On this edition of our favorite finance movies, we re-watched The Founder, the true story of how Ray Kroc built McDonald’s into one of the biggest restaurants and brands in the world and spread fast food to the masses. Listen here: Scenes mentioned: Books mentioned: The Fifties by David Halberstam Charts mentioned: Contact us at…
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Why I’m More Worried About the Bond Market Than the Stock Market
How can investors navigate a world in which there is no yield?
Can You Handle 100% of Your Money in Stocks During a Correction?
Should all young investors have 100% of their money in stocks?
Advice Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated to Be Effective
How simple solutions can have a huge impact on humanity.
How Do We Get People to Save More For Retirement?
Retirement systems that actually help people save more money.
Animal Spirits: The Emergency Rate Cut
This week’s Animal Spirits with Michael & Ben is supported by YCharts: Mention Animal Spirits and receive 20% off your subscription price when you initially sign up for the service. We discuss: What to make of the coronavirus and its potential impact The stock market sell-off The wild move in interest rates Is a recession the base case…
Questions Every Investor Needs To Ask Themselves Right Now
15 questions every investor should be asking themselves right now.
Talk Your Book: Investing in Commodities
Today’s Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book is presented by USCF Investments: We sat down with Geert Rouwnhorst of the Yale School of Management and John Love of USCF Investments to talk about all things commodities. We discuss: The difference between commodities futures and the prices you see in the media Why it’s impossible to track…
What Happens to Stocks After a Big Down Month?
Stocks just had one of their worst months on record with the S&P falling 8.2% on a total return basis.1 These are the worst monthly declines on the S&P going back to 1926: You can see plenty of these massive down months have occurred in and around some of the worst market crashes in history…
The Art of Not Panicking
What Apollo 13 has to do with your portfolio during a severe sell-off.
