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Animal Spirits: The Richest Country in the World

On today’s show, we discuss:
– One of the most resilient stock rallies ever
– Money market funds vs. crypto
– Americans are rich
– The stock market has always been concentrated
– Inflation at the grocery store
– The biggest reason the Fed needs to cut rates
– Some good news for first-time homebuyers, and much more.

Talk Your Book: The Bitcoin Halving

On today’s show, we are joined by Chris Kuiper, Director of Research, and Matt Horne, Head of Business Development for Fidelity Digital Asset Management to discuss:
– The new Bitcoin ETFs
– How much news is priced into Bitcoin price
– What the Bitcoin halving is
– How crypto and macro economics fit together
– Institutional adoption of Bitcoin, and much more!

Animal Spirits: Things Are Getting Stupid Again

On today’s show, we talk about:
– Why the markets continue moving higher
– Why buy and hold is the best (and worst) strategy
– How 401ks impact the stock market
– Billionaires can’t complain about inflation
– Consumers keep consuming
– Th richest generation in history
– Crypto just won’t die
– Why we keep seeing so many booms & busts
– The best new shows of 2024, and much more.

Talk Your Book: Private Investing for Fiduciaries

On today’s show, we are joined by Jacob Miller, Co-Founder of Opto Investments to discuss:
– How difficult it is for RIAs to get private market exposure
– The growth of private credit, and why that may be an issue
– Opto’s screening process for private investments, and much more!

Animal Spirits: Now Show Japan

On today’s show, we discuss:
– Where to stay in the Florida Keys
– The Eli Manning podcast
– The market needs a healthy correction
– Japanese equities making a come back
– Good news for homebuyers
– The new Costner trailer, and much more!

Talk Your Book: Investing for Income

On today’s show, we are joined by Josh Greco, Senior VP and Senior Institutional Portfolio Manager for Franklin Income Investors to discuss:
– Asset allocation decisions within multi-asset funds
– How rate changes affect portfolio yield
– Investors overallocation to cash
– Understanding convertible bonds, and much more!

Animal Spirits: The Fed Should Cut Already

On today’s show, we discuss:
– The people you see on every vacation
– The cure for the loneliness epidemic
– The biggest driver of stock market returns
– The John Bogle expected returns formula
– The best returning stock might surprise you
– Bitcoin ETF flows
– Why there won’t be a baby boomer retirement crisis, and much more.

Talk Your Book: Putting a Floor on the Nasdaq 100

On today’s show, we are joined by Bruce Bond, Co-Founder and CEO of Innovator Capital Management to discuss:
– Behavioral finance, and the popularity of defined outcome products during bull markets
– How equity floor ETFs work
– Innovators latest defined income ETF solutions, and much more!

Animal Spirits: Passive is Eating the Market

On today’s show, we discuss:
– Why McDonalds is getting more expensive
– The prospects for another bear market this year
– Fundamentals that drive stock returns
– Concentration in the S&P 500
– Nvidia vs. China
– Tail risk strategies
– Consumer credit
– Commercial real estate
– Youth sports, and more!

Talk Your Book: Talking Bonds at the New York Stock Exchange

On today’s show, we are joined by Kay Herr and Rick Figuly of JP Morgan’s Global Fixed Income, Currency, and Commodities Group to discuss:
– JP Morgan’s newest bond ETF offering
– Why JP Morgan chose the NYSE over other exchanges
– What a securitized bond is, and how they work
– Thoughts on interest rates, and much more!