On today’s show, we are live at FARMCON to discuss:
– The macro economy and inflation in 2023 and 2024
– Commodity trading with legendary trader Andy Daniels
– How behavioral finance affects investment decisions, and much more!
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Animal Spirits: The Cash-Returning Machine
On today’s show, we discuss:
– Setting return expectations moving forward
– US Large Cap stocks generating a ton of cash
– A bear market in used cars
– An update on Bitcoin ETFs
– Great Quarter Guys
– Driving in a blizzard, and much more!
Talk Your Book: Building Portfolios with AI
On today’s show, we are joined again by Chris Shuba, Founder and CEO of Helios Quantitative Research to discuss:
– The experience of a diversified investor in 2023
– Utilizing AI to build portfolios for advisors
– Helios’ latest trading service offering, and much more!
Animal Spirits: The Fee War Comes to Crypto
On today’s show, we discuss:
– The biggest winners and losers of 2023 in the markets
– Short-term vs. long term returns for stocks
– Why the U.S. dominates financial markets
– The problem with being right once in a row
– Bitcoin ETF fees
– Americans are richer than you think, and much more!
Animal Spirits: 2024 Predictions
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!
Animal Spirits: What Will Perform Best in 2024?
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!
Talk Your Book: International Growth Investing
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!
Animal Spirits: The Most Crowded Trade on Wall Street
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!
Talk Your Book: What is Private Credit?
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!
Animal Spirits: Dunking on Doomers
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!