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Animal Spirits:

On today’s show, we discuss:

• Trump wants to ban institutional investors in housing, but would it lower costs? Experts are skeptical

• Slowest Labor Market in Years Leaves Job Seekers Stuck

• US Housing Outlook: Affordability weighing on demand. Supply low.

• The crummy labor market is yielding a ‘tenure dividend’ for corporations

• Every Wall Street Analyst Now Predicts a Stock Rally in 2026

• Wall Street’s Risk-On Fever Shows No Signs of Abating in New Year

• Eric Adams’ NYC Token Crashes Amid Liquidity Extraction Allegations

• Trump Blindsides Wall Street Allies With Crackdown on Housing Investors

• Is Home Equity Fake Wealth?

• Be the GP: How to Invest in the 2 & 20

• Investors Warn of ‘Rot in Private Equity’ as Funds Strike Circular Deals

• How Did TVs Get So Cheap?

Charts:

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