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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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10 Reasons to be Bearish

2026-07-11 04:30:19

Chart Kid Matt had an excellent post this past week that listed 10 reasons to be bullish. Each reason is attached to a chart. I won’t spoil the entire post (you should read it) but this one tells the biggest story as far as I’m concerned: Earnings growth is accelerating. Margins are still high. The bull market is broadening out in terms of leadership. The fundamentals of the stock market are screaming bullish...

Is 90/10 Better Than 60/40 in Retirement?

2026-07-09 21:55:49

Bill Sweet helped us answer questions about timing the sale of your stocks for a vacation property, housing as an inflation hedge for young people, down payment size and what financial gift to give for a Sweet 16 birthday. Further Reading: The 4 Year Rule For Retirement Spending 1It is worth pointing out I’m using price-only data here. So on a total return basis with dividends included that would shorten the time a...

Animal Spirits: 10 Reasons to be Bullish

2026-07-08 19:15:50

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The Ups and the Downs of the Stock Market

2026-07-08 02:36:46

America is now 250 years old. There’s been a lot of history talk in recent weeks in the lead-up to the semiquincentennial.1 So I couldn’t help myself but do a little U.S. stock market history. Bill Simmons had Taylor Sheridan on his podcast recently. When Simmons asked Sheridan about his filmmaking style, he said, “Never have a character tell me something that the camera should show me.” I have sim...

Talk Your Book: How SpaceX Got Into the Nasdaq 100

2026-07-06 19:15:10

Today’s Talk Your Book is brought to you by Invesco: To learn more about Invesco click here: https://www.invesco.com/us/en/solutions/innovation-suite.html On today’s show, we discuss: How NASDAQ 100 inclusion rules balance market cap with free float adjustments What SpaceX’s fast entry into the NASDAQ 100 means for weighting and index methodology Micron’s rapid rise from outside the top 10 to ...

The Mag 7 is Losing?

2026-07-06 11:05:07

The stock market can be confusing. Sometimes the winners aren’t obvious in advance and the market surprises. Other times the winners are obvious. The biggest, best stocks are sometimes the best investments. That’s certainly been the case for the past 10 years or so when it comes to mega cap tech stocks. This felt real because in some years because it was kind of true: But the tide has turned a tad in recent y...