Animal Spirits Podcast

View Top 200 Chart

Back to Rankings Page

Business
**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/

Latest Episodes:

Blog Post: How Ben Invests His Money Dec 07, 2020

Show notes

Inspired by the new book, How I Invest My Money, Ben shares how he manages his own money.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Book Excerpt: The 20 Rules of Personal Finance Dec 05, 2020

Show notes

Ben reads a chapter from his new book, Everything You Need to Know About Saving For Retirement.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talk Your Book: The Structured Marketplace Dec 04, 2020

Show notes

On today's show we talked with Jason Barsema, co-founder and CEO of Halo Investing, an online marketplace for structured products, annuities, and buffered ETFs.

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.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Raising the Minimum Wage (EP.179) Dec 02, 2020

Show notes

On this wee's show we discuss bitcoin vs. gold, billionaires and the minimum wage, there is no perfect number for your savings goals, the downside of FIRE, why credit card debt it falling, the pros and cons of Robinhood on investor habits, Ben's new book about saving for retirement and more.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blog Post: Is Robinhood Good For Investors? Nov 30, 2020

Show notes

A few weeks ago on a Zoom conference call, Michael was asked "Is Robinhood good for investors?"

In this episode, Michael shares how this question caused him to think more deeply about his answer.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Bitcoin the New Gold (EP.178) Nov 25, 2020

Show notes

On this week's show we talk about the bitcoin bull market, the generational wealth gap, who owes all the student loan debt, why poor people still buy luxury goods, investing in TikTok mansions, young people entering the housing market and more.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talk Your Book: Direct Indexing Nov 20, 2020

Show notes

On today's show, Michael and Ben talk with Rusty Vanneman, Chief Investment Officer at Orion Advisor Solutions about all things related to direct indexing.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cancel All the Debt (EP.177) Nov 18, 2020

Show notes

On this week's show we discuss vaccine Mondays, why the market doesn't care about increasing cases, what's the best age to die, making emergency funds obsolete, too much cash on the sidelines and more.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blog Post: How Much is $20 a Month Worth? Nov 16, 2020

Show notes

Ben looks at one of the hardest problems for most people when it comes to building wealth -- regularly saving money and shows why $20/month could be worth more than you think.

And he has an announcement for his all new book about saving for retirement.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BLOG POST: How I Invest My Money Nov 14, 2020

Show notes

Ben and I are trying something new.

Once or twice a week we're going to read a blog post and drop it in Animal Spirits. If you like it, we'll keep going, if not, we'll stop.

The first post from Michael was inspired by Josh Brown and Brian Portnoy's new book "How I Invest My Money"

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices