If you read enough personal finance books you’re bound to come across the parable about the businessman and the fisherman. I’ve certainly read the story numerous times. It goes something like this: An American businessman is vacationing in a small coastal village in Mexico when he meets a fisherman returning to shore with a few…
Bull markets vs. bear markets.
On today’s show we discuss how price sets the narrative, the blue tsunami, data center backlash, Thursday’s stock market wipeout, why everyone is always wrong about the markets, recency bias in politics, the market’s response to the mid-terms, Jensen Huang’s affair with a Chinese spy, Elon Musk on the pitchforks, hedge funds are blowing up, Ben’s trip to Italy and much more.
Some thoughts on the craziest week of the year.
On today’s Talk Your Book we speak with Kacie Walsh Jason from Dimensional Fund Advisors about the benefits of investing in separately managed accounts. Then we speak with Wes Mathews from NEOs about the explosion in option income ETFs and what it means for your portfolio.
Why a mid-life crisis is impossible to ignore.
We had some big drawdowns in the market this week.
Some thoughts on the pros and cons of a dividend investment strategy.
On today’s show we discuss reasons to be bearish, the joys of indexing in an AI boom, carnage in name-brand stocks, why the stock market is not down more, how the investing rules have changed, the buy the dip generation, Anthropic’s insane growth, AI agents vs. the labor market, being middle class in NYC, the biggest risk to retirement assets and more.
An update on household balance sheets.
