Are you a buyer? The sooner the better. Are you a seller? Ask high, and take your time.Because the boom in suburban real estate was going to happen, beginning this year, pandemic or not. And it could have legs for years. That's according to special guest Logan Mohtashami of HousingWire, who joins Downtown Josh Brown to discuss everything you need to know about homebuilders, existing home sales, demographics, realtors, real estate technology, mortgage rates and more. And be sure to leave a rating...
Sep 25, 2020•55 min•Season 4Ep. 15
This week Josh talks to Business Insider columnist Linette Lopez about what happens to the stock market if Trump loses and doesn't leave. And is Joe Biden so terrible for investors? Tax expert and Ritholtz Wealth CFO Bill Sweet weighs in. Plus, Josh's take on the explosive Snowflake IPO and a round of What Are Your Thoughts with Michael Batnick. The Compound Show goes up every Friday morning, subscribe wherever you get your favorite podcasts! Leave us a rating and review, it goes a long way! Hos...
Sep 18, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Season 4Ep. 14
This week on The Compound Show - why investors and market watchers are captivated by the months of September and October. Plus, Josh talks with Morgan Housel about the stupendous luck of Bill Gates, the piracy of Cornelius Vanderbilt and what we need to know about the Psychology of Money. Morgan's new book is now available wherever fine books are sold (or downloaded). Plus, the message Josh gave his firm's employees on the eve of their seventh anniversary, and why there are no goals set for fina...
Sep 11, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Josh's guest on the podcast this week is Byrne Hobart (author of The Diff substack letter, link below) who has just completed a comprehensive series of thought experiments on each of the largest technology stocks. After a conversation with Andrew Walker (Yet Another Value Blogger), Byrne set off to answer the question What could disrupt Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google or Facebook enough to knock them off their pedestals? It is historically unlikely that the five largest stocks of 2020 will rema...
Sep 04, 2020•48 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Josh spoke at the Riskalyze Fearless Week virtual conference and relayed the six biggest lessons he learned during Pandemic Summer. Some are business lessons and some are personal - but for Josh, business has always been personal. Plus, Michael Batnick returns for an all new edition of What Are Your Thoughts - Josh put a trade on he wants to be talked out of, Apple has added almost three quarters of a trillion dollars in market cap over 56 trading sessions, how to survive an investment idea you'...
Aug 27, 2020•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 11
What does it feel like when Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway makes an investment in your company? STORE Capital President and CEO Christoper Volk joins Josh to explain, plus insights on what's happening on Main Street USA with business owners, services business, restaurants and stores. Plus! New York City may be down, but it's not out! It's never out. Josh's take on the James Altucher post that went viral this week. Leave us a rating + review! They go a long way, we appreciate it! Hosted on A...
Aug 21, 2020•47 min•Season 4Ep. 10
As World War I came to an end, the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 raced around the globe, infecting as many as 500 million people and killing an estimated 50 million. Shortly after it ran its course, the United States experienced one of the biggest booms in history, the Roaring 20’s. Could it happen again? Another boom decade fueled by high productivity and an onslaught of technological innovation? Dr. Ed Yardeni is the President of Yardeni Research, Inc. He’s served as a chief strategist on Wall ...
Aug 14, 2020•59 min•Season 4Ep. 9
This week Josh does a deep dive into stock splits and talks with Peter Boockvar, editor of BoockReport.com and CIO of Bleakley Advisory, about the economy, stagflation, and the bull market in gold. Leave us a rating and review if you like the show, it helps a lot! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Aug 07, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 8
This week Josh talks with Brendan Ahern, Chief Investment Officer of KraneShares, to find out how US investors can get involved with TikTok, the hottest social network on earth. They discuss the opportunity in Chinese internet stocks, the massive size and scale of Ant Financial, which will be coming public soon, and how US investors can stay updated on all of the biggest developments in China. You can subscribe to Brendan's daily morning note at ChinaLastNight.com to get up to speed. Michael Bat...
Jul 31, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Season 4Ep. 7
On the newest episode of the Compound Show, join Downtown Josh Brown for a discussion about the bubble in belief. The rise of "Special Purpose Acquisition Corp 2.0" involves the backdoor IPOs of DraftKings, Nikola, Utz Potato Chips, the Golden Nugget Online, Virgin Galactic and many other well known companies. Pershing Square's Bill Ackman just launched the largest SPAC ever this week. What does it mean? What does it signify about the current market environment? Plus, a conversation with Larry M...
