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Talk Your Book: Finding Small Cap Diamonds in the Rough

On today’s show, we spoke with Brandon Nelson, Senior Portfolio Manager for Calamos to discuss Calamos’ favorite small cap sectors, why small caps have flown under the radar, understanding the relationship between momentum and fundamentals, profitability of small cap stocks, and much more!

Animal Spirits: Inflation or Price Gouging?

On today’s show we discuss what an average year in the stock market looks like, Seinfeld on consumers, why inflation is such a tricky concept, millennials are richer than you think, grocery stores are not the enemy, star fund managers, how demographics will help the housing market, sending your kids away to summer camp and much more.

Talk Your Book: Quality Growth Investing

On today’s show, we are joined by Kevin Walkush, Portfolio Manager at Jensen Investment Management to discuss what quality means to Jensen, why META was removed from the portfolio, thoughts on AI and tech bubbles, the most exciting sectors for the long term, how interest rates affect valuation models, hallmarks for great quality businesses, and much more!

Animal Spirits: Boomers vs. Millennials

On today’s show we discuss a history of stock market flash crashes, the end of the travel boom, why the economy is finally softening, how to predict a recession, how many households actually live paycheck to paycheck, the coming refi/HELOC boom, stock pick loss aversion, movie theaters aren’t dead yet and more.

Talk Your Book: Back to the Futures Market

On today’s show, we are joined by Jerry Prior III, COO & Senior Portfolio Manager of Mount Lucas Management to discuss what managed futures are, how portfolios can benefit from them, how managed futures are handling the Japan carry trade, diversification benefits of managed futures, the story of how the MLM Index was created, and much more!

Animal Spirits: Flash Crash or Recession?

On today’s show, we discuss market mayhem, Japan’s 1987 crash moment, Jerome Powell’s legacy game at Jackson Hole, recession worries, the worst asset class for the next decade, the vibe shift on inflation, the Godfather of the 21st century and much more.

Talk Your Book: The Housing Market with Mike Simonsen

On today’s Talk Your Book, we are joined by Mike Simonsen, Founder and President of real estate analytics firm Altos Research to discuss how easy to access real estate data has affected buyers, the effects rates have on buyers and sellers, a realistic scenario for a housing market correction, thoughts on the iBuyer phenomenon, and much more!

Animal Spirits: How to Pick the Winners

On today’s show we discuss how small cap stocks got so cheap, how to improve your chances of outperforming the market, why investors are rushing into bonds, Americans make more money than you think, good news on gas prices, how the Fed can help the housing market, the best way to eat potatoes, the downfall of Nike, IMAX theaters and much more.

Talk Your Book: Investing in BlackRock’s Mega Forces

On today’s show, we are joined by Jay Jacobs, U.S. Head of Thematic and Active ETFs to discuss BlackRock’s favorite Mega Force themes to invest in, investing in the reshoring theme, IBIT trading volume, the Ethereum ETF launch and Ethereum use cases, getting cash off the sidelines, and much more!