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
November 1, 2025 • 34 mins
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Doug and Heather Boneparth to talk about their new book, Money Together.
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October 29, 2025 • 74 mins
On episode 436 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss how behavior drives bull markets, how many companies outperform the S&P 500, bubble predictions, 5x ETFs, $20 lunches, surviving the AI capex boom, we need lower housing prices, why private credit is an easy sale to make, Halloween decorations and more.
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October 27, 2025 • 40 mins
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Gabby Santos, Chief Market Strategist for the Americas at JP Morgan to discuss the 30th annual edition of the firm's capital market assumptions report that covers stock returns, bond yields, inflation, GDP forecasts and more.
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October 23, 2025 • 40 mins
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Morgan Housel, author of “The Art of Spending Money,” to discuss: Lambos, tipping, travel, spending your money with a purpose and his new book.
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October 22, 2025 • 80 mins
On episode 435 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss AI bubble indicators, what Jesse Livermore would think about this market, the pros and cons of owning gold, chart crimes, why the financial media is so negative, 5x leveraged ETFs, heavily shorted stocks are outperforming, will Bitcoin hit $200k by 2027, consumers are still in good shape, $50k n...
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October 20, 2025 • 29 mins
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Lance Humphrey, head of portfolio management with the VictoryShares and Solutions team at Victory Capital to discuss: the firm's VictoryShares Value Momentum suite of ETFs, how to invest in both value and momentum, why there's so much more money ...
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October 18, 2025 • 37 mins
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Dave Thornton from Vested to discuss: abandoned start-up shares, diversification in venture capital, helping start-up employees and the complications involved with exercising options.
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October 15, 2025 • 71 mins
On episode 434 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss why it's so difficult to call the top, why earnings matter so much, we were due for a correction, valuations aren't that crazy, good news for low income Americans, how the housing market is impacting the stock market, why Gold is rocketing higher, the cash on the sidelines fallacy, the crypto liq...
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October 13, 2025 • 31 mins
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Scott Litman, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at GCM Grosvenor to discuss: investing in data centers, airports, other types of infrastructure assets, and more.
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October 8, 2025 • 71 mins
On episode 433 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss the melt-up phase of the AI boom, there is a bubble in bubble predictions, no one is going to call the top, hyperscalers vs. the labor market, international stocks are outperforming, Taylor Swift, junk stocks, the top 1% vs. the bottom 90% and more.
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October 6, 2025 • 35 mins
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Jason Duko, Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager at PIMCO to discuss: PIMCO's outlook on the fixed income markets, their best ideas, how to think about the 60/40 portfolio and more.
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October 1, 2025 • 52 mins
On episode 432 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss the thing that matters most to for the stock market, why AI is a bubble, inequality in the stock market, emerging markets are finally outperforming, why investor behavior has improved, economic growth remains strong, rich people are powering the economy, the private equity dry spell, airport lounges...
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September 29, 2025 • 40 mins
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Matt Bartolini from State Street Investment Management and Chris Ward from Bridgewater Associates to discuss: the SPDR Bridgewater All Weather ETF, the strategy's origins, how it works, the fees involved and much more.
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September 24, 2025 • 74 mins
On episode 431 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss bubble behavior from tech CEOs, the AI inflection point, S&P 10,000, panic selling, $7.7 trillion in money markets, the two-speed economy, most IPOs are terrible investments, how to bring down mortgage rates, the demographic housing battle, youth sports and more.
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September 22, 2025 • 31 mins
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Graham Day, EVP and CIO of Innovator Capital Management to discuss: what the Dual Direction ETF is, how the portfolio is constructed, different outcomes with this product, the timing around buffered ETFs, and much more.
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September 17, 2025 • 80 mins
On episode 430 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss Future Proof, 1990s nostalgia, Oasis, why the stock market doesn't care about the labor market, the top 10% is powering the economy, Google vs. ChatGPT, gold vs. AI, IPOs vs. small caps, Americans are richer than you think, a bull market in midwest housing, social media was a mistake, Gen Z wealth inequa...
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September 15, 2025 • 44 mins
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Wes Crill, Senior Client Solutions Director & VP at Dimensional Fund Advisors to explore strategies for investing at all-time highs. Then, at 18:18, they are joined by Tony Kelly, Co-Founder of BondBloxx ETFs to discuss investing in CLOs, differences between CLO...
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September 10, 2025 • 30 mins
On episode 429 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson reflect on Ritholtz Wealth Management’s evolution from a startup to a mature firm, sharing lessons on client fit, the role of content in business development, and the growth mindset that shaped their culture.
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September 8, 2025 • 32 mins
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Ehren J. Stanhope, CFA, Principal, Chief Investment Strategist at Canvas Custom Indexing to discuss: the evolution of investment products, why 2019 changed everything, how financial advisors are using Canvas with their clients and why technology is such an important...
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September 3, 2025 • 67 mins
On episode 428 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss rich people everywhere, why this isn't like the dot-com bubble, the markets don't care about bad vibes, junk bonds are on a tear, there are more ETFs than stocks, Reddit loss porn, American exceptionalism, what would actually fix housing, the S&P 500 is outperforming private equity, 7 year auto loans, the 9...
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