Animal Spirits Podcast
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Animal spirits is a show about markets, life, and investing. Join Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson as they talk about what they're reading, writing, listening to, and watching. Look for new episodes every Wednesday morning.
Animal Spirits Podcast
1d ago
On episode 353 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: why the elements are in place for a boom-time decade, why household allocations to stocks were so low in the past, how to lie with statistics, who keeps buying Treasury bonds, picking the AI winners in the stock market, some good news for homebuyers, and much more!
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Animal Spirits Podcast
1d ago
On this episode, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are joined by Jonathan Shelon, Chief Operating Officer of KraneShares to discuss: an economic update on China, China's buyer of last resort, what happened in Chinese real estate, and much more!
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Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense
Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor
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Animal Spirits Podcast
5d ago
On this episode, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are joined by Corey Hoffstein of Newfound Research to discuss: managed futures, return stacking, using leverage effectively, and much more!
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Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense
Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor
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Animal Spirits Podcast
1w ago
On episode 352 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: thoughts on Italy, consumers wall of cash, inflation at the grocery store, real estate agent commissions in trouble, the best airplane movie of all time, thoughts on Dune 2, and much more!
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Animal Spirits Podcast
1w ago
On today's show, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are joined by Ryan McCormack, Factor and Core Equity Strategist and Paul Schroeder, QQQ Equity Product Strategist at Invesco to discuss: the creation of the Nasdaq 100, where the QQQ ticker comes from, the Nasdaq 100 special rebalance in 2023, and much more!
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Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense
Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor
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Animal Spirits Podcast
2w ago
On episode 351 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: one of the most resilient stock rallies ever, money market funds vs. crypto, Americans are rich, the stock market has always been concentrated, inflation at the grocery store, the biggest reason the Fed needs to cut rates, some good news for first-time homebuyers, and much more!
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Animal Spirits Podcast
2w ago
On today's show, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are joined by Chris Kuiper, Director of Research, and Matt Horne, Head of Business Development for Fidelity Digital Asset Management to discuss: the new Bitcoin ETFs, how much news is priced into Bitcoin price, what the Bitcoin halving is, how crypto and macro economics fit together, institutional adoption of Bitcoin, and much more!
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Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense
Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor
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Animal Spirits Podcast
2w ago
On episode 350 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: why the markets continue moving higher, why buy & hold is the best (and worst) strategy, how 401(k)s impact the stock market, billionaires can't complain about inflation, consumers keep consuming, the richest generation in history, crypto just won't die, why we keep seeing so many booms & busts, the best new show of 2024 and much more.
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Animal Spirits Podcast
2w ago
On today's show, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are joined by Josh Greco, Senior VP and Senior Institutional Portfolio Manager for Franklin Income Investors to discuss: asset allocation decisions within multi-asset funds, how rate changes affect portfolio yield, investors overallocation to cash, understanding convertible bonds, and much more!
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Animal Spirits Podcast
3w ago
On episode 350 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: where Ben stayed in the Keys, Michael's surreal experience with Eli Manning, the market needs a healthy correction, Japanese equities making a come back, good news for homebuyers, the new Costner trailer, and much more!
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