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Blog Post: How Much is $20 a Month Worth?

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Nov 16, 2020

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Ben looks at one of the hardest problems for most people when it comes to building wealth -- regularly saving money and shows why $20/month could be worth more than you think. And he has an announcement for his all new book about saving for retirement.

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Nov 16, 2020

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Animal spirits is a show about markets, life, and investing. Join Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson as they talk about what they're reading, writing, listening to and watching. Look for new episodes every Wednesday morning.

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Investing is a Game of Relative, Not Absolute Skill (EP.02): We discuss the difference between portfolio managers and portfolio management, Michael’s favorite investment book ever written, how to think about financial television, the amazing run in tech stocks, the future of the asset management business, the psy by Animal Spirits Podcast
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Wave Pools and Market Inefficiencies (EP.05): On today's show, we speak about how career risk creates inefficiencies in the market, signs of froth, the Vanguard of alternatives, and ETF price wars. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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Hedge Fund Myths & Casual Investing Advice (EP.11): On today's show, we discuss what to do if you've been sitting in cash during the bull market, go through Ben's latest portfolio changes, do some myth-busting about hedge funds and more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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Bitcoin, Bubbles & Bananas (EP.06): On today's show, we speak about the meteoric rise in Bitcoin through the lens of human psychology, discuss how difficult it is to break through as an up-and-coming fund manager, and some of the challenges to early retirement. Feel free to shoot us an ema by Animal Spirits Podcast
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May Day (EP.08): On today's show, we discuss Jack Bogle's dire warnings for pension funds, why women make better investors than men, how financial advisors can give good advice when their clients ask about Bitcoin and more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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The Happiness Smile (EP.10): On today's show we talk about how the new tax reform will impact your paycheck next year, why happiness declines for most people until they hit their 50s, our favorite books, movies & TV shows of 2017, and more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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Brothers from Another Mother (EP.19): How your job should fit into your investing decisions, our thoughts on Jim Cramer, misconceptions about share buybacks and more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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The More You Pay, The Less You Get (EP.03): We discuss what do in an environment of lower expected future returns, how can investors protect themselves from complacency, what would cause us to sell all of our stocks, and whether reading investing books make you a better investor. We also get Ben’ by Animal Spirits Podcast
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Invest Like the Worst (EP.09): On today's show, we discuss some passages from Michael's old trading diary, the reason millennials should be praying for poor market returns, why you should read more fiction and more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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What It Takes to Be Wealthy (EP.30): The brilliance of John Bogle, how much money people in their 30s should have saved, how different age groups define wealth, thinking outside the box for CalPERS, David Einhorn's struggles, chart crimes, mortgage rates and much more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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Animal Spirits Unleashed (EP.01): Both Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick joke that we probably talk to each other more than we talk to our own wives. Michael lives and works in New York while Ben lives and works in Michigan so the two are probably on the phone with each other a minimum of 5 by Animal Spirits Podcast
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Tesla Hathaway (EP.28): On this week's show we discuss WeWork's community-adjusted EBITDA, Elon Musk vs. Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger, size is the enemy of outperformance, why index funds are too simple for institutional investors, why housing is a bad investment & much more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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A Random Walk Down Nowhere (EP.07): On today's show, we talk about how life changes in 2017 have impacted our perspective on our finances, discuss the role technology will play in the future of the labor market, the holy grail of an investment process and more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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Cash on the Sidelines (EP.14): On this week's show we debate whether the Fed has really been punishing savers, take a step back and admire the current bull market, talk about the best black swan hedges and more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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The Mother of All Credit Bubbles (EP.34): some suggestions Barron's has for Warren Buffett, the latest Howard Marks letter, the "mother of all credit bubbles", why computer programmers should consider moving to the midwest, the source of the investor behavior gap, unrealistic millennial retiremen by Animal Spirits Podcast
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Phony Happiness (EP.17): Why our memories play tricks on us in the markets, the pros & cons of private equity, the permanent portfolio, scary market predictions and more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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The Meltdown (EP.16): On this week's show, we discuss our thoughts on the market correction, why there's been nowhere to hide from the losses, the narratives surrounding the sell-off and more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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The Noobwhale (EP.15): On this week's show we discuss the current market sell-off, the hidden risks in alternative investments, why women make better financial decisions than men and much more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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Nobody Wants to Listen to Your Podcast (EP.13): We offer career advice to a young person starting out in finance, discuss our rules for writing effectively, talk about the craziest story we've read on the crypto craze and more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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The Lump Sum (EP.23): On this week's show we discuss if we would you rather collect $1 million now or $1,000 for the rest of our lives, how the world has changed since 2008, the single best investment trait to compound capital and much more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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Stocks Are Not Bonds (EP.31): The risks involved in concentrated stock positions, why factor investing is so hard, the limitations of historical market data, the myth of the marshmallow test, the downfall of ESPN, Michael's book of the summer and much more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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Some Things We Learned (EP.25): why the next recession won't be like the last one, what could possibly cause market returns to be higher in the future, why states & cities are short on cash, the 200-day moving average and much more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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The Melt-Up (EP.12): On this week's show, we discuss the prospects for a melt-up in the stock market, look back at the long history of bubbles in stocks, try to figure out the best investment you can make in 2018 and more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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Goodnight Moon (EP.20): The flash correction in stocks, why most people need financial advice more than investment advice, our children's book recommendations & more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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The Collaborative Podcast (EP.26): Morgan Housel joins this week as guest host to discuss venture capital, annoying finance phrases, Disney vs. Netflix, Tesla, Jeff Bezos and much more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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The Closet Indexer (EP.18): Takeaways from the latest Warren Buffett shareholder letter, the potential baby boomer retirement crisis, how millennials should think about retirement and much more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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Horizontal Support (EP.22): Why investing is getting harder over time, why share buybacks get a bad rap, why life insurance is on the decline, two centuries of momentum and much more. by Animal Spirits Podcast
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Funding Secured (EP.42): Elon Musk's bizarre tweets, the types of companies that typically go private, why stock buybacks aren't to blame for the wealth gap, why housing plays such a large role in the finances of the middle class, the prospects for gold going out of style for goo by Animal Spirits Podcast
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Big MIstakes (EP.32): Michael's new book (Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments), how he came up with the idea for the book, where the value & momentum premiums come from, why investing is all about expectations & overreactions, Mary Meeker's new tech de by Animal Spirits Podcast
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Blog Post: How Much is $20 a Month Worth?

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