Host Emily Flippen is joined by Motley Fool analysts Jason Hall and Keith Speights to unpack how a prolonged U.S. government shutdown ripples through markets - from missing economic reports and the Fed’s next move to the on-the-ground impact for contractors, biotechs, and housing.
Companies discussed: NOC, PLTR, BAH, ACN, MSFT, LLY, AMTM
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Oct 26
Interview with Scott D. Anthony: Epic Disruptions
Scott D. Anthony is a professor of strategy at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business and author of the new book, Epic Disruptions: 11 Innovations that Shaped Our Modern World. Motley Fool analyst Sanmeet Deo recently talked with Anthony about innovation, AI, and the business of dis ... Show More
25m 25s
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
Sep 2024
Even Every Winner Hits A Losing Streak
Guy Adami, Dan Nathan and Danny Moses are focusing on recent weak data from China and the U.S., the Federal Reserve's potential interest rate decisions, and the state of the job market. They also examine the impact of AI on tech stocks such as NVIDIA, Microsoft's integration of A ... Show More
48m 27s
Nov 2024
A Once in a Lifetime Investment Opportunity (EP.385)
On episode 385 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: Warren Buffett's massive cash pile, the performance of the average stock this year, the Polymarket whale, markets in everything, Twitter replies now and then, the cost of college is going down, Bitcoin is ... Show More
1h 12m
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
Feb 2024
This Aggression Will Not Stand, Dan
Dan Nathan and Guy Adami are shaking off the Super Bowl hangover and bringing you another episode of ‘On The Tape’. On today’s pod, the guys discuss when to pivot your market view, small caps lagging, concentration in a handful of mega-cap tech stocks, the market discounting bad ... Show More
32m 35s
Mar 2025
Could Value Stocks Make a Comeback?
As markets grapple with changing macroeconomic dynamics, elevated valuations for growth stocks, and increased volatility, the spotlight could be turning toward value equities. Could this be the moment for US large-cap value investing to shine? How should investors think about div ... Show More
20m 32s
May 2024
GameStop & Market Manipulation + Is AI Becoming a Bubble, and Is Nvidia Safe?
Scott shares his thoughts on the brief meme stock resurgence of last week and considers whether Keith Gill, otherwise known as Roaring Kitty, should be accused of market manipulation. Then Scott and Ed discuss xAI’s potential deal with Oracle and question if investments in AI cou ... Show More
53m 9s
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
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
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