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/
687 episodes transcribedTaking financial advice from billionaires, Ray Dalio's work on debt cycles, how to think about government debt levels, why it's so hard to quantify th...
How the financial crisis impacted young people, why the Fed pays attention to the 1970s, AQR's recent struggles, the difference between insurance and...
The FIRE movement, why you're paying so little for stuff, the private jet college tour, the new technology sector, bounties on new brokers, why celebr...
What 8 different market indicators are telling us, the growth of the intangible economy, chart crime sell signals, the decline in high schoolers playi...
On this week's show we're joined by Morgan Housel. We discuss Elon Musk's surprising announcement, the odds we give Tesla for going private, the bubbl...
Elon Musk's bizarre tweets, the types of companies that typically go private, why stock buybacks aren't to blame for the wealth gap, why housing plays...
The unraveling at Movie Pass, why Disney's streaming product will be a success, Fidelity's zero fee index funds, our biggest worry about the future, a...
Facebook's enormous stock price plunge, why life can be more challenging for young people today, the death of trend-following, hedge funds that don't...
The pie chart heard around the world, why concentrated gains in the stock market are nothing new, becoming a millionaire in your 401k, the worst 401k...
The recession signal everyone is talking about, Amazon somehow being touted as a value stock, the paradox of choice in the fund world, houses are gett...
The complexity of the trade war, tech IPOs, the surprisingly strong consumer balance sheet, the housing affordability index, a concerning economic dat...
How Bud Light used Dilly, Dilly to get you to buy more beer, some drawbacks of index funds, why hedge fund fees are finally falling, the payday lendin...
Why household equity allocations are near all-time highs, why Robinhood could be the bank of choice for Millennials, financial planning for inconsiste...
Some suggestions Barron's has for Warren Buffett, the latest Howard Marks letter, the "mother of all credit bubbles", why computer programmers should...
We talk about Big Mistakes in the Wall Street Journal, how retirement investors are wising up, the crazy Gen Z retirement plan, why markets haven't ch...
Michael's new book (Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments), how he came up with the idea for the book, where the value & moment...
The risks involved in concentrated stock positions, why factor investing is so hard, the limitations of historical market data, the myth of the marshm...
The brilliance of John Bogle, how much money people in their 30s should have saved, how different age groups define wealth, thinking outside the box f...
Why market bubbles have nothing to do with ETFs, the multi-millionaire secretary's secret, the massive revenue airline credit cards bring in, the mist...
On this week's show we discuss WeWork's community-adjusted EBITDA, Elon Musk vs. Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger, size is the enemy of outperformance,...
