Animal Spirits Podcast

What Animal Spirits Podcast Says About Investing

29 episodes about investing

Animal Spirits is a show about markets, life, and investing. Join Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson as they talk about wha...

Key Insights on Investing

Investment matching is crucial - if she's at level 3 and you're acting like level 9, you look anxious and needy

  • FM Investments grew from $0 to $10 billion in assets under management in just over five years by focusing on simple, low-cost Treasury and bond ETFs.
  • FM Investments built an anti-hallucination large language model trained on 1,784 documents to simulate Fed candidate Kevin Warsh's policy positions.
  • Profitability in AI comes from accurately predicting demand rather than underinvesting, with inference margins exceeding 50%
  • The Louisiana Purchase, bought for $340 million in today's money, is now worth at least $60 trillionβ€”a 17,640,000% return on investment
  • Chucky agent acts as an interactive portfolio representative for AI builders, inspired by the job interview scene from Good Will Hunting
  • "First 10 respondents were all no" when asked if they have 25% of crypto portfolio in DeFi after recent hacks
  • Technology earnings up 18% but stocks down 12%, representing 25% multiple compression as AI investments shift companies from asset-light to asset-heavy models

Episodes

Talk Your Book: Do We Need the Federal Reserve?

Talk Your Book: Do We Need the Federal Reserve?

Everything is Outperforming the S&P 500 This Year (EP. 470)

Everything is Outperforming the S&P 500 This Year (EP. 470)

Talk Your Book: AI Is Not a Bubble

Talk Your Book: AI Is Not a Bubble

Talk Your Book: The Case for Investing in Emerging Market Bonds

Talk Your Book: The Case for Investing in Emerging Market Bonds

This Won't End Well (EP. 464)

This Won't End Well (EP. 464)

Talk Your Book: Investing in Securitization

Talk Your Book: Investing in Securitization

The Stock Market Is Doing Something We’ve Never Seen Before (EP. 463)

The Stock Market Is Doing Something We’ve Never Seen Before (EP. 463)

Talk Your Book: Animal Spirits Live with F/m Investments

Talk Your Book: Animal Spirits Live with F/m Investments

Talk Your Book: Consternation About Concentration

Talk Your Book: Consternation About Concentration

Investing Isn't Supposed to Be Fun

Investing Isn't Supposed to Be Fun

Everyone Back in the Boat (EP. 460)

Everyone Back in the Boat (EP. 460)

Talk Your Book: The Biggest Active ETF

Talk Your Book: The Biggest Active ETF

$1 Million is the Worst Amount of Money (EP. 459)

$1 Million is the Worst Amount of Money (EP. 459)

Talk Your Book: Income and Momentum

Talk Your Book: Income and Momentum

Home Buyer's Remorse (EP. 458)

Home Buyer's Remorse (EP. 458)

Talk Your Book: Navigating Fixed Income in a Crazy World

Talk Your Book: Navigating Fixed Income in a Crazy World

The Best Stocks in History (EP. 457)

The Best Stocks in History (EP. 457)

The Perfect Price of Oil (EP. 456)

The Perfect Price of Oil (EP. 456)

Talk Your Book: After-Tax Alpha

Talk Your Book: After-Tax Alpha

Will AI Displace Financial Advisors? (EP. 455)

Will AI Displace Financial Advisors? (EP. 455)

Talk Your Book: What's Working in the Stock Market?

Talk Your Book: What's Working in the Stock Market?

A Wave of Redemptions (EP. 454)

A Wave of Redemptions (EP. 454)

Talk Your Book: The Bull Market in Real Assets

Talk Your Book: The Bull Market in Real Assets

Everyone Hates AI (EP. 453)

Everyone Hates AI (EP. 453)

Is AI a Mistake? (EP. 452)

Is AI a Mistake? (EP. 452)

Talk Your Book: Why Commodities Are Working

Talk Your Book: Why Commodities Are Working

Talk Your Book: The 3 A's of the U.S. Economy

Talk Your Book: The 3 A's of the U.S. Economy

Hi-Yo Silver! (EP. 449)

Hi-Yo Silver! (EP. 449)

Talk Your Book: The Bull Case for China With Brendan Ahern

Talk Your Book: The Bull Case for China With Brendan Ahern

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