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Episode 401Mar 31, 2021

What you should know about “family offices”

On today’s show, we answer your questions about Archegos Capital, homebuying, Modern Monetary Theory and yes, the Suez Canal.

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People walk by the New York Stock Exchange in the financial district of Manhattan in 2012.
People walk by the New York Stock Exchange in the financial district of Manhattan in 2012.
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Investment firms managing private wealth don’t have to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are responsible for some $6 trillion. The collapse of Archegos Capital has one of our listeners worried about the economic ripple effects. We’ll talk about it. Plus, more listener questions about Modern Monetary Theory and the Suez Canal fallout.

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