Michael & Ben discuss worries about the growth of index funds, the biggest budget busters, why Apple is up so much over the past year and much more.
Ben Carlson
The Relationship Between War & The Stock Market
How does the stock market do when the U.S. is at war?
The Future of Book Publishing
Some lessons I’ve learned about the publishing industry.
Are We Facing an Aging Crisis?
People are living longer. Why this offers both risk and opportunity in the coming years.
Crazy Tales of Financial Fraud (That Didn’t Make It Into My Book)
One of the hardest parts about writing my book on financial scams, frauds, charlatans, and hucksters was figuring out what to include and what to leave out. Every time I read a book or story about a ridiculous financial scheme it would be topped by the next one I read. Here are some straight from…
Introducing My New Book – Don’t Fall For It: A Short History of Financial Scams
My new book, Don’t Fall For It, is out now!
Animal Spirits: Millennials on Communism
This week’s Animal Spirits with Michael & Ben is supported by YCharts: Mention Animal Spirits and receive 20% off your subscription price when you initially sign up for the service. We discuss: The future of books Why the future of publishing is all Amazon Why the relationship between markets and geopolitics isn’t as simple as you’d think Why…
My First Piece in Fortune Magazine
Something I never would have imagined when I started writing about finance.
10 Things Investors Can Expect in 2020
My non-prediction predictions for the year ahead.
I Gotta Say, It Was a Good Year
2019 was a good year for risk assets. Basically everything worked this past year: Large caps, mid caps, small caps, foreign stocks, emerging markets, REITs, bonds, TIPS, and gold were all much higher in 2019. If you couldn’t make money last year you were extremely unlucky, concentrated in the wrong securities or betting against the…
