{"podcast":{"title":"Animal Spirits Podcast","slug":"animal-spirits-podcast-399817","podcast_index_feed_id":399817,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TCP6464651487","website_url":"https://awealthofcommonsense.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/50b7643c-0c60-11ee-b6d1-f783f78436de/image/AnimalSpirts-Cover.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Compound","episode_count":802,"summary":"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/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T16:20:38.663122+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/animal-spirits-podcast-399817"},"episode":{"title":"Talk Your Book: Animal Spirits Live with F/m Investments","slug":"talk-your-book-animal-spirits-live-with-f-m-investments","published_at":"2026-05-04T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/animal-spirits-podcast-399817/talk-your-book-animal-spirits-live-with-f-m-investments","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/animal-spirits-podcast-399817","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/309/traffic.megaphone.fm/TCP1689908733.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/309/traffic.megaphone.fm/TCP1689908733.mp3","summary":"On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Carlson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Alex Morris from F/m Investments for a live show recorded in Washington D.C. that covers inflation, the Fed, AI, tax alpha and much more. Definitions of terms from the episode - AG Index: Evaluates the performance of agricultural sectors across different regions. Basis point: Is used to indicate changes in the interest rates of a financial instrument. SALT Deduction: SALT stands for State and Local Taxes. The SALT deduction allows taxpayers to deduct these taxes from their deferral taxable income. Alpha: Measures an investment’s performance relative to a benchmark index. Tax Alpha: The difference between a portfolio’s after-tax return and the after-tax return of benchmark. Coupon: A periodic interest payment made to bondholders Russell 2000: Is a stock market index that measures the performance of 2,000 small cap companies in the U.S. Options: Financial derivatives that give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an asset BDCs: Stands for Business Development Company, a type of investment firm. BDCs primarily invest in small and mid-sized businesses REITs: Stands for Real Estate Investment Trust, a company that owns, operates, or finances income-producing real estate Par: Stated or face value of a financial instrument, primarily bonds and stocks GFC: Stands for Global Financial Crisis, which refers to the severe worldwide economic crisis that occurred in 2007-2008 AGG: iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, which tracks the performance of the U.S. investment-grade bond…","meta_description":"On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3395,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/animal-spirits-podcast-399817/episodes/talk-your-book-animal-spirits-live-with-f-m-investments/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/animal-spirits-podcast-399817/talk-your-book-animal-spirits-live-with-f-m-investments.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}