Facts vs Feelings with Ryan Detrick & Sonu Varghese

Social Hour With Josh Schafer and Talmon Smith (Social Hour Ep. 4)

Facts vs Feelings with Ryan Detrick & Sonu Varghese

Show Notes

The Social Hour is back for its 4th episode — and this one covered a lot of ground. Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at Carson Group, and Sonu Varghese, Chief Macro Strategist at Carson Group, are joined by two sharp voices from the financial media world: Josh Schafer, Newsletter Editor and Investing Personality at Barron's Investor Circle, and Talmon Smith, Economics Reporter at The New York Times. Fair warning: Ryan's 140-pound Great Pyrenees may or may not have been snoring in the bac...

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