Animal Spirits is a show about markets, life, and investing. Join Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson as they talk about what they're reading, writing, listening to and watching. Look for new episodes every Wednesday morning. See our disclosures here - https://ritholtzwealth.com/podcast-youtube-disclosures/
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On episode 431 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss bubble behavior from tech CEOs, the AI inflection point, S&P 10,000, panic selling, $7.7 trillion in money markets, the two-speed economy, most IPOs are terrible investments, how to bring down mortgage rates, the dem…
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Talk Your Book: Making Money When Stocks Are Up or Down
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On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Graham Day, EVP and CIO of Innovator Capital Management to discuss: what the Dual Direction ETF is, how the portfolio is constructed, different outcomes with this product, the t…
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How Many People Make $100,000? (EP. 430)
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On episode 430 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss Future Proof, 1990s nostalgia, Oasis, why the stock market doesn't care about the labor market, the top 10% is powering the economy, Google vs. ChatGPT, gold vs. AI, IPOs vs. small caps, Americans are richer than you thi…
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Talk Your Book: Investing in Private Credit ETFs and All-Time Highs
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On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Wes Crill, Senior Client Solutions Director & VP at Dimensional Fund Advisors to explore strategies for investing at all-time highs. Then, at 18:18, they are joined by Tony Kell…
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On episode 429 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson reflect on Ritholtz Wealth Management’s evolution from a startup to a mature firm, sharing lessons on client fit, the role of content in business development, and the growth mindset that shaped their culture. Learn more about Sprott…
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Talk Your Book: How Custom Indexing Works
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On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Ehren J. Stanhope, CFA, Principal, Chief Investment Strategist at Canvas Custom Indexing to discuss: the evolution of investment products, why 2019 changed everything, how financial…
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A National Housing Emergency (EP. 428)
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On episode 428 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss rich people everywhere, why this isn't like the dot-com bubble, the markets don't care about bad vibes, junk bonds are on a tear, there are more ETFs than stocks, Reddit loss porn, American exceptionalism, what would actuall…
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Talk Your Book: How to Invest in Commodities
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On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Don Casturo, CIO at Quantix Commodities LP and Kristof Gleich, President & CIO at Harbor Capital to discuss: how to invest more thoughtfully in a broad basket of commodities, how invest…
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State of the American Investor (EP. 427)
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On episode 427 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss what happens to the stock market after Fed rate cuts, is this 1996 or 1999, why value stocks need a recession, investors love options, how people invested before the Internet, why we need a correction and much more. This episode…
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Talk Your Book: Creating Monthly Income From Your Portfolio
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On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by John Burrello, Senior Portfolio Manager at Invesco to discuss: their Income Advantage suite of ETFs, how options work, the risks involved in big payouts and more. Find complete show notes o…
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On episode 426 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss why the stock market is getting boring, S&P 493 vs. the Mag 7, are small caps dead, it's tough being a contrarian, healthcare stocks are cheap, the K-shaped food industry, the tariff impact is coming, renting vs. buying, million dol…
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On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Craig Bewick, Head of Retail Education for the CME Group to discuss: how futures contracts work, why retail investors are becoming a bigger part of the futures market and more. Find complete sh…
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Measuring the Wealth Effect (EP. 425)
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On episode 425 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss 1990s nostalgia, the growing importance of the stock market on the economy, the Nifty Fifty vs. the Mag 7, buying Nike as a falling knife, the K-shaped economy, flying private, Tom Lee likes ETH, the 50/30/20 rule and more. This epi…
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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 to discuss: investing in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a history of the Dow, how it compares to the other indexes, and mo…
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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, investors are trading everything, the labor market debate, vibes vs. data, $1 billion job offers, where home prices are falling, Mich…
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Talk Your Book: Finding Tax Alpha in Fixed Income
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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 Series, diversifying your bonds and more. Find complete show notes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Se…
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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 market is impacting the stock market, the trade war is over, the summer crypto trade, investors are still buying homes, a bad id…
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Talk Your Book: How to Hold the Biggest Winners
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On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Bill Mann, Chief Investment Strategist at Motley Fool Asset Management to discuss: buy & hold investing, owning 10-bagger stocks, the Motley Fool 100, managing investor behavior and much more. Find com…
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What is Upper Middle Class? (EP. 422)
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On episode 422 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: why stock market returns can't be 15% per year forever, putting the Mag 7 into context, small caps are cheap, retail runs the show now, Opendoor is the new meme stock, investing is easy, owning 50% of a single stock in your Roth IRA, e…
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On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Dave LaValle, Senior Managing Director, Global Head of ETFs at Grayscale Investments to discuss: how a bitcoin ETF was approved, what’s coming next in crypto, how to think about the volatility of investing…
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There Are Too Many Rich People (EP. 421)
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On episode 421 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss a nervous stock market rally, U.S. corporate exceptionalism, how the stock market bottoms, the worst decade ever for bonds, rich people who don't feel rich, Apple vs. Meta, Bitcoin's market cap, the upper middle class is getting too crowded…
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Talk Your Book: Option Income Is So Hot Right Now
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On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Garrett Paolella, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of NEOS Investments to discuss losing upside to cover downside, surviving bull markets, volatility across indices, fitting these strategies within a portfolio,…
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On this special episode of Animal Spirits at the Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss best practices on starting a career in the modern world of finance, their own backgrounds on how they arrived at Ritholtz, how to navigate the current state of the industry, the importanc…
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On episode 420 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss faster recoveries in the stock market, the potential for an even longer bull market, pros and cons of deregulation, zooming out on the dollar, why taxes never rise, a weak jobs market for college grads, life in 1776, making $250k a year and sti…
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On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Matt Kaufman, Senior Vice President and Head of ETFs at Calamos to discuss the Calamos Autocallable Income ETF (CAIE), a first-of-its-kind fund bringing institutional-style structured notes to the ETF world. They …
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