On today’s show, we discuss:
– 2023 market performance
– A bunch of 2024 predictions
– Our favorite historical stock market return series
– The high quality of restaurants
– Paying off your mortgage early
– The downsides of behavioral finance
– Bens most cynical take of the year, and much more!

On today’s show, we discuss:
– Christmas arguments
– Green shoots in prices
– 1940s vs. 1970s inflation
– Why we’re not worried about index funds
– How to save and invest in middle age
– Why Bitcoin is the most extreme asset
– Celebrating no recession in 2023
– Why the U.S. economy is more resilient
– Some Christmas movie recommendations, and much more!

On today’s show, we are joined by Todd Morris, International Growth Portfolio Manager and Analyst for Polen Capital to discuss:
– Reasons for the valuation discrepancies between international stocks and US stocks
– How the dollar affects international investments
– Understanding cultural differences when investing outside the US
– Position sizing within a concentrated portfolio, and much more!

On today’s show, we discuss:
– Mission accomplished from the Fed
– What comes after a soft landing
– New highs in the stock market
– Small caps breaking out
– The best thing we’ve built in America
– More people own stocks than ever
– The economic chart of the year
– The best movie of the 2020s (so far), and much more!

On today’s show, we are joined by Marco Hanig, Managing and Founding Principal of Alternative Fund Advisors and former Principal at AQR to discuss:
– The basics to Private Credit
– The differences between a loan and a bond
– Why Private Credit is earning a premium yield, and much more!

On today’s episode, we discuss:
– Good news on the economy
– Why the stock market loves lower inflation
– Did Elon Musk help lower inflation
– Getting bullish on consumer sentiment
– Netflix won the streaming war
– Rich Dad/Poor Readers
– Timing the the housing market, and much more!

On today’s show, we are joined by Alex Morris, CIO and President of F/m Investments to discuss:
– F/m Investments Opportunistic Income ETF
– Interest rate risk vs. credit risk
– Market cap weighting bonds
– Knowing when to sell a bond, and much more!

On today’s episode, we discuss:
– Charlie Munger
– The Fed doesn’t matter as much as you think
– Negativity bias in America
– The blame game for inflation
– Why you don’t invest based on the headlines
– Narratives on bond yields
– Doom spending in the economy
– A quiet crypto boom, and much more!

On today’s Talk Your Book, we are joined again by Sal Gilbertie, CEO of Teucrium to discuss:
– The golden grain cycle
– The cost of production and expected long term returns for commodities
– How everyone got the oil market wrong
– How the US dollar affects the commodity market. and much more!

On today’s show, we discuss:
– Why people keep spending so much money
– Long droughts between new highs in the stock market
– The best upside AI hedge
– Intelligence vs. pessimism
– Denominator blindness with inflation
– Most Americans are better off
– Why people are unhappy at work
– When it will be a good time to buy a house again, and much more!