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Animal Spirits Podcast
Animal Spirits is a show about markets, life, and investing. Join Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson as they talk about what they're reading, writing, listening to and watching. Look for new episodes every Wednesday morning. See our disclosures here - https://ritholtzwealth.com/podcast-youtube-disclosures/
Episodes
- Animal Spirits Podcast
Why Retail is Outperforming (EP. 432)
On episode 432 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss the thing that matters…
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Talk Your Book: Investing in the All Weather Strategy
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben…
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A Mania Is Brewing (EP. 431)
On episode 431 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss bubble behavior from tech…
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Talk Your Book: Making Money When Stocks Are Up or Down
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson…
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How Many People Make $100,000? (EP. 430)
On episode 430 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss Future Proof, 1990s…
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Talk Your Book: Investing in Private Credit ETFs and All-Time Highs
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson…
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Live from Future Proof 2025 (EP. 429)
On episode 429 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson reflect on Ritholtz Wealth Management’s…
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Talk Your Book: How Custom Indexing Works
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are…
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A National Housing Emergency (EP. 428)
On episode 428 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss rich people everywhere, why this…
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Talk Your Book: How to Invest in Commodities
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are…
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State of the American Investor (EP. 427)
On episode 427 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss what happens to the stock market…
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Talk Your Book: Creating Monthly Income From Your Portfolio
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined…
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Buy the Porsche (EP. 426)
On episode 426 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss why the stock market is getting boring…
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Talk Your Book: How to Invest in Futures
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by…
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Measuring the Wealth Effect (EP. 425)
On episode 425 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss 1990s nostalgia, the growing importance…
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Talk Your Book: The People's Index
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Matt…
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Wall Street Strikes Back (EP. 424)
On episode 424 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: how AI bailed out the stock market and…
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Talk Your Book: Finding Tax Alpha in Fixed Income
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Alex…
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This Is the Dumb Money (EP. 423)
On episode 423 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss an AI bubble floor under the market, when to…
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Talk Your Book: How to Hold the Biggest Winners
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Bill Mann…
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What is Upper Middle Class? (EP. 422)
On episode 422 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: why stock market returns can't be 15% per…
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Talk Your Book: How We Got a Bitcoin ETF
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Dave LaValle…
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There Are Too Many Rich People (EP. 421)
On episode 421 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss a nervous stock market rally, U.S. corporate…
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Talk Your Book: Option Income Is So Hot Right Now
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Garrett Paolella…
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I Want To Be An Advisor, What Do I Do?
On this special episode of Animal Spirits at the Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson…
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A 25 Year Bull Market (EP. 420)
On episode 420 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss faster recoveries in the stock market, the potential…
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Talk Your Book: Autocallable Income
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Matt Kaufman, Senior…
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Talk Your Book: How Public’s Winning the Great Wealth Transfer
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Leif Abraham, Co-Founder…
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The Top 10 Risks to the Stock Market (EP. 419)
On episode 419 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss recession hypotheticals, all-time highs in the stock…
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Talk Your Book: What Even Is Infrastructure?
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Scott Litman, Portfolio…
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The Nothing Ever Happens Market (EP. 418)
On episode 418 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss why investors are ignoring scary headlines, war vs the…
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Talk Your Book: Turning Capex Into Cashflow
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Sean O'Hara, Director at Pacer…
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We Have to Talk About Sports Betting (EP. 417)
On episode 417 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss valuations not mattering, volatility is the new normal…
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Talk Your Book: Investing in High Yield Munis
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Steve Hlavin, Portfolio Manager at…
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A Bubble is Coming (EP. 416)
On episode 416 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss the stock market bet of the century, the most interesting market…
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Talk Your Book: Where to Find Higher Dividend Yields
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Todd Mathias, Head of U.S. Product…
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Talk Your Book: The Joneses Aren't That Happy
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson speak with Daniel Crosby about his book, The Soul of…
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Will AI Take All Our Jobs? (EP.415)
On episode 415 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss why technical analysis matters in a downturn, why stockpicking is…
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Talk Your Book: Valuation Still Matters
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Scott Blasdell, Portfolio Manager and Don…
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Most Stocks Suck (EP.414)
On episode 414 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss long-term bond yields rising, why government debt won't fall, where…
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Talk Your Book: Investing in Goldminers
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Imaru Casanova, Portfolio Manager for the…
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Talk Your Book: The Nasdaq 100 of Crypto
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Samir Kerbage, CIO of Hashdex to discuss price…
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Is Financial Education Working? (EP.413)
On episode 413 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: how retail became the smart money, why long-term investing caught on…
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Winners and Losers From the Stock Market Rally (EP.412)
On episode 412 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss the China trade deal, retail was right, Wall Street was wrong, price vs…
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Talk Your Book: Will China Win the Trade War?
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Brendan Ahern, CIO at KraneShares to discuss an…
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There Will Never Be Another Warren Buffett (EP.411)
On episode 411 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss Warren Buffett's legacy, no one can guess where the market is going, a 9 day win…
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Talk Your Book: The CLO Playbook
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Shiloh Bates, Partner and CIO of Flat Rock Global to…
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The Most Confusing Rally of All Time (EP.410)
On episode 410 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: a wild month of stock market performance, bear market rallies, a shift in tariffs…
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Talk Your Book: Equal Weight Investing
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Nick Kalivas, Head of Factor & Core Equity Product…
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Talk Your Book: Derek Thompson Feels Like He's Taking Crazy Pills
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson speak with Abundance author Derek Thompson about his new book, what it…
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So Bearish It's Bullish (EP.409)
On episode 409 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: some 1929 and 1932 comparisons, the impact of tariffs on small businesses, supply…
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Talk Your Book: Interest Rates Go Kablooey
On this two-part episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson speak with Jason Greenblath of American Century Investments about…
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Talk Your Book: How Not To Invest Like Buffett
On this special two-part episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson speak with Barry Ritholtz to discuss his new book, How Not…
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The Dollar Dump (EP.408)
On episode 408 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: the tariff tantrum, why a falling dollar matters, yields are rising, betting markets…
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The Stock Market Crashed. Now What? (EP.407)
On episode 407 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss the chaos surrounding tariffs, Dan Ives getting cautious, possible affects on the…
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Talk Your Book: International Stocks, So Hot Right Now
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Rahul Sharma, Portfolio Manager and Executive Director at…
Animal Spirits PodcastBen's Bearish (EP.406)
On episode 406 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: auto tariffs, binary outcomes on Liberation Day, rising uncertainty, why household…
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Talk Your Book: Floating Rate Income
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Fran Rodilosso, Head of Fixed Income ETF Portfolio Management…
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Did Trump Blink? (EP. 405)
On episode 405 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: how to become indispensable at work, the stock market comeback, the wealth effect…
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Talk Your Book: A Better Money Market Fund
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Alex Morris, CEO and Mark Spindel, Senior Advisor for F/m…