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Aug. 11, 2025

Talk Your Book: The People's Index

On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Carlson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Matt Bartolini, Managing Director at State Street Investment Management ...

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Aug. 8, 2025

The Week We All Found Out

On episode 203 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Sam Ro and Luke Kawa to discuss: AI dominating the economy, crypto and PE in 401(k)s, consumer ...

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Aug. 6, 2025

Markets Are Crazy. Is This the New Normal?

On episode 183 of Ask The Compound, Ben Carlson and Duncan Hill are joined by RWM CFO Bill Sweet to discuss tax-optimized investment management and withdrawal strategies, what makes a client annoying, buying vs renting, and m...

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Aug. 6, 2025

Wall Street Strikes Back (EP. 424)

On episode 424 of Animal Spirits, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Carlson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ discuss: how AI bailed out the stock market and economy, a history of capex bubbles, the Carvana comeback, investo...

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Aug. 5, 2025

Socialist Mayors, AI vs Labor With Callie Cox, Falling Knife Stocks

On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh is joined by Garrett Baldwin to discuss the socioeconomic factors behind why the stock market is making record highs but young people are embracing socialism in their political choices. Then at 42:0...

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Aug. 4, 2025

Talk Your Book: Finding Tax Alpha in Fixed Income

On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ and ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Carlson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ are joined by Alex Morris of F/m Investments to discuss their new Compoundr ETF Se...

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Aug. 1, 2025

Why Valuations Don't Matter

On episode 202 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Adam Parker to discuss: earnings season, the Fed holding steady, R&D spending in big tech, Hulk Hog...

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July 30, 2025

How To Be Rich

On episode 182 of Ask The Compound, Ben Carlson and Duncan Hill are joined by RWM COO and Author Nick Maggiulli to discuss The Wealth Ladder, accounting for inflation in your plans, high net worth planning, career implication...

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July 30, 2025

This Is the Dumb Money (EP. 423)

On episode 423 of Animal Spirits, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Carlson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ discuss an AI bubble floor under the market, when to sell NVDA, strategies that don't work anymore, how the housing mar...

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