Highlights from Range by David Epstein, An Economist Walks Into a Brothel by Allison Shrager, The Big Change by Frederick Lewis Allen & more.

Ben Carlson & Michael Batnick discuss Tesla’s unraveling, what happens during the next recession, why fixed costs matter more than variable costs, what Michael learned from creating a financial plan and much more.

Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick discuss how underrated dividends are, Goldman buying an RIA, why true wealth is the absence of stuff and much more.

This week’s Animal Spirits with Michael & Ben is sponsored by YCharts: Mention Animal Spirits and receive 20% off your subscription price when you initially sign up for the service. We discuss: Are the tech companies going to make us all fat and lazy? Some good news for once in retirement saving data The huge growth in tax-deferred…

This week’s Animal Spirits with Michael & Ben is sponsored by YCharts: Mention Animal Spirits and receive 20% off your subscription price when you initially sign up for the service. We discuss: Has Buffett lost his touch? If he were starting today from scratch how well would Buffett perform? Charlie Munger still going strong at age 95. Is…

It’s been almost a decade since The Big Short by Michael Lewis came out and I recently realized I’d forgotten too much of this wonderful book. So Michael and I decided to re-read this one and turn our discussion about it into a new podcast called Re-Kindled.1 We will be doing more of these in…