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Animal Spirits: Do Valuations Matter?

On today’s show, we discuss:
– Bull market corrections
– Why valuations don’t matter all that much
– Why people were so wrong about the stock market
– Why we haven’t gotten a recession yet
– $1 trillion in credit card debt
– Robinhood’s results
– Tipping at a hotel, and much more!

Talk Your Book: Compounding with Concentrated Portfolios

On today’s show, we are joined by John Neff, Partner and Portfolio Manager of AKRE Capital Management to discuss:
– The AI investing craze
– The creation of fundamental analysis
– Compounding returns with Warren Buffett
– Running a highly concentrated portfolio, and much more!

Animal Spirits: Everything Is Up This Year

On today’s show, we discuss:
– The biggest behavioral bias in investing
– The number of IPOs that survive
– Rolling the dice on the stock market
– Why the consumer doesn’t care about higher rates
– Fiscal vs. monetary policy
– Some good news for first time home buyers, and much more!

Talk Your Book: 100% Downside Protection

On today’s show, we are joined again by Bruce Bond, Founder and CEO of Innovator ETFs to discuss:
– How 100% downside protection works
– What upside you can earn with complete downside protection
– Who this product makes the most sense for
– How rates and option premiums affect the strategy, and much more!

Animal Spirits: The Wealth Paradox

On today’s show we discuss:
– The two types of bear markets
– Why everyone was wrong but the Stock Market was right about a recession
– Speculation vs. interest rates
– Real estate as an investment
– Why everyone underestimated the consumer
– The unhealthy housing market rolls on, and much more!

Talk Your Book: Future Proof Festival

On today’s show, we are joined by Matt Middleton, CEO and Co-Founder of Advisor Circle to discuss:
– How Advisor Circle was started
– Why conferences needed to change
– Future Proof in 2022, and changes coming for 2023
– What value an advisor can get out of Future Proof, and much more!

Animal Spirits: Recession Not Required

On today’s show, we discuss:
– The stock market vs. the Fed’s balance sheet
– Why expectations matter more than fundamentals in the short-run
– The cruel irony of investing
– How to hedge hyperinflation
– Why no one can claim victory on a soft landing
– Why the US economy is so much bigger than the Eurozone
– Dwight Schrute and the human condition
– Movies are back, and much more!

Talk Your Book: The Impact of a Bitcoin ETF

On today’s show, we are joined again by Jack Neureuter, Research Analyst at Fidelity Digital Assets to discuss:
– Knock-on affects of a Bitcoin Spot ETF
– The Grayscale discount
– Bitcoin in Bear Markets vs Bull Markets
– If inflation falling is actually good for crypto, and much more!

Animal Spirits: Is Twitter Dead?

On today’s show, we discuss:
– When to get bullish in the long run
– How to use sell side stock research
– What’s wrong with Disney
– Cruises are underrated
– How the pandemic messed up historical economic relationships
– 8% mortgage rates and 3% mortgage rates
– Why housing prices are still going up, and much more!

Animal Spirits: Is the Housing Correction Over?

On today’s show, we discuss:
– The stock market fighting the Fed
– The power of index fund flows
– The most trustworthy source of financial advice
– An economic miracle in the United States
– How to pick a bottom in stocks
– People are desperate for a housing market crash
– Some thoughts on fireworks, and much more!