On today’s show, we are joined by Barry Martin, Portfolio Manager of Shelton Equity Income Fund to discuss what it means to have shares called away, what makes a good stock to write a call option on, understanding the relationship between volatility and option premiums, how rates affect call option strategies, and much more!
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Animal Spirits: The Bitcoiners Won
On today’s show we discuss why Trump won, how the Dems fumbled the economic messaging, how this will impact recession spending moving forward, 30% gains in the stock market, credit spreads, the reflation trade, how many people understand tariffs, how Bitcoin won, tiny houses, Mighty Ducks and much more.
Talk Your Book: Infrastructure Investing
On today’s show, we are joined by Jon Levin, CEO of GCM Grosvenor and Mark Gatto, Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer of CION Investments to discuss the basics around the infrastructure asset class, BDC’s vs interval fund products, risk and return expectations for infrastructure, thoughts on infrastructure investing during rate cycles and election years, and much more!
Animal Spirits: A Once in a Lifetime Investment Opportunity
On today’s show we discuss Warren Buffett’s massive cash pile, the performance of the average stock this year, the Polymarket whale, markets in everything, Twitter replies now and then, the cost of college is going down, Bitcoin is still king, private equity in target date funds, politics vs. investing and much more.
Talk Your Book: Longevity Income
On today’s show, we are joined by Nate Conrad, Head of LifeX at Stone Ridge Asset Management to discuss how longevity income ETFs work, what LifeX is actually investing in, why matching spending with investment products is important, understanding the inflation adjustment for inflation protected income funds, declining LifeX fees over time, and much more!
Animal Spirits: The Cost of the American Dream
On today’s show we discuss changing narratives in the markets, why interest rates are rising, why you should never take macro advice from hedge fund managers, why the S&P 500 is so hard to beat, living paycheck-to-paycheck on $150k, why the 2020s inflation was so painful, 7% mortgage rates, the downside of Waymo and much more.
Talk Your Book: The Next Big Short
On today’s show, we are joined by Jared Dillian, Founder of Jared Dillian Money to discuss Jared’s bearishness on private equity, understanding the demand side of private equity, a private equity sentiment bubble, an explosion of HVAC private equity deals, and much more!
Animal Spirits: The Envy of the World
On today’s show we discuss stock market return expectations for the next decade, why there’s no euphoria, Nvidia is a unicorn, the American economy is unstoppable, millennials are richer than expected, sports gambling is coming for ETFs, how to buy a house right now, Netflix won, coaching youth sports and much more.
Talk Your Book: Factor Investing with Dimensional Fund Advisors
On today’s show, we are joined by Rob Harvey, Co-Head of Product Specialists at Dimensional Fund Advisors to discuss how DFA separates itself as an asset manager, details around converting a mutual fund to an ETF, how DFA handled the meme stock craze, value vs growth, and much more!
Animal Spirits: The 1990s Really Were Better
On today’s show we discuss an unbelievable run for the stock market, diversification vs. hedging, an unprecedented surge in household wealth, the new normal of negativity, some nostalgia for the 1990s, the stock market doesn’t care who the president is, 100% yields, when to ask for an early inheritance, how to crack an egg correctly and much more.
