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Animal Spirits: Do Valuations Matter?

On today’s show, we discuss:
– Bull market corrections
– Why valuations don’t matter all that much
– Why people were so wrong about the stock market
– Why we haven’t gotten a recession yet
– $1 trillion in credit card debt
– Robinhood’s results
– Tipping at a hotel, and much more!

Talk Your Book: Compounding with Concentrated Portfolios

On today’s show, we are joined by John Neff, Partner and Portfolio Manager of AKRE Capital Management to discuss:
– The AI investing craze
– The creation of fundamental analysis
– Compounding returns with Warren Buffett
– Running a highly concentrated portfolio, and much more!

The Compound and Friends: Momentum

On today’s show, we are joined by Mark Fisher, Founder and CEO of MBF Trading and Joe Terranova, Chief Market Strategist and Senior Managing Director for Virtus Investment Partners to discuss:
– Commodities in 2023
– Ackmans US Treasury short position
– US debt downgrade
– Investing during election cycles, and much more!

Animal Spirits: Everything Is Up This Year

On today’s show, we discuss:
– The biggest behavioral bias in investing
– The number of IPOs that survive
– Rolling the dice on the stock market
– Why the consumer doesn’t care about higher rates
– Fiscal vs. monetary policy
– Some good news for first time home buyers, and much more!

Talk Your Book: 100% Downside Protection

On today’s show, we are joined again by Bruce Bond, Founder and CEO of Innovator ETFs to discuss:
– How 100% downside protection works
– What upside you can earn with complete downside protection
– Who this product makes the most sense for
– How rates and option premiums affect the strategy, and much more!

Animal Spirits: The Wealth Paradox

On today’s show we discuss:
– The two types of bear markets
– Why everyone was wrong but the Stock Market was right about a recession
– Speculation vs. interest rates
– Real estate as an investment
– Why everyone underestimated the consumer
– The unhealthy housing market rolls on, and much more!

Talk Your Book: Future Proof Festival

On today’s show, we are joined by Matt Middleton, CEO and Co-Founder of Advisor Circle to discuss:
– How Advisor Circle was started
– Why conferences needed to change
– Future Proof in 2022, and changes coming for 2023
– What value an advisor can get out of Future Proof, and much more!

Animal Spirits: Recession Not Required

On today’s show, we discuss:
– The stock market vs. the Fed’s balance sheet
– Why expectations matter more than fundamentals in the short-run
– The cruel irony of investing
– How to hedge hyperinflation
– Why no one can claim victory on a soft landing
– Why the US economy is so much bigger than the Eurozone
– Dwight Schrute and the human condition
– Movies are back, and much more!