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Weekend Edition with John O'Donnell

John O'Donnell Sits in for Merlin. He discusses the global credit purge cycle within the Online Trading Academy core strategy. Learn how to prosper in the months and years ahead in the global capital markets deflationary trends.

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Merlin Rothfeld

Merlin Rothfeld

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Merlin Rothfeld has been actively involved in the financial markets since 1996.

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