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Robert Stein | Predictions for the Economic and Political Landscape

Jun 07, 2022 Market & Economic Updates

What’s on the economic and political horizon? Bob Stein, Deputy Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors, joins the podcast to share what he thinks the future of the tech sector, trade wars, energy, banks and taxes will be. Bob also gives his predictions on what will happen in the upcoming congressional elections in 2022 and the presidential election in 2024.

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