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Matt McLennan featured on NYSE ETF Central Podcast

Matt McLennan featured on NYSE ETF Central Podcast

Scarcity, Sanity, and Sovereign Risk:
First Eagle’s Global Value Game Plan

Matt McLennan joined the NYSE ETF Central Podcast to discuss the Global Value team's philosophy of resilient wealth creation, explore today’s macro backdrop of inflation, debt and geopolitical risk and explain why gold remains a critical hedge.


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