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•36 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
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. 1-cl...
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•9 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? * 20...
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•12 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
