Drowning Financially (EP. 489)

Animal Spirits Podcast · Nov 4, 2026 · 1h 10m

On episode 489, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Carlson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ discuss: reasons to be bearish, the joys of indexing in an AI boom, carnage in name-brand stocks, why the stock market is not down more, how the investing rules have changed, the buy the dip generation, Anthropic's insane growth, AI agents vs. the labor market, being middle class in NYC, the biggest risk to retirement assets and more.

This episode is sponsored by Franklin Templeton. Learn more at www.ftprivatemarkets.com.

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