With Sharon away for work this week, we invited Andrew Opdyke, CFA from First Trust to join us to address a concern that many people have this year: the future of the market. What's ​the ​Fed ​going ​to ​do? ​Where's ​this ​economy ​going? ​How's ​this ​election ​going ​to ​affect ​my ​portfolio ​and ​my ​financial ​future? We tackle all these pressing financial questions and get Andrew’s thoughts on the year ahead.

Here’s some of what we discuss in this episode:

• What will the Fed do with interest rates in 2024?
• What impact did COVID have with the shutdown and the government spending that followed?
• What is driving inflation right now?
• The issue that stems from consumer debt continuing to rise.
• How will the US service their massive debt and what problems is that causing?
• The impact AI will have on everything.

About our guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewopdyke 

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