# Casino Attached to a Church: Michael Santoli on Speculation, the AI Boom, and Echoes of 2021 and 1999

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Published: 2026-06-18T09:00:00+00:00
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CNBC’s Senior Markets Commentator—and the show’s first-ever repeat guest—on short selling, AI spending, market concentration, and why the bar is high for what’s been working to keep working. Episode Overview In this episode of The World According to Boyar, Jonathan Boyar welcomes back CNBC Senior Markets Commentator Michael Santoli—the first repeat guest in the show’s history, following his December 2020 appearance in the thick of COVID. Drawing on more than three decades covering Wall Stre...

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