Animal Spirits Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Bidding Wars (EP.191) Feb 17, 2021

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On today's show, we discuss food delivery as a viable business, SPACs vs IPOs, the new benchmark for tech companies, the red hot real estate market, Bryan Cranston vs Tom Hanks, and 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.

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Talk Your Book: The Madness of crowds Feb 12, 2021

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On today's show, the guys talk to Daniel Crosby, PhD, the Chief Behavioral Officer of Orion Advisor Solutions about some of the craziest few weeks in stock market history. 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.

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Money Tree (EP.190) Feb 10, 2021

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On this week's episode we discuss Elon Musk becoming the new Warren Buffett, companies putting bitcoin on their balance sheet, the Mount Rushmore of CEOs, NFTs and trading cards, tapping your home equity and 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.

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Talk Your Book: Commission-Free Insurance Feb 05, 2021

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On today's show, the guys talk with David Lau from DPL Financial Partners about how they're improving the insurance sales for advisors and their clients. 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.

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The Big Squeeze (EP.189) Feb 03, 2021

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On this week's show we talk about all things GameStop, Robinhood, short-sellers, when markets become a pop culture phenomenon, why people are so angry with Wall Street 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.

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It's Very Different This Time (EP.188) Jan 27, 2021

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On today's show we talk about the wild moves in Gamestop, why this is now a young person's market, why the SEC is probably going to come calling for some YOLO investors, why this is and is not like 1999, how hedge funds got beat by retail traders 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.

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Talk Your Book: Investing in Fixed Income Jan 22, 2021

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On today's show, Michael and Ben talk with Gibson Smith of Smith Capital Investors about how the structure of the fixed income market has evolved over time, what happened to bond funds and ETFs in March? The potential problems with plain-vanilla bond indexes, 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.

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Micro Bubbles (EP.187) Jan 20, 2021

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On today's show we discuss why index funds will never cause a bubble, how day traders are evolving, the best-performing stocks of 2020, penny stock madness and why 2021 could see the economy shoot the lights out. 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.

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Tesla is the Next Tesla (EP.186) Jan 13, 2021

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On this week's show we discuss the outsized role tech companies play in our democracy, why aggression is highly contagious, why the stock market is creating bubbles, the battle between fiscal and monetary policy, bitcoin whales 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.

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Should I Use a Roth or a Traditional IRA? Jan 11, 2021

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On today's show, we talk with Bill Sweet about the different options investors should consider when thinking about what type of vehicle they should use for their retirement money. 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.

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