Jul 24, 2020•50 min•Season 4Ep. 6
On this week's episode of The Compound Show, Josh discusses the Covid-19 economy and why Universal Basic Income (UBI) might be the inevitable and necessary solution. Next, Michael Batnick joins Josh for an all new round of What Are Your Thoughts. They discuss gold vs the S&P, Elon Musk vs Warren Buffett, and much more! Subscribe to the podcast and be sure to leave us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or Google. Ratings help a lot! Thanks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Jul 17, 2020•48 min•Season 4Ep. 5
On this episode of The Compound Show, Josh discusses this summer's huge rally in Chinese stocks, and the implications for investors when Europe and Asia seem to have done a better job addressing the pandemic. Vitaliy Katsenelson joins to talk about the problem with paying any price for growth stocks. Noah Kerner, the founder and CEO of Acorns joins Josh for a discussion about how he's taught 7 million people how easy it is to start investing at any age, with any dollar amount. Subscribe to the p...
Jul 10, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 4
On this episode of The Compound Show, Josh talks about the 4.8 million jobs added back in June, the wild dispersion within the Real Estate sector of the stock market, warehouses vs office buildings, and some plans for July 4th weekend. Michael Batnick joins for another round of What Are Your Thoughts to answer the question "Why would anyone invest right now?" Subscribe to the podcast and make sure to leave us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify or Google. Ratings help a lot! Thank you! Hosted...
Jul 03, 2020•40 min•Season 4Ep. 3
In the first half of this week's episode, Josh discusses the coronavirus resurgence, 5 stocks that now make up 22% of the S&P 500, the precedent set by the Federal Reserve's pandemic response, and the growing interest in ESG investing. In the second half of the show, Josh talks with Jannick Malling, co-Founder and co-CEO of Public, about the measures his social investing app has taken to protect and educate young investors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn m...
Jun 26, 2020•46 min•Season 4Ep. 2
On the new edition of What Are Your Thoughts with Michael Batnick and Josh Brown: - Bubble behavior in a market crisis is nothing new or unusual. - Fidelity says 18% of investors sold out of all their stocks during the last few months, and a third of investors over 65 years old! - With the Fed buying the investment grade bonds of Apple and Microsoft, do its critics have a point? - What did we learn from this crisis? - Eating at restaurants again - weird but satisfying. - Does Michael watch movie...
Jun 19, 2020•30 min•Season 4Ep. 1
A Degenerate Gambler Walks Into a Stock Exchange... What Are Your Thoughts? On an all-new What Are Your Thoughts - Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown discuss the biggest topics in finance this week, including: - What should we make of massive one-day rallies in the stock market? - What if the stock market is doing a better job of tracking the real economy than we think? - Which is more dangerous for a degenerate gambler - legal sports betting or discovering the stock market? - How will rest...
May 22, 2020•43 min•Season 3Ep. 28
Josh Brown and Michael Batnick discuss the recent rash of commentary about the "Death of Value Investing," a discipline that has already died a thousand deaths before and yet is continually resurrected. Michael points out that growth investing is currently on a 30-year win streak versus value investing, while the distance between cheap stocks and expensive stocks has never been more stretched. Josh's take is that the idea of buying an asset for less than it's worth is immortal, but the inputs we...
May 14, 2020•18 min•Season 3Ep. 27
Unlimited Economic Stimulus: What Are Your Thoughts? Join Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown for another all-new edition of What Are Your Thoughts? as they discuss: - US stocks just had their best monthly performance in 30 years - what was the catalyst? - Has Warren Buffett's magic touch faded away? Why Berkshire's annual shareholder "meeting" was so underwhelming. - Josh got the antibody test. Why wouldn't everyone? Maybe because it doesn't mean anything. - Is there any limit to how much m...
May 08, 2020•50 min•Season 3Ep. 26
Episode starts with Josh asing his friend Jeff Macke to pop on and tell us about what's happening with America's largest retailers, and how the coronavirus ended up being both a challenge and an opportunity for them. Jeff is an expert in all things big box retailing and ecommerce, He's also hilarious and one of the nicest guys I know. Hope you enjoy and learn some stuff from this! Later, Michael Batnick talks with Logan Mohtashami, columnist for HousingWire, about where the housing market was pr...
