Browsing: Wealth Building

Posted January 21, 2026 by Ben Carlson Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by YCharts and ClearBridge Investments: This episode is sponsored by YCharts. Download…

I read The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman when it came out in 2005. This was one of the first books I read after graduating…

Posted January 19, 2026 by Ben Carlson Today’s Talk Your Book is brought to you by Simplify Asset Management: See here for more information on Simplify Asset…

Every quarter Michael and I record a market and portfolio update video for our clients at Ritholtz Wealth. We talk about what happened, why it happened,…

No one needs a chart to show housing is unaffordable right now but here are a couple from Apollo anyway: The Trump administration has offered some…

A reader asks: Why is capping credit card rates a bad idea? What are other ways we could make rates less insane? President Trump threw out…

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by Innovator: This episode is sponsored by Innovator. Learn more at  https://www.innovatoretfs.com/pdf/ddq_product_brief.pdf On today’s show, we discuss: Listen here:…

I’ve been updating my asset allocation quilt for over a decade now. Here’s the latest iteration through 2025: Some thoughts: Foreign stocks are perking up. Developed and…

Posted January 12, 2026 by Ben Carlson Today’s Talk Your Book is brought to you by KraneShares: See here for more information on KraneShares On today’s show,…

I’m going through my annual tradition of updating historical return data now that we’ve turned the calendar on another year. Some people have resolutions. I have…