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A Wealth of Common Sense. Investor, author, and host of Animal Spirits podcast, focuses on simplifying finance for everyone; has backed over 200 companies.
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Going All-In on MSTR

2025-11-21 02:54:39

Bill Sweet was on the show again this week to help me answer questions about selling in a tax-efficient manner with big capital gains, Roth 401ks, paying for a home remodeling project, Roth conversions and HSAs. Further Reading: Ben Graham & Bull Market Brain The post Going All-In on MSTR appeared first on A Wealth of Common Sense. ...

Animal Spirits: Is the AI Trade Over?

2025-11-19 20:15:53

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by Nuveen and YCharts: This episode is sponsored by Nuveen. Invest like the future is watching. Visit https://www.nuveen.com/future to learn more. This episode is sponsored by YCharts. Register for the November 19th webinar with Nick Maggiulli here: WEBINAR REGISTRATION and get 20% off your initial YCharts Professional subscription HERE when you start your free YCharts trial ...

Max Out Your 401k

2025-11-19 02:59:36

I love following the markets. The craziness. The companies. The historical returns. The risks. The investor behavior. The numbers. The psychology. All of it. But the stuff that really matters when it comes to building wealth happens before you even get to thinking about how to invest. Investing is important but saving has to come first. If you don’t have the ability to earn, save and retain money to invest it doesn&...

Talk Your Book: Will the Bubble Get Bigger?

2025-11-17 20:15:44

Today’s Talk Your Book is brought to you by State Street Investment Management: See here for more information on State Street Investment Management On today’s show, we discuss: The effects of monetary easing and a permanent fiscal deficit on risk assets  At what point does the deficit start to matter The risk of rising long-term rates driven by increasing sovereign debt Why the labor market may be perform...

AI in Las Vegas

2025-11-17 00:17:47

Michael and I were out in Las Vegas last week to put on a live Animal Spirits at the annual FPA conference. It was a fun trip. We ate some good food, had some fancy cocktails, played some blackjack and talked some artificial intelligence with a few hundred financial advisors. On stage we did a deep dive into what’s going on with the biggest companies in the world and their push for AI supremacy. You can listen to t...

What If Things Are Better Than They Seem?

2025-11-15 05:30:47

I’ve always been a glass-is-half-full kind of person. I don’t worry too much about things outside of my control. I try not to get stuck in the gloom-and-doom vortex so many people have been sucked into since the 2008 financial crisis and the advent of social media. That doesn’t mean I’m naive to the fact that things are bad for a lot of people these days. Everything’s expensive. There has nev...