Michael Batnick sits down with Data Scientist Nick Maggiulli to talk about one of the most commonly asked questions in the world of money, “When is the best time to invest?” The answer will definitely surprise you, check it out. 1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here: http://ritholtzwealth.com/ Obviously nothing o...
Feb 03, 2020•6 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Barry and Michael sit down with Ben to discuss financial fraud and his new book "Don't Fall For It: A Short History of Financial Scams." Pick up a copy of Ben's book: https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Fall-Short-History-Financial/dp/1119605164 1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here: http://ritholtzwealth.com/ Obviously ...
Jan 31, 2020•11 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Josh recently met up with Scott Redler at the New York Stock Exchange to discuss moving averages, and trading vs investing. Scott is the Chief Strategic Officer at T3 Live. Check out Scott's new book "The Ultimate Guide to Moving Averages:" https://www.t3live.com/blog/scott-redler-free-ebook/ 1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or fi...
Jan 28, 2020•8 min•Season 3Ep. 6
In this edition of What Are Your Thoughts, Michael Batnick and Josh Brown discuss: * Gold vs Bitcoin, let the trolling begin! * Google joins the Trillion Dollar Club, who's next? * Can Bill Simmons sell The Ringer podcast network for $200 million? * Actively managed US stock mutual funds had a great year in 2019, but most still couldn't catch the S&P 500. So what? * Will direct indexing disrupt the ETF business? * Warren Buffett's preferred metric to gauge how expensive the stock market is. ...
Jan 21, 2020•14 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Josh here - Michael Batnick and I discuss the recent milestones for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the incredibly slow grind that's gotten us here. According to the Wall Street Journal "hasn’t moved 1% or more in either direction since mid-October, its sixth-longest streak since the end of 1969 and third-longest since the end of 1995." We ran the numbers and looked at the absolute change in daily stocks prices. It turns out that on a rolling 30-day basis, stocks have almost never been this...
Jan 16, 2020•8 min•Season 3Ep. 4
The recent flare-up in the Middle East has investors asking questions about what might happen to their portfolios if a war breaks out. While every scenario is different and the variables change, there are some important things to understand about how wars have historically affected the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Ben Carlson is the Director of Institutional Asset Management at Ritholtz Wealth Management. This past week, he took a look at how US stocks have acted during WWI, WWII, the Korean Wa...
Jan 08, 2020•10 min•Season 3Ep. 3
On a new edition of What Are Your Thoughts, Josh Brown and Michael Batnick discuss the hottest topics in finance and investing: * Is there any such thing as the optimal time to rebalance your portfolio? * Is Instagram ad targeting weirding you out or doing you a favor? * Vanguard started the year off slashing commissions on options trades and mutual funds. * The median IPO has underperformed the stock market by 20 percentage points this decade! * Josh says 'Uncut Gems' starring Adam Sandler is a...
Jan 07, 2020•19 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Derek Thompson stops by The Compound to discuss how and why things go viral with Barry and Michael. Derek is a staff writer at The Atlantic and author of “Hit Makers.” 1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here: http://ritholtzwealth.com/ Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial...
Jan 03, 2020•13 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Barry Ritholtz sits down with author and former WSJ journalist, Jonathan Clements to discuss how money is similar to health, smart ways to spend it, and how our thoughts about money change over the course of a lifetime. 1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here: http://ritholtzwealth.com/ Obviously nothing on this ch...
Dec 23, 2019•8 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick go head-to-head for a brand new What Are Your Thoughts! In the final episode of 2019, Josh and Michael cover: * It was almost impossible to lose money this year * Does the success of DoubleLine over the last decade prove that building an active management company is still possible? * The five best performing stocks in the S&P 500 this year were AMD, Lam Research, KLA-Tencor, Chipotle and....Target? * Why does Michael get bullied online more than Josh? ...
