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On episode 197 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Cole Wilcox, Founder, CEO and CIO of Longboard Asset Management to discuss: all things trend following, using systems to overcome emotion, technical analysis, Nvidia, the new generation of investors, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Public. Find out more at: https://public.com/compound Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out: thecompoundnews.com/subscrib...
On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown sits down with Ric Edelman, Founder of Edelman Financial Engines to discuss: how far Bitcoin has come, the correct Bitcoin allocation, Tokenization, Stablecoins, and much more! Then at 01:03:40 hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick! This episode is sponsored by Public. Find out more at: http://public.com/WAYT Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out! Instagram: https://ins...
On this special episode of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Matt Cerminaro and Todd Sohn for the ultimate CHART ON session! They discuss: the Fed, market sentiment, the future of Apple, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Apex Fintech Solutions. Learn more at: http://apexfintechsolutions.com/augmentedadvice Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out: thecompoundnews.com/subscribe Instagram: inst...
On this TCAF Tuesday, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick! This episode is sponsored by GrayScale. Curious about investing in crypto and not sure where to start? Visit: https://www.grayscale.com/ to learn more. Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out! Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecompoundnews Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecompoundnews LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-...
On episode 196 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Steve Eisman to discuss: behind-the-scenes on The Big Short, what's going on with the trade war, what looks good in financials, the labor market, what's going on at Apple, and much more! This episode is sponsored by VanEck. Learn more about the VanEck Uranium and Nuclear Energy ETF at: https://vaneck.com/NLRJosh Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out: thecompoundnews.c...
On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown is joined by Nick Colas and Jessica Rabe of DataTrek Research to discuss why February was probably not the top, how expensive US tech stocks are, AI, sports and more! Then, at 49:30, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick! This episode is sponsored by Betterment Advisor Solutions and Rocket Money. Grow your RIA your way by visiting: http://Betterment.com/advisors Cancel your unwanted subscripti...
On episode 195 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Ben Carlson and Callie Cox in front of a live audience to discuss: the biggest market surprises of 2025 so far, government spending, the risk of recession, cash on the sidelines, and much more. Then at 36:48, Morningstar CEO Kunal Kapoor joins Josh and Michael on stage to discuss: how AI is changing finance, the growth of active ETFs, access to private markets, and more! Recorded live on...
On episode 194 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Jens Nordvig, Founder and CEO of Exante Data to discuss: the latest on tariffs, the significance of jobless claims, the dollar's reserve currency status, the collapse in foreign tourism, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Public. Discover why NerdWallet gave Public five stars for its ease-of-use and investment selection by visiting: http://public.com/compound Sign up for The Compoun...
On this TCAF Tuesday, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick! They discuss the latest in market moves, BTFD, Circles IPO, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Betterment Advisor Solutions. Grow your RIA, your way by visiting: https://Betterment.com/advisors Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out! Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecompoundnews Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecompoundnews LinkedIn:...
On episode 193 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Richard Bernstein to discuss: the Big Beautiful Bill, the bond market, the Fed, the next recession, international stocks, the best uncertainty hedge, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Kraneshares. Read their recent article on the future of AI at: https://KraneShares.com/ai Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out: thecompoundnews.com/subscribe Instagram: instagr...
Josh Brown and Michael Batnick discuss Moody's downgrade of US debt, the growing federal deficit, and why the market seems unconcerned. They introduce the "Cougars" trade, focusing on sticky subscription and app-based businesses showing strong performance. The conversation also covers the challenging job market for recent graduates, the increasing impact of AI on hiring, the political clash between Walmart and Donald Trump over tariffs and prices, and updates on the venture capital and IPO markets.
On episode 192 of The Compound and Friends, Downtown Josh Brown is joined by Chris Davis and John Authers to discuss: Warren Buffett's Legacy, the future of Berkshire Hathaway, 3 massive transitions happening in the market, the trade war, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Apex Fintech Solutions. Learn more at: https://apexfintechsolutions.com/augmented-advice Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out: thecompoundnews.com/subscribe Instagram: instagram.com/theco...
On this TCAF Tuesday, Downtown Josh Brown sits down with Dana Mattioli of The WSJ to discuss her new book "The Everything War" and Amazon's plan to stay on top forever. Then at 42:00, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Josh Brown and Michael Batnick! This episode is sponsored by Public. Fund your account in five minutes or less and earn up to $10,000 when you transfer your investments by visiting: https://public.com/WAYT Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never...
On episode 191 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Carson Block, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Muddy Waters Capital to discuss: how activist short-sellers expose fraud, Carson's biggest shorts, the problem with CEO compensation, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Apex Fintech Solutions. Learn more at: https://apexfintechsolutions.com/augmented-advice Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out: thecompoundnews.com/...
On this TCAF Tuesday, Join Michael Batnick (Managing Partner, Ritholtz Wealth Management) and guest co-host Callie Cox (Chief Market Strategist, Ritholtz Wealth Management) for another episode of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say about the biggest topics in investing and finance! This episode is sponsored by Grayscale. Learn more at: https://www.grayscale.com/ Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out! Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecompoundnews Twitter: ...
