Animal Spirits: Oil’s 1987 Moment

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On this week’s Animal Spirits with Michael and Ben…

We discuss:

  • Carnage in the stock market
  • What’s going on with the price of oil?
  • Are circuit breakers on the stock market helpful?
  • Are investors overreacting?
  • How badly have energy stocks performed?
  • Does context even matter when markets are crashing?
  • Why the move lower in rates will reverberate through the markets for years to come
  • Why I like the set-up on Roku with my TVs
  • Why money is a taboo subject
  • Is social security a component of fixed income?
  • Coming up with children’s books on finance
  • Why animated movies are the most creative projects in Hollywood
  • Is it time to start selling out of bonds with rates so low?

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