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VanEck podcast spotlights hard-asset investing, private credit exposure

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ETF Trends is featuring a new episode of its podcast, Trends with Benefits, hosted by Ed Lopez, VanEck’s Head of Product Management.

The episode explores themes including a case for hard assets over paper, the pension system’s growing exposure to private credit, and how deglobalization could reshape financial markets over a generation.

It also includes a conversation with Macro Mavens founder Steph Pomboy, according to the podcast description.

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ETF TrendsTrends With Benefits #159: Steph Pomboy: AI Debt Binge, Credit Cracks, & Gold

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