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Animal Spirits Podcast

Talk Your Book: Reliable Monthly Payouts to Age 100

Animal Spirits Podcast

The Compound

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4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Mike Batnick & Ben Carlson are joined by Nate Conrad, Head of LifeX to discuss: how LifeX can earn higher yields than US Treasuries. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The material discussed has been provided for informational purposes only and is not intended as legal or investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security or strategy. The investment strategy and themes discussed herein may be unsuitable for investors depending on their specific investment objectives and financial situation. Information obtained from third-party sources is believed to be reliable though its accuracy is not guaranteed. Investing involves the risk of loss. Mike Batnick & 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. Wealthcast Media, an affiliate of Ritholtz Wealth Management, receives payment from various entities for advertisements in affiliated podcasts, blogs & 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. 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. Nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. See disclosures Here The LifeX Funds are not annuities or other types of insurance contracts, and the distributions provided by the LifeX Funds are not guaranteed or otherwise backed by an insurance company or by any third party. The investment objective of the LifeX Funds is to achieve income and a high level of reliable monthly distributions while maintaining the safety of the principal amount of each fund’s investments. For more information about LifeX, please visit www.lifexfunds.com. The LifeX Funds are sold to persons of a single gender who were born in a particular calendar year specified in the relevant prospectus. Before making an investment/allocation decision, investors should (i) consider the suitability of this investment with respect to their investment objective and individual situation and (ii) consider factors such as their net worth, income, age and risk tolerance. Investment should be avoided by those with very serious or life-threatening health problems. You should consider the investment objectives, risks and charges and expenses of the LifeX Funds carefully before investing; the prospectuses contain this and other information. Prospectuses for the LifeX Funds may be obtained by calling 855-609-3680. Alternatively, you may click the links below: LifeX Income Funds: here. LifeX Inflation-Protected Income Funds: here. Investing involves risks. Principal loss is possible. The LifeX Funds are distributed by Foreside Global Services, LLC. Anticipated launch date: January 2024. The LifeX Funds have not yet commenced operations, and their shares have not previously been offered. Therefore, the LifeX Funds do not have any financial history. Distribution rates discussed herein are based on estimated initial purchase prices in the funds’ prospectuses as revised 11/3/2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today's Animal Spirits Talk Your Book is brought to you by LifeX by Stone Ridge Asset Management.

0:04.6

Go to LifeX to learn more about LifeX, their fund that provides monthly distributions

0:09.6

all the way to age 100. LifeX Funds.com.

0:15.0

Welcome to Animal Spirits, a show about markets, life and investing.

0:19.0

Join Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson

0:21.0

as they talk about what they're reading, writing, and watching.

0:24.0

All opinions expressed by Michael and Ben are solely their own opinion and do not reflect the opinion of

0:29.1

Redhol's wealth management.

0:30.8

This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon for any investment decisions.

0:36.0

Clients of Britholz Wealth Management may maintain positions in the securities discussed in this podcast. Welcome to Animal Spirits with Michael and Ben.

0:47.0

We had Bruce Bond on the podcast and Bruce is the CEO of Innovator EDFs and they came to market. I don't know what you

0:56.5

where that was. 2018, something like that, maybe 2019. Either way, right after the show, Ben and I said to Bruce or maybe it was before this category is going to be huge or this thing is going to be huge like and the reason why

1:10.0

Credit to us we were so right on that call, is because investors in a chaotic world, investors love predictability.

1:19.0

LifeX, the product that we're talking about today is in the similar category in that it is offering

1:27.1

investors distributions for life up to age 100 and I think that there is going to be a lot of appetite from

1:36.6

advisors via their clients for a product like this. I guess the best way to

1:41.6

describe it would be it's an annuity in a mutual

1:44.6

fun but it's not really an annuity it's kind it it's got it it's got

1:47.7

it has annuity features especially the pooled feature which allows you to get a

1:51.8

little bit of a bigger distribution and I do think

1:55.2

that having that income. I think that's probably one of the scariest things about ripping the bandit off and going into retirement

1:59.7

is just not getting a paycheck and not having it regularly come to you and then looking at your one big pile of

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