Dec 17, 2019•13 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Nick Maggiulli is the data scientist at Ritholtz Wealth Management and author of the Of Dollars and Data blog. He tells Michael Batnick about a simple trick he uses to avoid feeling guilty while spending money. Michael talks about how he funds his Liftoff account at the same time as he makes a large purchase. You can have a Liftoff account too, follow the link below - there's no minimum to get started! http://liftoffinvest.com Read "How to Spend Money" by Nick here: https://ofdollarsanddata.com/...
Dec 11, 2019•6 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Nina O'Neal stops by The Compound to discuss the work-life balancing act of a financial advisor. Nina is a Partner and Investment Advisor at Archer Investment Management in Raleigh, NC. Follow Nina and the Female Advisor Network on Twitter: https://twitter.com/noneal510 https://twitter.com/female_advisors Read Nina's blog: https://www.ninaoneal.com/ 1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play...
Dec 09, 2019•16 min•Season 2Ep. 23
On this edition of What Are Your Thoughts, Michael Batnick and Josh Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management discuss: -1,000 zombie ETFs have been put of their misery this year -How many minutes early for a meeting is too early? -Would you invest directly into a college student's future success? -Stocks are up over 20% this year, what's the simple reason? -The 60/40 delivered its best annual performance since 1998 -Private equity firms have three quarters of a trillion in cash to deploy 1-click play ...
Dec 04, 2019•13 min•Season 2Ep. 22
The incredibly bright and insightful Morgan Housel of the Collaborative Fund drops by the Compound to discuss some of the biggest mistakes and misconceptions that plague investors year after year - and what can be done about them. Morgan talks with Michael Batnick and Barry Ritholtz about: * how there is no such thing as an optimized portfolio * why recent trends are more instructive about the near term future, but long term trends are the ally of most investors * the fact that investing is one ...
Dec 03, 2019•20 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Ted Seides stopped by the Compound to talk with Michael Batnick about the struggles the hedge fund industry has faced over the last decade, and what might happen to stem the tide. 1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here: http://ritholtzwealth.com/ Check out our channel "The Compound" over on YouTube: https://www.yo...
Nov 27, 2019•21 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Charles Schwab is merging with one of its largest competitors, TD Ameritrade in a $26 billion all-stock deal that should close in the second half of 2020. Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management discuss what this will mean for the thousands of financial advisors who use one or both of these custodian brokers for their clients' assets. 1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here...
Nov 26, 2019•13 min•Season 2Ep. 19
John Roque joins Barry Ritholtz at The Compound to explain why technical trading signals stopped working and how he has adapted his trading style to the new landscape. Follow John Roque on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WolfeDailyHowl 1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here: http://ritholtzwealth.com/ Obviously nothi...
Nov 19, 2019•9 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Ben Hunt joins Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown at The Compound to explain what he's so angry about - he sees wealth inequality as being driven by hijacked narratives about capitalism, stock buybacks, central banks and the managerial overclass orchestrating it all. Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory Stay up to date on Ben's thoughts: https://www.epsilontheory.com 1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify...
Nov 16, 2019•22 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Ed Yardeni, of Yardeni Research, joins Michael Batnick and Barry Ritholtz at The Compound to explain why we're looking at the wrong data all wrong, what the real data is, and what it means for the current narrative surrounding share buybacks. 1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here: http://ritholtzwealth.com/ Obvio...
Nov 15, 2019•15 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Welcome to the latest edition of What Are Your Thoughts - Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown break down the biggest topics of the moment. On this episode: * JP Morgan calls out permabears. * Should investors be concerned about the national debt? * Does Google want to be a bank? * Selling performance vs selling opinions. * Stock-based compensation. * Opinion vs price. * Disney +, first impressions. 1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes...
Nov 14, 2019•14 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Josh here - I really enjoyed talking with former JPMorgan strategist and the founder of Fundstrat Research about how he uses the evidence to understand what's happening in the markets. Tom cites four indicators he uses to explain current trends and think about where markets and the economy might be headed. Among them, credit spreads, demographics and volatility. Tom also talks about his bullish stance and why he isn't terribly worried about the yield curve inversion we saw this summer. You can l...
