On this episode of TheStreet Pro Podcast, Chris Versace sits down with Street Pro contributor Ed Ponsi , who is also the managing director of Barchetta Capital Management, and the president of FXEducator. The conversation starts with the beginning of Ed’s investing career and his eventual move into equity trading. The two differentiate between investing and trading, using GameStop (GME) as an example. Ed also uses GameStop shares to explain his trading game plan for the shares, using it as an ex...
Jun 11, 2024•49 min•Ep. 75
On this edition of TheStreet Pro Podcast, Chris Versace is joined by the person responsible for the technical look at the Portfolio and the market, Bob Lang. Their conversation starts with the April Retail Sales and Consumer Price Index reports but then morphs into a discussion of market breadth and why the S&P 500 could reach 5,500-5,600 in the coming weeks. Bob explains how he looks at market breadth as well as shares a few of the indicators, like the McClellan Oscillator, that he closely ...
May 15, 2024•38 min•Ep. 74
On this episode, Ed Kovalik, Chairman and CEO , of Prairie Operating Co (PROP) returns to TheStreet Pro Podcast. The conversation with Chris Versace kicks off with an update on Prairie over the last few months, including its pending acquisition of Nickel Road Operating (NRO) which will put the company on the path to having 30 wells in operation by the end of 2024 and another 45 exiting 2025. Ed also shares more on Prairie’s medium to longer-term operating plan, including how the company intends ...
May 01, 2024•38 min•Ep. 73
On this edition of TheStreet Pro Podcast, Chris Versace is joined by Lindsey Bell, Chief Strategist at 248 Ventures . The two start off reminiscing about Lindsey interviewing Chris several years ago when she was at TheStreet, and after sharing her journey to 248 Ventures, the conversation pivots to one about the economy and why Lindsey thinks a Goldilocks economy is emerging. The jobs market and its implications are discussed as well as the housing and manufacturing markets with Lindsey explaini...
Apr 17, 2024•31 min•Ep. 72
On this week’s TheStreet Pro Podcast, Chris Versace is joined by Cole Smead, CEO and portfolio manager at Smead Capital Management based in Phoenix, Arizona. Ahead of the March CPI report, the conversation starts with the two discussing their expectations for that report, what it means for Fed policy, and the Fed’s role as a cheerleader for the economy. Cole raises the issue of structural changes in the economy, including the shift in fixed business investment, and why he thinks it means the eco...
Apr 09, 2024•45 min•Ep. 71
On this edition of TheStreet Pro Podcast, Chris Versace is joined by Mr. Morning Recon himself, Stephen “Sarge” Guilfoyle. Out of the gate, the two talk about the current market setup, why Sarge is incrementally bullish on the economy, and the reason he watches Gross Disposable Income as much as GDP. We discuss what levels Sarge is keenly focused on with the Nasdaq Composite as it potentially breaks its lower channel support level. From there Chris and Sarge touch on a few Portfolio holdings and...
Apr 02, 2024•40 min•Ep. 70
On this edition of TheStreet Pro Podcast, Chris Versace is joined by Helene Meisler for a technical look at the market. The two discuss the channel Helene sees in the S&P 500 and she explains why she is carefully watching the upward climb in that channel as well as the market’s overbought nature. As she shares, uptrend lines are made to be broken, and while it may not be in the very near term, she explains why she is on high alert. The conversation morphs into one about the S&P 500’s per...
Mar 21, 2024•33 min•Ep. 69
Joining portfolio manager Chris Versace on this edition of TheStreet Pro Podcast is Peter Jackson, CFO of Builders FirstSource (BLDR). The conversation starts with some thoughts on the domestic housing market, one that accounts for more than 80% of Builder’s mix of business and turns quickly to the single-family housing market. That economic engine drives roughly 70% of Builder’s business and the company sees it rising mid-single digits. The conversation quickly turns to the expanding and higher...
Mar 13, 2024•47 min•Ep. 68
Carley Garner joins Chris Versace on the latest AAP Podcast and the conversation begins with a discussion of the equity markets. Both agree a pullback would be a positive for the market and investors, with Carley explaining why she watches the Nasdaq 100 futures and Relative Strength Indicator (RSI) levels. After a quick chat about Apple (AAPL) and Alphabet (GOOGL), Carley shares the Nasdaq 100 level she is watching closely and where we could see a healthy market correction put the S&P 500. ...
Mar 05, 2024•29 min•Ep. 67
On this AAP Podcast episode, Chris Versace catches up with the man behind AAP’s charts, Bob Lang discussing reasons behind the market’s continued strength and why the Vix is “double bullish” for the market. The two discuss Barclays’ boosting its S&P 500 target to 5,300 and what it could take to get there. Along the way, Bob and Chris discuss Fed policy and why the Fed’s coming update for its Economic Projections could sour some investors. Bob goes on record for when he thinks the Fed will cu...
