On episode 189 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Rebecca Patterson, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and former Chief Investment Strategist at Bridgewater Associates, to discuss: what's next for the stock market, what the trade war means for small businesses, the Fed's dilemma, foreign capital flows, the rally in gold, and much more!

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