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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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Talk Your Book: Do We Need the Federal Reserve?

2026-07-13 19:15:33

Today’s Talk Your Book is brought to you by F/m Investments: To learn more about F/m Investments and our ETFs visit: www.fminvest.com/etfs On today’s show, we discuss: F/m Labs Interactive Yield Chart Interest Rate Scenario Analysis The case for TIPS over nominal treasuries in today’s environment Why ZTOP only buys the largest, most liquid high yield issuers Why bond investors are warier of hypersca...

Momentum Stocks

2026-07-13 07:56:25

Momentum stocks are having a moment this year. Depending on how you define it, the momentum factor in the U.S. is up something like 30-40% this year. Buying stocks that have been going up has been working really well in 2026. Our research team put together a chart of performance for the various factors — momentum, low vol, value, quality, shareholder yield and growth — for both U.S. and international stocks th...

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...