Feb 27, 2024•43 min•Ep. 66
While the AAP Portfolio traffics in publicly traded companies, there is a market for shares in pre-IPO companies. On this episode of the AAP Podcast, Chris Versace chats with Phil Haslett, Chief Strategy Officer and co-founder of EquityZen , an online marketplace for trading pre-IPO employee shares from privately held companies. Phil provides an overview of the pre-IPO market and the conversation morphs to Chris and Phil discussing the current state of the IPO. Phil shares why he is cautiously o...
Feb 15, 2024•39 min•Ep. 65
On this episode of the AAP Podcast, Chris Versace sits down with Christopher Savoie, the founder and CEO of Zapata AI . Zapata has been working with AI for industrial applications since 2017. Savoie shares how his start in molecular biology and working with machine learnings for sequencing gave rise to the formation of Zapata and its use of rich analytics with real-time data and large language models to address customer-specific problems. The conversation turns to generative AI with Savoie expla...
Feb 08, 2024•38 min•Ep. 64
On this edition of the podcast, Chris Versace chats with Jim Besaw, co-founder and Chief Investment Officer at GenTrust, a firm that focuses on investment strategies for high-net-worth individuals, institutions, and family offices. Ahead of the Fed concluding its next policy meeting, we wanted to talk with Jim because of his role at GenTrust but also because of his background in fixed income. That history yields a very different take on the probability of Fed rate cuts than those captured in the...
Jan 30, 2024•38 min•Ep. 63
On this episode of the AAP Podcast, Chris Versace reconnects with Jack Truong, former CEO of James Hardie and Electrolux North America. While the conversation starts off talking about expectations for Fed rate cuts this year, it quickly turns to the US housing market. Jack explains why he is bullish on the housing market long-term, but he sees several headwinds that could restrain it over the coming quarters. As the Silver Tsunami trades down and Airbnb (ABNB) speculators throw in the towel, he ...
Jan 23, 2024•33 min•Ep. 62
As we approach the end of this short first trading week of 2024, we are back with a fresh AAP podcast episode with Chris Versace, who is joined by Bob Lang. The two discuss the fizzle that was the Santa Claus Rally and explain why it’s not a major factor in their investment decision-making process. The conversation shifts to the market action this week and the factors both fundamental and technical driving it. Bob shares the technical support levels for the S&P 500 that he’s watching, and no...
Jan 04, 2024•34 min•Ep. 61
In our last AAP podcast of 2023, Chris Versace is joined by his former Stocks Under $10 partner in crime and author of the Morning Recon at Real Money Pro, Stephen “Sarge” Guilfoyle . The conversation begins with why Sarge gets up at 3:30 AM ET every morning but quickly gets into the two discussing the market’s meteoric rise since late October. Neither thinks the Fed will cut interest rates 6 to 7 times next year but both agree that if it's more than three rate cuts it could be a much bigger iss...
Dec 18, 2023•38 min•Ep. 60
Bob Lang joins us on this week’s edition of the AAP Podcast as he chats with Chris Versace about the current state of the stock market, sharing why he sees 2023 closing out on a high note with the upcoming Santa Claus Rally. Moving into 2024 the two talk about the upcoming re-jiggering of Fed voting members, what that could mean for Fed policy, and how upcoming data is viewed. Chris gives a few reasons as to why we’re likely to see further progress in the November inflation data, including next ...
Dec 06, 2023•46 min•Ep. 59
Sitting down with AAP’s Chris Versace on this podcast episode is Jay Woods, Chief Global Strategist at Freedom Capital Markets, CMT Association Board Member, and former NYSE Executive Floor Governor. Chris and Jay have had many conversations about market dynamics and following the market’s strong November move, we’re sharing their latest back-and-forth. While Chris is a longer-term investor that blends fundamentals and thematics, Jay’s time horizon spans two to three months and as he shares, his...
Nov 29, 2023•33 min•Ep. 58
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a big market driver, which is why Chris Versace sat down with RJ Assaly, Chief Product Officer at Toggle.AI , a Fintech platform that uses AI to analyze “billions of data points” to help institutional and individual investors with insights, not noise. Amid the AI hype and hopium that generated over the last several months, Assaly confirms we are only in the early innings of AI, where the technology primarily serves as a productivity driver. In the case of To...
Nov 15, 2023•52 min•Ep. 57
In this edition of the AAP Podcast, Chris Versace sits down with Yerbaé Beverage (YERBF) CEO Todd Gibson, who, having sold multiple beverage businesses to the likes of Coca-Cola (KO) and PepsiCo (PEP), is no stranger to the global beverage business. Todd explains why Yerbaé is focused on healthy and natural ingredients for its products resulting in a very different offering compared to those from Monster Beverage (MNSTR) and Celsius Fitness Drinks (CELH). Todd also discusses Yerbae’s current dis...
