On Animal Spirits 306 Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss never shorting junk food, a purgatory market, why spending isn't slowing down, our first mortgage rates, the fall of First Republic, and much more!

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►00:00 - Simplify Ad Read
►00:57 - Intro and Austin, TX Talk
►02:29 - First Republic Bank
►04:54 - The Same Old Market Arguments
►09:08 - Bear Market Lessons
►13:08 - Larry Summers on the Market
►16:11 - Pepsi vs Coke
►17:50 - Americans and Junk Food
►19:41 - Druckenmiller and Admitting When You Were Wrong
►23:17 - Still No Recession
►26:02 - GDP by Component
►27:08 - Trucking Demand
►34:08 - Great Quartr Guys
►35:51 - Spotify Earnings
►37:55 - Chipotle
►40:33 - Amazon
►42:35 - The 1%
►46:17 - Netflix is the King
►50:41 - Recommendations

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