Blu Putnam, former managing director and chief economist at CME Group and a longtime friend of PreMarket Prep, joined the show Wednesday for his weekly discussion of the markets and U.S. economy.

Putnam covered the Middle East-driven oil rally, inflation and the Federal Reserve’s outlook, a reassessment of the AMD and AI trade, bond yields and exchange stocks.

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