Animal Spirits: Yolo Spenders

On today’s show, we discuss:
– Crazy moves in US Treasuries
– How prepared the consumer is for a recession
– More positive data on inflation
– Michael Lewis and the SBF situation
– Dark meat chicken
– The best 80s movies, and much more!

Talk Your Book: Compounding Machine

On today’s show, we spoke with Eric Crittenden, CIO of Standpoint Asset Management to discuss:
– The creation and use of trend following
– Market changes over time
– Understanding what investors need vs. what they want
– Utilizing a mutual fund wrapper instead of an ETF, and much more!

Three Things Investment People Hate to Admit

There are three things people in the finance world hate to admit: I don’t know. I was wrong. I didn’t expect that to happen. A master-of-the-universe mentality is pervasive in finance because it’s a group of highly educated, competitive people. They see it as a sign of weakness if you admit you don’t know what’s…

Animal Spirits: House Poor

On todays show, we discuss:
– Higher for longer
– Soft landings
– Why nothing has broken yet in the economy
– Where the housing bubbles are
– Why its harder than ever to outperform the market
– Gambling vs. day trading
– NFTs are worthless, and much more!

Talk Your Book: Where Leverage Comes From

On today’s show, we are joined by Ed Egilinsky, Managing Director and Head of Alternatives at Direxion to discuss:
– How leverage is created within leveraged ETFs
– Why leveraged ETFs should not be held long-term
– Investing in China
– Using ETF flows as a trading signal
– Direxions tactical commodity ETF
– Diversifying Nasdaq exposure with equal weight ETFs, and much more!