Episodes

On today's show Michael and Ben discuss the greatest company in history, why the bear market is over, why this might not be a new bull market, why the economy keeps humming along, what falling inflation means for the markets, why martinis are overrated, how much you should pay for a kids meal at a restaurant, and more! This episode is sponsored by our friends at YCharts. Get 20% off your first subscription at: https://go.ycharts.com/animal-spirits-referral. Find complete shownotes on our blogs.....

On today's show, Michael and Ben are joined by Timothy Kramer, Founder and CEO of CNIC Funds to discuss investing in electricity, how CNIC Funds work, volatility in the energy market, what a suitable commodity exposure looks like, and much more! Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor Feel free to shoot us an email at animalspiritspod@gmail.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for future topic...

On today's show Michael and Ben discuss the beginning of a new bull market, increased concentration in the stock market, the worst housing market ever for buyers, a worrying trend in demographics, the biggest momentum investors on the planet, Brad Pitt and much more. Thanks to Birddogs for sponsoring this episode! Enter promo code "SPIRITS" and get a free Yeti style tumbler with every order: http://birddogs.com/spirits Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sens...

On today's show, we spoke with Alex Morris, Founder and CIO of F/m Investments on how Treasury ETFs work, why the 1mo is yielding so much, how government defaults could affect treasuries, and much more! Visit https://www.ustreasuryetf.com/ to learn more. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor Feel free to shoot us an email at animalspiritspod@gmail.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for fut...

On today's show, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss Ben's guiding philosophy on life and markets, why people buy and sell stocks at the wrong times, NVIDIA's crazy run, why the economy remains so resilient, historic income gains at the bottom, greedflation, The Succession finale and more. Thanks to STF Management for sponsoring this episode. Visit https://stfm.com/ to learn more about their ETFs. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense Michael Batnick’...

On today's show, we are joined by Jason Barsema, Co-Founder and President of Halo Investing to discuss how structured notes are made, counterparty risk during banking crises, customizing structured notes, and much more! Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor Feel free to shoot us an email at animalspiritspod@gmail.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for future topics of conversation. Check o...

On today's show, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss the now-available Animal Spirits x Tropical Bros shirts, a great year for stocks (so far), Japan and Germany making new decade highs, US Government interest payments at all time highs, a postmortem on iBuyers, the end of the Cable bundle, AirBnb for cars, and much more! Thanks to YCharts for sponsoring this episode! Be sure to register for the webinar with RWM COO Nick Maggiulli on May 24th at 12:30pm ET. Visit https://go.ycharts.com/anima...

On today's show, we are joined by Brett Hillard, CIO of GLASfunds to discuss advisor pain points when investing in alts, the fund manager due diligence process, how interest rates affect the alternatives market, and much more! Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor Feel free to shoot us an email at animalspiritspod@gmail.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for future topics of conversation. ...

On today's episode of Animals Spirits: Talk Your Book we are joined by Ramit Sethi to talk about his new Netflix Show, How to Get Rich. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor Feel free to shoot us an email at animalspiritspod@gmail.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for future topics of conversation. Check out the latest in financial blogger fashion at The Compound shop: https://www.idontsh...

On today's show we discuss debt ceiling drama, the best long-term investment, money market funds, catching a falling knife, 24 hour trading, why workers are happier than ever, the greatest wealth transfer in history, why wealth inequality will get worse, the best new movie we've seen in a long time and much more. Thanks to Global X ETFs for sponsoring this episode. To learn more about their thematic strategies, visit: https://go.globalxetfs.com/l/750543/2023-05-02/8y4fqm Find complete shownotes ...

On today's show, we are joined by Jack Neureuter, Research Analyst at Fidelity Digital Assets to discuss what drives the price of Bitcoin, where to store Bitcoin, Bitcoin staying out of the headlines, and much more! Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor Feel free to shoot us an email at animalspiritspod@gmail.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for future topics of conversation. Check out t...

On today's show we discuss regional bank failures, confidence in the Fed, international diversification, the V-shaped recovery in the labor market, vibes vs. data in the economy, the best company in the world, middle age and much more. Thanks to YCharts for sponsoring this episode! YCharts will be discussing the Scenarios Tool with a big emphasis on how it helps streamline the financial planning process for advisors with RWM COO Nick Maggiulli on May 24th at 12:30pm ET. Register at: https://ycha...

On today's show, we discuss never shorting junk food, a purgatory market, why spending isn't slowing down, our first mortgage rates, the First Republic takeover, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Simplify. Learn more about Simplify ETFs at: https://www.simplify.us/etfs/svol-simplify-volatility-premium-etf Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor Feel free to shoot us an email at animalspiritspod@gmail.com w...

On today's show, we are joined by Thomas Majewski, Managing Partner of Eagle Point Credit Management to discuss what a CLO is, differences between a CLO and a CDO, how Eagle Point Credit is able to pay these yields, the 2023 banking crisis, and much more! Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor Feel free to shoot us an email at animalspiritspod@gmail.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for fu...

On today's show we discuss what happens to stocks after a bad year, why foreign stocks are outperforming, why any recession should be mild, how millennials will impact stock market valuations, generational homeownership rates and much more. This episode is sponsored by our friends at YCharts. Get 20% off your first subscription at: https://go.ycharts.com/animal-spirits-referral . Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Inves...

On today's show, we are joined by Paul Kim, CEO and Co-Founder of Simplify ETFs to discuss how rising yields affect alternative strategies, Simplify's interest rate hedge strategy, utilizing VIX strategies, 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 topic...

On today's show we discuss why the bond market is so confused, why consumers are so confused, why Vanguard continues to dominate, why inflation is finally heading lower, why millennials aren't as broke as you think, why first-time homebuyers are out of luck and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show, we are joined by Haruki Toyama, Portfolio Manager and Head of Mid-Cap and Large-Cap Equity at Madison Investments to discuss finding wide moats, discovering hidden pricing power, using movie anecdotes to invest, 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 ...

On today's show, we discuss corrections during election years, rich boomers, how great AirBNB is, more issues at Twitter, Successions last season, 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. ​​ (Wealthcast Media, an affiliate of Rit...

On today's show, we are joined again by Bruce Bond to discuss Innovators latest fixed-income focused barrier ETFs, how rate volatility affects ETF yield, risk-reward in fixed-income, 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. (Weal...

On today's show we discuss why investors are always looking to catch a falling knife, a reversal in the markets since last year, why European stocks are outperforming, how money market funds became the biggest market story of the year, de-dollarization, some vacation thoughts from spring break 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 animalspiri...

On today's show, we spoke with Tom Miller, CEO and CIO of USQ to discuss real estate in Manhattan, the hottest sectors of commercial real estate, office space investing in the next few years, 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 conversati...

On today's show, we are joined by CarDealershipGuy to discuss buying a car in 2023, buying v leasing, the downfall of Carvana, the electric car market, 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. ​​ (Wealthcast Media, an affiliate o...

On today's show we discuss why investing is so hard, the time between all-time highs in a bear market, why the Fed is in such a tough spot, ramifications from the banking crisis, low supply in the housing market, why people think their children will be worse off, the psychology behind the AI boom 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 animalsp...