show, hosts Ethan Wu, Katie Martin and Rob Armstrong dole out the first-ever Unhedgies, awards for categories such as the best overall deal, scam, IPO, central banker – we do not choose Jay Powell, by the way — and a few others we came up with on the spot.  


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