Join Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick for another round of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say about the biggest topics in investing and finance, including:

►00:00 - Intro
►00:57 - Earnings Week - The final super-sized earnings week of the year is upon us.
►13:57 - Billionaire Tax - “I am constantly amazed by the capacity of legislatures to write bad tax law, but this one takes the cake..."
►21:13 - Hyperinflation - Lots of armchair economists and monetary theorists out there spewing nonsense these days.
►26:18 - Was Tesla Cheap? - The only other companies in the world worth more than $1 trillion are Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft and Saudi Aramco.
►34:16 - Early Retirement Boom - Does this trend put more pressure on portfolio returns and expectations?
►37:35 - Startups Galore - "It has never been easier to start a company, build a team, and build a product."
►45:49 - Why Hold Bonds? - A 64-year old asks the crew to give him a reason, any reason, to hold bonds going forward.
►49:45 - Buffered ETFs - When does sacrificing some upside to protect the downside make sense?

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