Animal Spirits: Time to Get Bearish?

On today’s show we discuss the potential for an economic slowdown, Steve Cohen gets bearish, the labor market is slowing, giving the US economy the benefit of the doubt, the top 10% owns everything, rich people are everywhere these days, Berkshire Hathaway pays a lot of taxes, Robinhood is a casino and much more.

Talk Your Book: State of The Real Estate Market

On today’s show, we are joined by Paul Baiocchi, Chief ETF Strategist of SS&C ALPS Advisors and Nick Tannura, Portfolio Manager and CIO of GSI Capital Advisors to discuss an update on office real estate, how investors view REITs, the fundamental argument for investing in malls, why it makes sense to actively manage REITs, an update on flows into the real estate asset class, and much more!

Animal Spirits: Life and Death

On today’s 400th episode of Animal Spirits we discuss Jon’s story, dealing with grief, why financial planning matters, Jon’s life advice, the power of kindness and the mundane, gambler’s fallacy on Meta, the mental freedom of index funds, YouTube’s reach, Mr. Belding’s age, how to save money at Disney and much more.

Talk Your Book: A Short History of the Nasdaq 100

On today’s show, we are joined by Emily Spurling, SVP, Global Head of Index at Nasdaq and Mark Marex, Senior Director of Index and Research and Development to discuss the original inception of the Nasdaq 100, understanding tech exposure within the Nasdaq 100, why Nasdaq is winning the listing race, why companies enter and exit the index, thinking about the dot com bubble and the Nasdaq 100, and much more!