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Animal Spirits: You Can’t Quantify Happiness

On today’s show, we discuss:
– The blowout year for the Nasdaq 100
– How experience shapes investment decisions
– Transitory inflation arguments
– Where prices have risen the most
– Who got the biggest wage gains
– Why housing prices refuse to crash
– Where to find affordable houses
– Why you can’t trust sentiment surveys, and much more!

Animal Spirits: People Love to Complain

On today’s show, we discuss:
– The Feds victory over inflation
– What Americans get wrong about inflation
– The price of iPhones is actually going down
– When we get the first Fed rate cut
– The rising unemployment rate
– Housing prices vs. recessions
– Netflix movies
– Vests are overrated, and much more!

Talk Your Book: Bitcoin Fundamentals

On today’s show, we are joined by Chris Kuiper, Director of Research at Fidelity Digital Assets to discuss:
– Fundamental reasons Bitcoin is outperforming in 2023
– Illiquid Bitcoin values and supply/demand affects on digital assets
– What Ethereum’s different layers represent, and much more!

Animal Spirits: Finally, A Slowdown

On today’s show, we discuss:
– The cooling labor market
– Why the 60/40 portfolio looks more attractive now
– Why the Fed is in a tough spot
– Why everyone hates this economy
– How to become a millionaire
– Realtor commissions
– Reclining your seat on a plane, and much more!

Talk Your Book: Betting on Duration

On today’s show, we are joined by Alex Morris, Co-Founder and CIO of the US Benchmark Series to discuss:
– Making bets on duration
– Risks on the short and long end of the treasury curve
– Finding asymmetries in the fixed income market, and much more!

Animal Spirits: The Biggest Rug Pull of Our Lives

On today’s show, we discuss:
– Why so many people hate this economy
– Anecdotes vs. data
– A depression in the mortgage industry
– The good news about falling stock prices
– Small caps look cheap
– Consumers need a recession, and much more!

Talk Your Book: Investing in Luxury

On today’s show, we are joined by Brendan Ahern, CIO of Kraneshares to discuss:
– The creation of Kraneshares Luxury ETF
– Demographic trends and utilizing the wealth affect
– Challenges in investing in international markets
– Luxury dynamics in a recession, and much more!

Animal Spirits: Higher For Longer

On today’s show, we discuss:
– Higher growth and higher rates vs. lower growth and lower rates
– Why there is so much focus on 60/40 portfolios
– Bears vs. doomers
– The annoyance economy
– Why no one is happy about the economy right now (or ever)
– A record jump in net worth
– Renting vs. buying, and much more!

Talk Your Book: Equities With Guardrails

On today’s show, we had Hamilton Reiner, MD, PM, and Head of US Equity Derivatives at J.P. Morgan Asset Management back on the show to discuss:
– How hedging ladders provide downside protection
– The goal of the HELO ETF
– Hedged equity strategies vs traditional 60/40 portfolios
– The impact of volatility on the strategy, and much more!

Talk Your Book: The State of Venture Capital

On today’s show, we spoke with Samir Kaji, CEO, President, and Co-Founder of Allocate to discuss:
– What start-up prices look like today
– If the free money era is gone forever
– VC return dynamics and the power law, and much more!