Animal Spirits: Good News is Bad News

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On today’s show we discuss:

  • Targets margins are getting squeezed
  • The state of the economy survey
  • Wages are still going up
  • The dark side of the hot labor market
  • Job growth remains strong
  • The tech crash could lead to a talent bonanza for big tech
  • Retail investors are buying U.S. Government Bonds
  • The worst years ever for a 60/40 portfolio
  • BlockFi is raising a down round
  • Myth-busting: is the US Dollar losing reserve currency status?
  • The U.S. and Europe have different inflation problems
  • 1/3 of Americans making $250k are living paycheck to paycheck
  • U.S. savings rate lowest since 2008
  • Buy now pay later companies being tested
  • Housing affordability
  • Ric Edelman on Crypto, retirement planning, the advice business, and more
  • Bipartisan Crypto bill
  • Solana suffered its second outage in a month
  • Coinbase slowing hiring
  • The Netflix token
  • The U.S. is in a pessimistic mood
  • The SECs Meme Stock video
  • Demand for the CFA falls off a cliff
  • The interrobang
  • Top Gun: Maverick is killing it
  • Netflix’s leaner movie selection

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  • Top Gun: Maverick music
  • Everybody Wants Some
  • Cocktail
  • Philadelphia
  • James Earl Jones
  • We Own This City

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