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Jan 2025
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Why Brian Wesbury is Bearish

THE COMPOUND
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On episode 172 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors to discuss his outlook on 2025, Recessions, Monetary Policy, Bitcoin, being an Eagle Scout and more!


This episode is sponsored by iShares by BlackRock! To learn more, visit: ishares.com/bitcoin!


IBIT is the largest spot bitcoin ETP by AUM as of 11/30/24 and most traded spot bitcoin ETP by 20-day avg. trading volumes from 1/11/24-7/24/24. Source BlackRock and Bloomberg.

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