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On episode 490, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: how price sets the narrative, the blue tsunami, data center backlash, Thursday’s stock market wipeout, why everyone is always wrong about the markets, recency bias in politics, the market’s response to the mid-terms, Jensen Huang’s affair with a Chinese spy, Elon Musk on the pitchforks, hedge funds are blowing up, Ben’s trip to Italy and much more.
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On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Kacie Walsh Jason from Dimensional Fund Advisors to discuss the benefits of investing in separately managed accounts. Then they speak with Wes Mathews from NEOS about the explosion in option income ETFs and what it means for your portfolio.
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On episode 489, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: reasons to be bearish, the joys of indexing in an AI boom, carnage in name-brand stocks, why the stock market is not down more, how the investing rules have changed, the buy the dip generation, Anthropic's insane growth, AI agents vs. the labor market, being middle class in NYC, the biggest risk to retirement assets and more.
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On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Brian Griggs from Nuveen to discuss: how they help financial advisors build better portfolios, dealing with AI-related volatility, when to rebalance, the opportunity in bonds, private markets and more.
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On episode 488, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: the bull market in earnings, the bear case for AI, defining the AI bubble, the 1987 crash, the best AI hedge, why the labor market remains strong, consumers keep spending money, luxury real estate is booming, why old people are so wealthy, how to fix Netflix, Norm Macdonald and more.
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On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Matt Kaufman from Calamos to discuss: generating income in your portfolio outside of bonds, alternative yields sources, how to spend more money in retirement, creating a sustainable withdrawal strategy and more.
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On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Tim McCourt of CME Group to discuss: how single stock futures work, 23/5 trading hours, leverage, hedging and much more.
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On episode 487, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: AI debt concerns, Coreweave's Rocky IV moment, the 2020s appetite for risk, the Railway boom analogy, carnage under the surface of the stock market, the average stock this year, valuations are falling everywhere, how the stock market has changed, the lottery tickets that didn't hit, billionaires giving away money, baby boomers don't want to pay property taxes and more.
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On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Lance Humphrey from Victory Capital to discuss: why factors like value and momentum are stronger when combined, some red flags when performing due diligence on quantitative strategies, the right number of holdings for an active strategy and more.
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On episode 486, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: stock market concentration worries, how to hedge AI market risk, maxing out your 401k, who got richer this decade, AI is crowding out the economy, tariffs didn't work, higher rates are crushing the housing market, why people love parlays and longshot bets, Rotten Tomatoes inflation and more.
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