2025 Outlook: Smooth Sailing or Fasten Seatbelts?

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After a 2024 that defied most market analysts’ expectations, where does the market go from here? Will 2025 continue the smooth sailing from last year, or should we expect turbulence and Mother Market to turn on the fasten seatbelt sign?
Recorded January 9, 2025 in Charlotte, NC.

Ryan Culpepper, Senior Vice President - Investment Officer and PIM portfolio manager of the 282 Group of Wells Fargo Advisors.

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