Most Stocks Suck (EP.414)

Animal Spirits Podcast

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News, Business News, Business, Investing

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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On episode 414 of Animal Spirits, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Carlson⁠⁠⁠⁠ discuss long-term bond yields rising, why government debt won't fall, where all the dry powder is coming from, how often you should expect bear markets, a weird time to be rich, $97 salads, why starter homes died, retail bagholders, why everyone takes Social Security early, Tom Cruise and much more! This episode is sponsored by Betterment Advisor Solutions and KraneShares Grow your RIA Your way by visiting: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.betterment.com/advisors Learn more about KraneShares KWEB Covered Call Strategy ETF (KLIP): https://kraneshares.com/webinars/resilient-covered-call-strategies-during-severe-market-volatility/ Sign up for The Compound newsletter and never miss out: ⁠⁠⁠⁠thecompoundnews.com/subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find complete show notes on our blogs: Ben Carlson’s ⁠⁠⁠⁠A Wealth of Common Sense⁠⁠⁠⁠ Michael Batnick’s ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Irrelevant Investor⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feel free to shoot us an email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠ with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for future topics of conversation. Investing involves the risk of loss. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be or regarded as personalized investment advice or relied upon for investment decisions. Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are employees of Ritholtz Wealth Management and may maintain positions in the securities discussed in this video. All opinions expressed by them are solely their own opinion and do not reflect the opinion of Ritholtz Wealth Management. The Compound Media, Incorporated, an affiliate of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ritholtz Wealth Management⁠⁠⁠⁠, receives payment from various entities for advertisements in affiliated podcasts, blogs and emails. Inclusion of such advertisements does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof, or any affiliation therewith, by the Content Creator or by Ritholtz Wealth Management or any of its employees. For additional advertisement disclaimers see here ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ritholtzwealth.com/advertising-disclaimers⁠⁠⁠⁠. Investments in securities involve the risk of loss. Any mention of a particular security and related performance data is not a recommendation to buy or sell that security. The information provided on this website (including any information that may be accessed through this website) is not directed at any investor or category of investors and is provided solely as general information. Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. See our disclosures here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ritholtzwealth.com/podcast-youtube-disclosures/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.7	Ben, we've spoken about the number one.
0:40.1	So active ETFs are having a moment.
0:41.9	They are having a moment.
0:43.2	And the number one active ETF is a covered call strategy.
0:46.7	And this shocks me.
0:48.7	There are only three international cover-called ETFs.
0:52.5	And given that I just saw I saw IFA as having the best start
0:56.2	to a year in 25 years. If this keeps going, we will see more launches. Prediction.
1:02.3	Oh, interesting. So options on international indices or stocks are not as prevalent as the U.S.
1:07.5	I didn't realize that. Okay. So we've talked to Brendan Neherne from
1:12.5	Crane shares before about how do you say it? You say, I say Caleb. You say Caleb, but it's clip.
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