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Welcome to animal spirits. A show about markets, life and investing. Join Michael Batnik and

Ben Carlson as they talk about with their reading, writing and watching.

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positions in the securities discussed in this podcast. Welcome to animal spirits with Michael and Ben.

Michael, it's in between Christmas and New Year's. Let's do a little holiday banter because,

I mean, is anyone really paying attention to the markets right now?

No, but for those who are, let's just give a little update. It's Tuesday.

Where's your time stamp? December 27, 1041 in the morning. The S&P is down 11 basis points

on the day after being down as much as 60 something or more earlier. Santa Rally would start today,

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