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19 Feb

Animal Spirits: Listener Mailbag

Michael and I empty our inbox to answer listener questions.

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18 Feb

12 Things I Remind Myself When Markets Go Crazy

Some reminders on my investment philosophy.

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17 Feb

Animal Spirits: Bidding Wars

Michael and I discuss the red hot real estate market, chasing performance in tail-risk funds and more.

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16 Feb

Why Valuations Probably Won’t Matter For a While

Weighing the pros and cons of an extremely strange market environment.

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15 Feb

Why Is College So Expensive?

What if college tuition isn’t as expensive as it seems?

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14 Feb

A Short History of U.S. Stock Market Corrections & Bear Markets

Every correction and bear market for the S&P 500 since 1950.

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12 Feb

The Biggest Difference Between Now & the Dot-Com Bubble

How big tech is impacting the stock market and why a huge crash is unlikely.

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12 Feb

Talk Your Book: The Madness of the Crowds

Michael and I spoke with behavioral psychology expert Daniel Crosby.

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11 Feb

The Defining Trait of All Bubbles: The Willful Suspension of Disbelief

The Japanese property bubble of the 1980s might be the greatest asset bubble of all-time.

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10 Feb

Animal Spirits: Money Tree

Michael and I discuss rigged markets, putting guardrails on your investments and tapping equity in your home.

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BEN CARLSON, CFA

A Wealth of Common Sense is a blog that focuses on wealth management, investments, financial markets and investor psychology. I manage portfolios for institutions and individuals at Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. More about me here.  For disclosure information please see here. 

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