On episode 134 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Peter Boockvar and Dan Greenhaus to discuss: inflation, the Fed, stock market bubbles, Tesla, short sellers, international stocks, banning TikTok, and much more!

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