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A reader asks: Does Nick really think upper middle class goes up to $10 million?! That’s rich! My colleague Nick Maggiulli has a great new book…

This episode is sponsored by Vanguard. Learn more at: https://vgi.vg/3GbOsYM Register here for an Exhibit A live tour On today’s show, we discuss: That time people…

I was at an institutional investor conference back in 2011. The stock market had recovered somewhat from the depths of the 2008 financial crisis but plenty…

Posted July 28, 2025 by Ben Carlson Today’s Talk Your Book is brought to you by Motley Fool Asset Management: Go to fooletfs.com for more strategy…

Right or wrong, our economic system invariably creates haves and have-nots. It’s a feature not a bug. This feature has always been more prevalent in the…

Five Habits to Help Kids Be Resilient You know what… I need these reminders as well. Politics is Broken, I Mean, Really It’s been getting incrementally…

Here’s a question we got in the Animal Spirits inbox this week: They always say the stock market has returned 10% over the last 100 years…

A reader asks: Is it a good thing or bad thing if someone started investing in that lost decade? This was a follow-up question to this…

Posted July 23, 2025 by Ben Carlson Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by Vanguard and YCharts: This episode is sponsored by Vanguard. Learn more…

At the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting in 1997, Warren Buffett laid out the following scenario: Imagine you’ve been granted the extraordinary power of determining the economic…