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Talk Your Book: The Mount Rushmore of ETFs

On today’s show, we are joined by Ryan McCormack, Factor and Core Equity Strategist and Paul Schroeder, QQQ Equity Product Strategist at Invesco to discuss:
– The creation of the Nasdaq 100
– Where the QQQ ticker comes from
– The Nasdaq 100 special rebalance in 2023, and much more!

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!