From the Federal Reserve, this is a history of inflation, deflation, asset prices, national income, booms, busts, recessions and depressions from 1775-1943.
Credit Card Benefits You Never Knew About
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Credit cards can be your best friend or your worst enemy. But there are other benefits that come from credit cards you may not be aware of.
Animal Spirits: The Podcast Power Law
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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.
The David Bowie Hedge When Buying a Home
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A home is the biggest purchase most people ever make in their lives but it involves a ton of risk. Here’s a potential solution to hedge those risks.
Talk Your Book: Help With Your Down Payment From Unison
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Today’s Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book is presented by Unison: We discuss: The hardest part of buying a home for most people. How long it takes to save for a down payment. The average loan-to-value for mortgages. Why the middle class may need to tap into their home equity for retirement. Residential real estate as…
Wealth Is The Stuff You Can’t See
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Life spans continue to grow in the United States and the United Kingdom, although the pace is relatively slow. Between 1960 and 2014, average life expectancies have risen 13% and 14%, respectively, in two of the wealthiest countries in the world. That works out to an increase of just 0.2% per year, slow but steady…
What Are Your Thoughts: The $47 Trillion Question
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I play What Are Your Thoughts? with Josh Brown and Michael Batnick.
My Personal Finance Mentor
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Josh Brown, Michael Batnick, and Ben Carlson sat down with I Will Teach You To Be Rich author Ramit Sethi to discuss his best-selling book.
Animal Spirits: The Absence of Stuff
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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.
What Should I Do With Excess Cash?
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My framework for working through what to do with excess cash that you know needs to be invested but you can’t figure out where to even begin.