On episode 172 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors to discuss his outlook on 2025, Recessions, Monetary Policy, Bitcoin, being an Eagle Scout and more!
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Apr 21
Tom Lee Sees Upside, Apple’s New CEO
On this episode of What Are Your Thoughts, Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick break down: Apple’s massive leadership change, bold predictions of an S&P 500 surge, the rise of AI in finance, and why small caps and micro caps are suddenly ripping. This episode is s sponsored b ... Show More
1h 1m
Sep 2024
Talk Your Book: The Next Catalyst for Crypto Assets
On today's show, we are joined by Chris Kuiper, Director of Research, and Matt Horne, Head of Digital Asset Strategists for Fidelity Digital Assets to discuss narratives surrounding ETH and BTC, use cases around ETH, how advisors can work with Fidelity utilizing digital assets, d ... Show More
39m 28s
Jan 2025
Talk Your Book: 3 Reasons to Buy Bonds
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Dave Braun, Managing Director and Generalist Portfolio Manager at PIMCO to discuss why rates have been moving higher, if the Fed will get us a soft landing, why mortgage bonds look at ... Show More
31m 38s
Feb 2024
Talk Your Book: Putting a Floor on the Nasdaq 100
On today's show, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are joined by Bruce Bond, Co-Founder and CEO of Innovator Capital Management to discuss: behavioral finance, and the popularity of defined outcome products during bull markets, how equity floor ETFs work, Innovator's latest defined ... Show More
37m 46s
Mar 2025
Is a Recession Coming? (EP.402)
On episode 402 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: GDP growth rolling over, the probability of a recession is rising, timing a bear market, Ray Dalio's crash calls, the crypto strategic reserve, the bull market in convenience, why we need Social Security, ... Show More
1 h
Apr 2024
Talk Your Book: Hedging Your Portfolio with Options
On today's show, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are joined by Eric Metz, President, and Chief Investment Officer of SpiderRock Advisors to discuss, the pending acquisition by BlackRock, covered call performance in a bull market, tax benefits when utilizing options, what's drivin ... Show More
31m 56s
Jun 2024
Talk Your Book: Growth Stock Concentration
On today's show, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are live from Charleston, joined by Kathleen McCarragher, a Portfolio Manager for Jennison Associates and Harbor Capital to discuss market concentration within the S&P 500, how growth managers combat high-flying stocks within the i ... Show More
38m 33s
Mar 2024
Talk Your Book: The Mount Rushmore of ETFs
On today's show, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are joined by Ryan McCormack, Factor and Core Equity Strategist and Paul Schroeder, QQQ Equity Product Strategist at Invesco to discuss: the creation of the Nasdaq 100, where the QQQ ticker comes from, the Nasdaq 100 special rebala ... Show More
35m 42s
Jun 2024
Bankless & Animal Spirits
On this special episode of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Ryan Sean Adams and David Hoffman, of the Bankless podcast, to discuss: crypto cycles, Bitcoin vs Ethereum, crypto entering politics, and much more!
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1 h
May 2024
Talk Your Book: Growth Stage Debt Investing
On today's show, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are joined by Kyle Brown, CEO, President, and CIO of Trinity Capital to discuss how the Trinity Capital structure works, how venture debt investing works, understanding execution risk vs technology risk, Trinity's 5 income-generati ... Show More
32m 49s
Jul 2024
Talk Your Book: Investing in Corporate Culture
On today's show, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Kristof Gleich of Harbor Capital and Scott Colson of Irrational Capital to discuss how the Human Capital Factor was discovered, what is being measured to quantify the Human Capital Factor, how advisors are utilizing t ... Show More
31m 41s
Join Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick for another episode of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say about: Mag 7 earnings, stretched semis, Spotify crashing, a his ... Show More
On episode 239 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Adam Parker and Rob Sechan to discuss: software stocks, AI and corporate profitability ... Show More