Nov 02, 2023•39 min•Ep. 56
Smarts editor Todd Campbell joins AAP’s Chris Versace on this week’s podcast and as you’ll hear Todd is coming in rather feisty. Hot on the heels of Fed Chair Powell’s appearance at the Economic Club of New York, Todd shares his view that there is simply too much negativity in the market and if you look carefully enough, some green shoots may be emerging. While Chris doesn’t dismiss Todd’s argument, he shares he will continue to position the AAP portfolio based on the evolving data landscape, pa...
Oct 19, 2023•37 min•Ep. 55
We are back with a new AAP Podcast with lead portfolio manager Chris Versace joined by Bob Lang. It’s been a bit since our last podcast with Helene Meisler , and some is catching up to do, but as that is done the conversation quickly shifts gears to the market, the Fed, and the data driving it all. Bob comes out swinging, aiming the Fed’s updated economic projections for being too conservative, especially given the economic data that led the Atlanta Fed’s GDP Model to up its outlook for the Sept...
Oct 11, 2023•38 min•Ep. 54
On this edition of the AAP Podcast, Chris Versace is joined by AAP team member and the brains behind TheStreet’s Top Stocks newsletter , Helene Meisler. The conversation spans how Helene got started on Wall Street and shifts to how she examines charts, including why she prefers to do so by hand. Helene also shares why she sees an extended period of “chop” ahead for the market, the oscillators she uses to gauge the markets, and how that factors into being a swing trader. Companies mentioned durin...
Sep 16, 2023•48 min•Ep. 53
On this week’s AAP Podcast, Chris Versace is joined by Todd Campbell, editor of TheStreet’s Smarts. Out of the gate, the two talk about inflation and the August Consumer Price Index report, both agreeing September and October data will now be a focal point for the market and investors. Todd shares his thoughts on potential seasonality in oil, while Chris weighs in on wages following the Teamsters-UPS (UPS) contract and similar negotiations between the UAW and the Detroit Three as well as pilots ...
Sep 13, 2023•40 min•Ep. 52
AAP lead portfolio manager Chris Versace discusses the state of the oil market with Edward Kovalik Chairman and CEO of Prairie Operating Co. (CRKR). Formed in 2023, Prairie has a rather unique business model in that it combines a fast-follower strategy without any leverage on the balance sheet, offering bottom-line profit leverage as Prairie scales its drilling operations. Ed shares his longer-term outlook on the energy market, one that is underpinned by underinvestment in capacity and could lea...
Aug 23, 2023•31 min•Ep. 51
On this week’s AAP podcast, we delve into the quick-service restaurant business with Potbelly (PBPB) CEO Bob Wright. No stranger to the restaurant industry given his time at Wendy’s (WEN), Charley’s Philly Steaks, Checker’s Drive-In Restaurants, and Domino’s Pizza (DPZ), Wright entered Potbelly as President and CEO during a challenging time for the company in 2020. Flash forward to today and Potbelly is coming off reporting positive same-store comps for nine consecutive quarters, including +12.9...
Aug 15, 2023•42 min•Ep. 50
On this week’s AAP Podcast, Chris Versace is joined by David Holeman, CEO of Whitestone REIT (WSR), which focuses on open-air retail centers, primarily in the US Sunbelt. The conversation is an excellent primer for listeners about the REIT sector. It includes how REIT management thinks about their portfolio and tenant composition over time, the data they examine when choosing a location, and how they stagger their rental agreements. Our takeaway from the conversation is that while Whitestone REI...
Aug 09, 2023•38 min•Ep. 49
On this week’s AAP Podcast, Chris Versace is joined by AAP team member Bob Lang and the two tackle the Fitch downgrade this week for the US’s credit rating that roiled stocks just as we enter a seasonally weak time for the market. Bob puts some context around Fitch’s downgrade comparing it to the last rating downgrade in 2011. With the S&P 500 breaking its 20-day moving average, the next level of support to watch is the 50-day moving average, which comes in near 4,350 for the S&P 500. Bo...
Aug 02, 2023•38 min•Ep. 48
On the abbreviated AAP podcast episode, lead AAP portfolio manager Chris Versace shares his reaction to the Fed’s June policy statement that lifted the fed funds rate by another 25 basis points and comments on Fed Chair Powell’s press conference. As he and the AAP team suspected, Powell and the Fed trotted out the “data dependent” line, calling out there are a number of data points in the coming eight weeks that will influence the next policy decision. We also share the view that while the marke...
Jul 26, 2023•7 min•Ep. 47
On this edition of the AAP Podcast, Chris Versace is joined by Dr. Jack Truong, former CEO of building products company James Hardie Industries (JHX), the North American CEO of appliance company Electrolux and a top C-Suite executive with 3M (MMM). We cover an array of topics with Jack sharing his insights on inflation, debt levels for the US and consumers, and why he sees a soft landing for the US economy. The conversation continues with why he is bullish on infrastructure spending for nonresid...
Jul 20, 2023•48 min•Ep. 46
