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Talk Your Book: The Rise of Thematic Investing

On today’s show, we are joined by Pavel Vaynshtok, Managing Director, Global Head of Strategy Indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices to discuss the history of indices, why thematics have gotten so popular, how S&P Dow Jones Indices constructs their indices, and much more!

Animal Spirits: Buy the Dip is Dead

On today’s show, we talk about why the stock market is getting crushed this month, what one year’s returns mean for the next year, why retail investors are still buying tech stocks, 3 scenarios for next year’s market, the Fed’s 2% inflation target, why there will never be a perfect economy, the Avatar sequel and much more.

Talk Your Book: The Opposite of ESG

On today’s show, we are joined by Mark Neuman, Founder and CIO of Constrained Capital to discuss companies orphaned by ESG, how capital is actually getting constrained, politics in investing, Coke & Pepsi vs Alcohol and Tobacco, and much more!

Animal Spirits: Peak Inflation

On today’s show we discuss inflation rolling over, the possibility of a soft landing, Santa Claus rallies, SBF getting arrested, what a housing market comeback would look like, picking stocks vs. picking stock-pickers, The White Lotus season 2, and much more.

Talk Your Book: Insourced CIO

On today’s show, we are joined by Joe Mallen, CIO of Helios to discuss what he’s hearing from advisors in this environment, insourced vs outsourced CIOs, bond and equity attractiveness going forward, and much more!

Animal Spirits: A Bear Market in Housing

On today’s show, we discuss continued strength in the labor market, sticky high inflation, why the market isn’t listening to the Fed anymore, the case for a 20% decline in housing prices, why Netflix rules streaming, sending back a drink at the bar, and much more.

Animal Spirits: Getting Rich Quick

On today’s show we discuss the round trip in oil prices, why predicting the future is so difficult, how we define a bubble, why interest rates didn’t go higher, active outflows are speeding up, Black Friday deals we found, crypto prices got out of hand, the downside of technology and more.

Talk Your Book: The Buy-Write Strategy

On today’s show, we are joined by Ray Di Bernardo, VP and Portfolio Manager of Madison Investments to discuss writing call options, buying growth at a reasonable price, earnings in 2023, and much more!

Animal Spirits: A Confusing Year

On today’s show, we discuss the impact of interest rates on business formation, the opposite of stagflation, why there was no spillover from the crypto crash, why the S&P 500 is not the economy, why remote work might bring down rental inflation, and much more.