Can you crash-proof your portfolio with crypto?

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JJ Widmaier, co-founder and chief investment officer at Green Era Financial in the US, talks about what he learned in the 2008 financial crash and how financial advisors are warming to crypto as a way to achieve non-correlated growth and assist in crash-proofing client portfolios.

17 Dec English South Africa Tech News · Investing

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