About this episode
The episode discusses recession fears, stock market predictions, and wealth inequality among other topics.
On episode 458 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: recession fears, the stock market is bad at recession predictions, why this is an orderly sell-off, earnings are still rising, stocks rarely finish the year down, there are so many rich people, wealth inequality vs. socialism, house money pits, private credit redemptions and more. This episode is sponsored by Teucrium and Janus Henderson Investors. Find out more at https://teucrium.com/agricultural-commodity-etfs Learn more at https://www.janushenderson.com/ 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 animalspirits@thecompoundnews.com with any feedback…
People in this episode
Hosts: Michael Batnick, Ben Carlson
Topics covered
- recession fears
- stock market predictions
- wealth inequality
- private credit
- housing market
Keywords
- recession
- stock market
- wealth inequality
- housing
- private credit
Sponsors
Teucrium, Janus Henderson Investors
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: A Wealth of Common Sense, The Irrelevant Investor
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