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The stock market hit an all-time high last month. The rally was broadening out, and economic data and inflation were cooling, giving the Fed the green light to begin its long-anticipated cutting cycle ...

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Last week on Animal Spirits, Ben and I discussed how every generation thinks they won’t have it as good as their parents. A listener sent us this incredible Time Magazine cover from May 1986, a year ...

You’ll see a lot of that in the coming days and weeks. I strongly agree and disagree with parts of that sentiment. Blackrock reported earnings this morning. Larry Fink said, “We have not seen any ...

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