A Wealth of Common Sense. Investor, author, and host of Animal Spirits podcast, focuses on simplifying finance for everyone; has backed over 200 companies.
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&...
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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...
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...
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...
Jonathan Novy from Ritholtz Chicago joined me on the show this week to discuss questions about the Kyle Busch insurance scandal, sequence of return risk in retirement, asset allocation decisions and learning vs. earning early in your finance career.
Further Reading:
Housing Market Nobility
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On today’s show, we discuss:
Peter Thiel: Capitalism Isn’t Working for Young People
The Benefits of Bubbles
AI Could Be the Railroad of the 21st Century. Brace Yourself.
Advisor Playbook
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