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Animal Spirits:

On today’s show, we discuss:

• Q2 Was the Biggest Trading Quarter in History

• Discipline Funds Weekend Reading 

• Number of housing markets with falling home prices jumps to 110–up from 31 in January

• The Wealth Ladder

• How much you need to earn to be upper-middle class in every U.S. state

• Poor Choices. Words about money.

• Cinemas Weigh Launching New Large Screen Brand to Challenge Imax

• Jardiance Commercial (2025)

Charts:

Tweets:

US stock market traded 20 billion shares today. One stock, $OPEN , was responsible for almost 10% of the volume (1.86 bill shares)

— Joe Saluzzi (@JoeSaluzzi)
9:03 PM • Jul 21, 2025

He is exactly wrong. Investing *is* easy. Buy the 500 best businesses in the world. Enjoy your life. Play with your kids. Buy the dip. Never sell. Be an active member of your community. Double your money roughly every seven to ten years by doing nothing. Investing is easy

— BuccoCapital Bloke (@buccocapital)
1:06 AM • Jul 21, 2025

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• Air

• Day of the Jackal 

• It’s Complicated

• Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen

• AAA24 Membership

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