Animal Spirits Podcast

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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Remember Gchat? (EP.79)

Episode Date: May 1, 2019

On this week's show we discuss Tesla's huge drawdown, why making your stock bets public makes it harder to have an open mind, how our perceptions abou...

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The Re-Readables (EP.78)

Episode Date: April 24, 2019

On this week's show we discuss is inflation dead, what should we call our new podcast where we discuss classic finance books. what if the government e...

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Money Makes Money (EP.76)

Episode Date: April 10, 2019

On this week's show we discuss the retirement crisis or lack thereof, average savings rates by generation, the biggest expense super savers cut back o...

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Footing the Bill (EP.74)

Episode Date: March 27, 2019

On this week's show we discuss the yield curve inversion, the Fed vs. the bond market, baby boomers vs. millennials, Kahneman vs. Cialdini, why IPOs a...

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I Will Say This (EP.71)

Episode Date: March 6, 2019

The massive rally in stocks, did the Fed turn millennials into socialists, why real estate prices haven't done as well as you think, why have U.S. sto...

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The Rich Man's IRA (EP.68)

Episode Date: February 13, 2019

On this week's show we discuss how index funds can differentiate themselves in a crowded field, how to wreck a pension fund, how does Renaissance Tech...

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Banning Buybacks (EP.67)

Episode Date: February 6, 2019

Amazon vs. Apple, banning stock buybacks to decrease inequality, how much pensions and endowments should have in alternatives, what to do with an unde...

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Adverse Variance (EP.66)

Episode Date: January 30, 2019

Cash pouring into money market funds, how markets have changed over the past 200 years, does the US deserve a valuation premium, where are all the you...