Nov 13, 2019•20 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Josh here - we had Greg Zuckerman of the Wall Street Journal up at the Compound to talk about his new book, The Man Who Solved the Market - the first ever deep dive into Jim Simons and his legendary firm Renaissance Technology. Renaissance has pulled over $100 billion in trading profits out of the markets since its founding decades ago, in a highly secretive approach that combines mathematical equations with cutting edge technology. Zuckerman conducted over 400 interviews with current and former...
Nov 09, 2019•18 min•Season 2Ep. 13
The S&P 500 came into October this year up double digits. It has done so on 42 occasions since 1926. That’s almost 50% of the time. Of those 42 times, in 35 cases the market went up through the end of the year. That’s an 85% success rate, about as one-sided as market statistics can get. On only 7 occasions did it fall in the fourth quarter. BUT.... The 3 worst Q4 losses ever all occurred with the market up double digits - these worst Q4 drops ever were 1929, 1987 and last year -28%, -23% and...
Nov 08, 2019•18 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Welcome to the latest edition of What Are Your Thoughts - Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown break down the biggest topics of the moment. On this episode: * Private markets used to be thought of as "the smart money" while public markets were for retail shleps - but this time around, it's the public investors who are calling bullsh*t on the VCs, private equity firms and insiders. * It's not just value investing that's out of favor - value commentary from the likes of Howard Marks seems to be...
Oct 23, 2019•15 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Dave Nadig, managing director of ETF.com, stops by The Compound to discuss how fee-free trading is changing the investment landscape with Ritholtz Wealth Management Chairman and CIO, Barry Ritholtz. 1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here: http://ritholtzwealth.com/ Obviously nothing on this channel should be consi...
Oct 14, 2019•13 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Welcome to the latest edition of What Are Your Thoughts - Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown break down the biggest topics of the moment. On this episode: * Get your story straight - are there too many IPOs coming out this year or not enough? 2019 is on pace to see the most capital raised by initial public offerings in a year since 2000, and possibly even break the record. The number of companies coming public is on pace to match or exceed prior records as well. So this is....good news? * T...
Oct 09, 2019•14 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Campbell Harvey is a Professor at Duke University and a partner as Research Affiliates. He sat down with Michael Batnick and Josh Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management to discuss the meaning of the inverted yield curve indicator, which he discovered in 1986 while working on a dissertation. Campbell cites the fact that 7 out of the last 7 recessions had been presaged by a yield curve inversion - which is what happens when it longer term bond yields fall below shorter term bond yields in the Treasur...
Oct 07, 2019•25 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Josh here - Charles Schwab announced that starting October 7th all commissions on stocks, ETFs and options would go down to zero. The march toward commission-free trading has been happening in slow motion for decades, ever since the 1970's. My take on it is this - it's terrific news for investors, as it lowers the cost of being an investor and gaining access to markets. But is it a "game changer"? I don't think so. It's also important to note the link between market valuations and the ease of ac...
Oct 02, 2019•6 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Patrick Keane, CEO of The Action Network, joins Josh Brown and Michael Batnick at The Compound to discuss the future of sports betting and how it compares to trading. Patrick believes that prop betting will explode in popularity as sports venues warm to the additional revenue it can bring. He sees app-based betting coming to a state near you and many stock market traders becoming attracted to sports bets as the terminology becomes more widely understood. 1-click play or subscribe on your favorit...
Sep 30, 2019•23 min•Season 2Ep. 6
House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced the beginning of formal impeachment proceedings of President Trump. As investors, it's important to remember that we don't have a lot of history to go by in terms of what impeachment might mean for the stock market and the economy. But there are some important takeaways from past impeachments of Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. Crossing Wall Street's Eddy Elfenbein stopped by to talk about what the impeachment announcement actually means for investors ...
Sep 27, 2019•22 min•Season 2Ep. 5
