On this week’s Animal Spirits with Michael and Ben we discuss:
- Passive bubble feedback
- What are some legitimate concerns about the rise in indexing?
- Slack, Uber, Lyft and WeWork all getting smoked
- Is the private markets bubble bursting?
- An intro to rewards credit cards
- Should all the big tech companies have their own credit cards?
- The stock market vs. the economy
- Why do more people own stocks now?
- Why people don’t like personal finance experts
- Why are student loan forgiveness plans so complicated?
- Why haven’t realtor fees fallen in the US?
- Will people own fractional shares of different assets in the future?
- Why are marriage rates down?
- Are deep fake fears overblown?
- Brad Pitt and happiness
- Why are NYC, LA, and Chicago shrinking?
- How college grads can get into an RIA and much more
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Stories mentioned:
- Debunking the silly “passive is a bubble” myth
- Everybody was kung fu fighting?
- Firewalls & night terrors
- WeWork weight slashing valuation by half
- An intro to rewards credit cards
- Rising possibility of a recession in 2020
- Americans own more stock than ever
- How index trading increases market vulnerability
- The influencer market is becoming saturated
- Have a small wedding and invest the rest
- Student loan forgiveness
- Why America’s real estate brokers are such a rip-off
- NBA weighs creation of small investments in teams
- Why are marriage rates down?
- Facebook’s deep fake challenge
- The planets, the stars and Brad Pitt
- Everyone struggles
- Why are America’s 3 biggest metros shrinking?
- Is SoulCycle the loser to Peloton?
Books mentioned:
- Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac
- A Dangerous Man by Robert Crais
- I Was Hitler’s Chauffer by Erich Kempka
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