Animal Spirits Podcast

Cash pouring into money market funds, how markets have changed over the past 200 years, does the US deserve a valuation premium, where are all the young star fund managers, millennials don't understand how down payments work, selling a house without a realtor, overestimating housing price gains, early thoughts on the new True Detective 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

The passing of Jack Bogle, interesting stories from his latest book, how to budget your money effectively, the impact of student loans on the housing market, what happens when baby boomers sell their stocks, the different groups that collectively own the stock market, Costco's amazing Kirkland Brand, our favorite movies from the 1990s 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

WeWork's rough patch, why Sears was the Amazon of their day, the relationship between mortgage rates and home prices, how the Japanese economy has defied their demographics, asset allocation blind spots, how many millennials plan on dying in debt, why Peter Lynch walked away from his fund at the top of his game, finance Twitter 20 years from now, The Sopranos 20 years ago 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

The record outflows from stock mutual funds, what a bear market means for the wealth management industry, why timing the market is so hard, recessionary indicators, some good news for investors interested in yield, the ridiculous way some people pick funds in their 401k, credit card perks, the number of people living paycheck to paycheck 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

Steve Mnuchin's bizarre statement on the health of the banks, huge swings in the market from day-to-day, the causes of the market downturn, can we really blame the algos for increased volatility, is technology speeding up market cycles, stock millennials bought in 2018, performance for Ivy endowments in 2018, our review of the new Sandra Bullock movie on Netflix 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

the downturn in stocks, is a recession imminent, how often stocks go into a bear market but not a recession, why the Fed is in a no-win position, 2018's worst buzzword, how tax implications can impact your trading decisions, how different generations consume their news, how much CEOs matter to their stock price, the downfall of GE, a recession-proof business model 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

On this week's Talk Your Book we discuss why market cap weighting is so hard to beat when constructing a fund, why cash outperforms the majority of stocks, the thinking behind reverse cap weighting the S&P 500, how to invest in companies with high customer satisfaction, some surprisingly strong consumer brands, qualitative investment factors 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

On this week's show we discuss Robinhood's checking & savings debacle, do Millennials care about financial regulations, where to find higher yields on your savings, putting fund flows into context, the number of bear markets around the globe, can individual stocks be in a bear market, the student loan crisis, the "everything" bubble, market valuations, lifestyle creep, Jimmy Butler's minivan 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

We discuss US outperformance over foreign stocks, comparing valuations across countries and markets, why it still makes sense to diversify internationally, does factor investing work better overseas, S&P 500 envy, the problem with single variable stock picking analysis and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are we in the late cycle, why every correction always feels different, why losses this year are perfectly normal, why a shallow recession and "normal" bear market would be a good thing, why more money doesn't make rich people happier, the labor market is heating up, alpha is getting harder to find but institutional investors are still willing to pay up to try and find it, millennials really like Amazon Prime, the unbelievable ending to the Madoff saga, Michael's coat-buying experience, the new Tom Cruise movie 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