On a recent interview on Howard Linson's panic with friends, John Street Capital had this killer

quote. He said, quantitative easing turned your savings account into a checking account,

the bond market into your savings account, the equity market into the bond market, the venture

capital markets to equity markets, and gave rise to crypto. Basically, things are weird.

Portfolio construction is a totally different game today than it's ever been before,

which is why Ben and I have both invested into blue chip art as a way to not only fill

the gaps of our portfolios in this low interest rate environment, but also to hopefully generate

steady returns. Contemporary art prices rose 14% per year from 1995 through 2020, not so bad at all.

So that means you don't need to yolo into Solana or go headfirst into NFTs,

not that there's anything wrong with that. But if you're looking for something else,

head to masterworks.io-animal to invest in art like Ben and I did. Again, that's masterworks.io-animal.

Welcome to Animal Spirits, a show about markets, life and investing. Join Michael Batnik and Ben

Carlson as they talk about what they're reading, writing, and watching. Michael Batnik and Ben

Carlson work for RIT Holt's Wealth Management. All opinions expressed by Michael and Ben

or any podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of RIT Holt's

Wealth Management. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon for

investment decisions. Clients of RIT Holt's Wealth Management may maintain positions in the

securities discussed in this podcast. Welcome to Animal Spirits with Michael and Ben. Ben update,

how you doing? It's about a week in and stays the first to actually feel like a normal human being.

I had a rough week. I first want to say thank you to everyone who reached out. I had a ton of

so-up and get back to email or DMs. I'm sorry. I was basically worthless human being there for a while.

All I could do was nap and watch movies more or less, but I'm on the road to recovery and feeling

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