May 01, 2020•37 min•Season 3Ep. 25
Why Credit Card Losses Could Explode: What Are Your Thoughts? On an all new What Are Your Thoughts, Josh Brown and Michael Batnick tackle all the biggest topics of the moment. In this edition: * Five US stocks are now bigger than the entire developed world's stock markets combined, how can this be? * What are the investor takeaways from the massive crash in oil prices? * Did an oil ETF popular with retail traders contribute to negative oil prices this week? * Are people more comfortable about or...
Apr 22, 2020•38 min•Season 3Ep. 24
On an all new What Are Your Thoughts - Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: * Are there any Crisis Stars being created on Wall Street during this bear market? * Human behavior in a bear market has not changed much * Why this won't be the next Great Depression * Michael thinks he's one of those "business call from a Peloton" guys * Why America needs Major League Baseball to come back * ETF trading volume is not indicative of the "death of passive" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
Apr 08, 2020•25 min•Season 3Ep. 23
On this week's episode, Ben sits down with investor, author, and market historian William Bernstein to put the current crash into perspective with history's worst crises. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 06, 2020•32 min•Season 3Ep. 22
Josh here - I asked my colleague Blair duQuesnay about what's happening on our investment committee these days and what the decision making process is like given recent circumstances. We also talk about what it's like to live and work in New Orleans these days, a city that has joined New York on the list of US epicenters for COVID-19 cases. Blair is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) working with clients of the firm and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) who serves with four other members of R...
Apr 01, 2020•13 min•Season 3Ep. 21
On an all new What Are Your Thoughts - Michael Batnick and Josh Brown discuss the biggest topics of the moment. Including: * Do investors care at all about the details of Congressional stimulus plans? * Mark Cuban just said what everyone's thinking. * What do you with a Black Swan fund now that it's already Swanned? * The biggest single day of retail investor stock selling. * The fastest 30% bear market in history - just 22 days! * Will Work From Home become the new normal? * Did the stock marke...
Mar 25, 2020•22 min•Season 3Ep. 20
I made a decision. We are not going to participate in this recession. There's too much work to be done. Bank of America Merrill Lynch anticipates something like 3.5 million American jobs lost by the end of the 2nd quarter and a doubling of the unemployment rate. We have no control over that. We only have control over our response to it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 20, 2020•8 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown discuss all of the recent market volatility from the COVID-19 situation, including some takes on stock buybacks, what 13Fs might look like, the 10 stocks that have raised their dividends for 50 years straight, the overall damage so far and why we need to be bullish on treatments, and save the enthusiasm for vaccines for a later time. We love all of our viewers and subscribers and are thinking of you as we have this discussion. Stay strong, we WILL return. ...
Mar 18, 2020•22 min•Season 3Ep. 13
First up, Michael Sonnenshein, Managing Director of Grayscale Investments, stopped by The Compound to discuss bitcoin with Josh and Michael. Grayscale runs the largest bitcoin fund in the world, with nearly $3 billion in AUM. What does the future of bitcoin look like? And then on today's episode of What Are Your Thoughts, Michael Batnick and Josh Brown get into all the hottest topics in investing and finance. Josh's apology for rooting for corrections Has the market bottomed or do we need a rete...
Mar 04, 2020•34 min•Season 3Ep. 12
First up, Dan McMurtrie. He and his partners founded Tyro Partners, a New York City-based hedge fund, at a time when hedge fund closings are much more common than emerging fund launches. Dan lists some of the most important things he's figured out on his journey. He also talks about how one of the most under-appreciated sources of alpha is being nice to people. Later on we bring in Rich Greenfield, one of the most widely followed and respected analysts in the technology, media and telecom (TMT) ...
Feb 24, 2020•45 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Apple warns of Coronavirus slowdown - Financial advisors never actually retire in real life - Is February too early to be citing year-to-date performance? - Reactions to the NBA’s All Star Break - How many bagels is too many? - Josh is rooting for stocks to go flat-on-year - Cruises - what’s the deal with that? Why do people like them? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 19, 2020•16 min•Season 3Ep. 10
In this edition of What Are Your Thoughts, Michael Batnick and Josh Brown discuss: * YouTube revenue growth is on fire, but who gets the money? * Netflix vs Cable Subs - crossover imminent! * The short squeeze in Tesla stock is probably the largest in the history of the stock market. * The stock market is recovering from its worst week in a while * What should investors make of the Coronavirus that seems to be roiling cross-border trade with China and the rest of the world? * Amazon earnings * M...
Feb 04, 2020•15 min•Season 3Ep. 9
