On episode 206 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Jan Van Eck to discuss: Nvidia earnings, AI replacing jobs, future energy demands, why the national debt matters, the case for gold, private equity returns, and much more!
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