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In this special episode, we’ve asked some of our listeners to send in some questions about their retirement concerns. Here with me are retirement experts Anne Ackerley, Senior Advisor on Retirement and Liz Koehler, Head of US Wealth Advisor Engagement here at BlackRock. Together we’ll answer your questions about saving for retirement and give you some strategies to consider to help you become retirement ready.

Latin America is a region at the cusp of a transformative era as a region. It's become a hotbed of discussion for investors worldwide, as it undergoes a remarkable convergence of forces from a new era of high rates and macro risk to the rise of Nearshoring in Mexico and the demographic changes shaping retirement.

Axel Christensen, Chief Investment strategist for Latin America for the BlackRock Investment Institute, will help us explore how the tectonic shifts in demographics and the strategic embrace of infrastructure spending are creating a mosaic of investment opportunities and what makes Latin America an epicenter of global change.

Infrastructure is experiencing a transformative moment, owing to the rise of remote work, the digital revolution, urbanization and a changing energy landscape driven by AI’s increasing demand for data centers. David Giordano, Global Head of BlackRock Climate Infrastructure, helps us explore the major structural forces driving this change, and examine the role of private capital in bridging the financing gap for new energy investments and how changes in supply chain strategies are influencing the infrastructure investment landscape.

India has recently become the world's most populous country overtaking China and is projected to become the world's third largest global economy by 2027.

Gargi Pal Chaudhuri, Chief Investment and portfolio strategists for the Americas at BlackRock and Tara Iyer, Chief US macro strategist for the BlackRock Investment Institute join host Oscar Pulido to uncover the various factors that are driving India's growth and what hurdles may yet lie ahead for investors.

The world remains abuzz over artificial intelligence, but rapid advancement and adoption of the technology is poised to drive a significant increase in power demand, and this demand could redefine energy consumption as we know it. Today we ask the critical question: is the energy sector equipped for the AI power revolution?

Will Su, of BlackRock's Fundamental Equities team, is one of BlackRock’s leading voices on all things energy. Will walks us through the sector’s pivotal role in the build-out and future of AI and digs into the potential investment opportunities and challenges.

American consumers, often seen as a bellwether for the global economy - have been largely resilient and healthy despite sticky inflation and higher interest rates. But, can this resilience continue as difficult market conditions persist?

Lisa Yang, portfolio manager and co-head of the consumer industry “super group” within BlackRock Fundamental Equities, joins Oscar P to give a pulse check on consumer resilience and the implications in the equities market.