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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 17 days 3 hours 3 minutes
Talk Your Book: The Biggest Short Squeeze of All Time
On today's show, we are joined by Luke Oliver, Managing Director, Head of Climate Investments, and Head of Strategy at Kraneshares to discuss the biggest short of all time, how emissions are related to political risk, what drives carbon price, and much more! Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor Like us on Facebook And feel free to shoot us an email at animalspiritspod@gmail...
episode 292: Is a Soft Landing Inflationary?
On today's show we discuss why people still invest in stocks even when bond rates are high, international stocks are on a tear, the 60/40 argument that never dies, the Fed vs. the bond market, record high dividends in the stock market, why it's so hard to predict bottoms, Michael's NY Giants playoff game experience & much more. Find complete shownotes on our blogs.....
Talk Your Book: Investing in Fallen Angels
On today's show, we are joined by Fran Rodilosso, Head of Fixed Income ETF Portfolio Management at VanEck to discuss rising stars vs fallen angels, how to be tactical with fixed income, what a fallen angel is, and much more! Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor Like us on Facebook And feel free to shoot us an email at animalspiritspod@gmail...
episode 291: What's the negative catalyst?
On today’s show we discuss Michael becoming famous for a Bezos prediction, the case for no recession in 2023, the bullish case for stocks, the bearish case for stocks, false signals from an inverted yield curve, why this is not 1970s-like inflation, 2023 movies and much more. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor Like us on Facebook And feel free to shoot us an email at animalspiritspod@gmail...
Talk Your Book: What Makes an Index Fund Work
On today's show, we are joined by Rodney Comegys, Head of Vanguards Equity Investment Group to discuss how indexing works, what makes Vanguard so special, active investing vs passive investing, and much more! Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor Like us on Facebook And feel free to shoot us an email at animalspiritspod@gmail...
episode 290: 10 Predictions For 2023
On today's show we discuss the terrible no good year that was 2022 for financial markets, some thoughts on what might happen in 2023, the 4 factors that should impact markets and the economy next year, why investors are still pouring money into Tesla shares, when luxuries turn into necessities and much more. Find complete shownotes on our blogs.....
episode 289: The Tesla Crash
On this week's show we discuss the kid premium around the holidays, the most surprising things that happened in 2022, some thoughts on stocks vs. the economy for 2023, why consensus is wrong most of the time, the car industry is all messed up, why...
episode 289: The Tesla Crash
On this week's show we discuss the kid premium around the holidays, the most surprising things that happened in 2022, some thoughts on stocks vs. the economy for 2023, why consensus is wrong most of the time, the car industry is all messed up, why...
Talk Your Book: The Rise of Thematic Investing
On today's show, we are joined by Pavel Vaynshtok, Managing Director, Global Head of Strategy Indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices to discuss the history of indices, why thematics have gotten so popular, how S&P Dow Jones Indices constructs their...
episode 288: Buy the Dip is Dead
On today's show we talk about why the stock market is getting crushed this month, what one year's returns mean for the next year, why retail investors are still buying tech stocks, 3 scenarios for next year's market, the Fed's 2% inflation target, why...