On episode 190 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Neil Dutta of RenMac to discuss: the risk of recession, what's really behind Trump's tariffs, the Fed's next move, the explosion of AI, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Xtrackers by DWS. Learn more at: https://xtrackers.com/ Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out: thecompoundnews.com/subscribe Instagram: instagram.com/thecompoundnews Twitter: twitter.com/thecompoundnews Li...
On this TCAF Tuesday, Downtown Josh Brown sits down with Kenneth Rogoff, an economist, Harvard economics professor, and chess grandmaster, to discuss his new book "Our Dollar, Your Problem". They also dive into the current trade war, the dollars dominance, Bitcoin, an independent Federal Reserve and much more! Then at 57:16 hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Josh Brown and Michael Batnick! This episode is sponsored by Betterment Advisor Solutions and Rocket Money! To learn mo...
On episode 189 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Rebecca Patterson, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and former Chief Investment Strategist at Bridgewater Associates, to discuss: what's next for the stock market, what the trade war means for small businesses, the Fed's dilemma, foreign capital flows, the rally in gold, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Public. Fund your account in five minutes or less at https://public.c...
On this TCAF Tuesday, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick! This episode is sponsored by Public. Fund your account in five minutes or less at https://public.com/WAYT and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio. Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out! Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecompoundnews Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecompoundnews LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-compound-media/ Tik...
On episode 188 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Warren Pies of 3Fourteen Research to discuss: what earnings typically look like after stock market corrections, Trump's next trade war moves, money leaving the USA, recession indicators, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Apex Fintech Solutions. Learn more at: http://apexfintechsolutions.com/augmentedadvice Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out: thecompoundnews.com/subscrib...
On this TCAF Tuesday, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick! This episode is sponsored by Flat Rock Global. Visit: https://flatrockglobal.com/thoughts to learn more. Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out! Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecompoundnews Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecompoundnews LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-compound-media/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thecompoundnews Investing involv...
On episode 187 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Jenny Van Leeuwen Harrington, Chief Executive Officer of Gilman Hill Asset Management to discuss: Trump vs the bond market, navigating a stock market crash, the Super Bowl of insider trading, Jenny's favorite dividend stocks, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Innovator ETFs. To learn more about Innovator's buffered ETF offerings, visit: innovatoretfs.com Pick up Jenny's book: Dividend Inve...
In this special episode, Downtown Josh Brown sits down with CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to discuss: AI and the changing landscape of cybersecurity, Google's massive cloud security acquisition, future growth opportunities for CrowdStrike, and more! Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out: thecompoundnews.com/subscribe Instagram: instagram.com/thecompoundnews Twitter: twitter.com/thecompoundnews LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/the-compound-media/ Investing involves the risk of loss....
On this TCAF Tuesday, Downtown Josh Brown is joined by Steve Pavlick to discuss the latest on the trade war and the stock market's volatile reaction. Then, at 40:49, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Josh Brown and Michael Batnick! They discuss the latest market action, how tariffs will impact American companies, recession proof stocks, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Betterment Advisor Solutions and Rocket Money. Grow your RIA your way at: betterment.com/advisor...
On episode 186 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Steve Quirk, Chief Brokerage Officer at Robinhood to discuss: the stocks getting hit hardest by the tariff selloff, the state of the retail investor, 24 hour trading, and much more! This episode is sponsored by VanEck. Find out more about The VanEck CLO ETF by visiting: http://VanEck.com/CLOIJosh Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out!: https://www.thecompoundnews.com/subscribe Insta...
On this TCAF Tuesday, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Josh Brown and Michael Batnick! They discuss Liberation Day and tariffs, Mag 7 weakness, CoreWeave, AI and much more! This episode is sponsored by Public. Fund your account at https://public.com/WAYT and get up to $10,000 when you transfer your old portfolio. Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out! Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecompoundnews Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecompoundnews LinkedIn: htt...
On episode 185 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Joe Lonsdale and Jacob Miller of Opto to discuss: entrepreneurship, AI in America, democratizing private markets, Elon and DOGE, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Betterment Advisor Solutions. Visit: http://Betterment.com/advisors to learn more! Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out!: https://www.thecompoundnews.com/subscribe Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecompoundnew...
On episode 184 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by returning guests Andrew Beer and Sam Ro to discuss: who wins in a trade war, the real value of hedge funds, liquid alts, active ETFs, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Betterment Advisor Solutions. To learn more, visit: https://www.betterment.com/advisors Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out!: https://www.thecompoundnews.com/subscribe Instagram: https://instagram.com/thec...
On this TCAF Tuesday, Downtown Josh Brown is joined by Barry Ritholtz, Co-founder and Chairman of Ritholtz Wealth Management to discuss his new book release "How Not to Invest". Then at 39:18, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Josh Brown and Michael Batnick! They discuss the latest market moves, cybersecurity stocks, the Coreweave IPO, levered ETFs, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Betterment for Advisors and Rocket Money! To learn more about Betterment for Adviso...
On episode 183 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Joe Terranova to discuss: momentum stocks, recent market volatility, Joe's ETF, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Public. Fund your account in five minutes or less at www.public.com/compound Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out!: https://www.thecompoundnews.com/subscribe Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecompoundnews Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecompoundnews LinkedIn...
