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Animal Spirits Podcast

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Feb 16, 2022 • 59min

Boomflation or a Recession? (EP.244)

On this week's show we discuss the latest inflation numbers, the Fed's conundrum, why corporations have the upper hand with inflation, bullish on Disney, BlockFi's SEC fine 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.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for future topics of conversation.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 9, 2022 • 54min

Inflation at Disney World (EP.243)

On today's show we talk about the huge moves after earnings, why people don't change their consumption habits, Ben's trip to Disney World, 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.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for future topics of conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 7, 2022 • 39min

Talk Your Book: Disruption as an Asset Class

On today's Talk Your Book, we spoke with Kristof Gleich and Spenser Lerner from Harbor Capital about owning and managing portfolios with innovation stocks.   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.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for future topics of conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 2, 2022 • 55min

Stocks Work Best at Night (EP.242)

On today's show we discuss the market correction, why stock-picking is so difficult, small caps in a bear market, Bitcoin to $1 million, the Fed inverting the yield curve and 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.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for future topics of conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 31, 2022 • 41min

Listener Mailbag

On today's episode we answer questions from the listeners with a little help from Rocket Dollar CEO Henry Yoshida.   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.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for future topics of conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 26, 2022 • 56min

A Lightning Fast Correction (EP.241)

On this week's show we discuss what we love about market corrections, why people assume they can guess what comes next with the stock market, parallels between the growth stock sell-off and the end of the Go-Go Years, the crypto crash 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.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for future topics of conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 19, 2022 • 55min

25 Million New Brokerage Accounts (EP.240)

On this week's show we discuss the retail investor takeover of the stock market, ARKK's performance woes, the impact of higher mortgage rates on the housing market, peak Silicon Valley and 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.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for future topics of conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 17, 2022 • 27min

Talk Your Book: Investing in Sustainability

On today's Talk Your Book we spoke with Jim Madden from Calamos Investments about ESG investing and how it's changing the investment landscape.    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.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for future topics of conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 12, 2022 • 56min

Is the Fed Trapped? (EP.239)

On today's show we discuss 3 bearish scenarios for the stock market, why the Fed could be in a tight spot, growth stocks getting wrecked, the next step for NFTs, critics vs. the audience on Rotten Tomatoes 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.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for future topics of conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 10, 2022 • 33min

Talk Your Book: Options Are Eating the Stock Market

On today's show we had Paul Kim from Simplify ETFs back on to discuss how RIAs are dealing with a low interest rate environment, dipping your toe into crypto, using options and leverage responsibly in a portfolio and 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.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for future topics of conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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