The Compound and Friends
Join Downtown Josh Brown, Michael Batnick, and a rotation of their friends every Friday for expert insight and hot takes on the latest in business and investing.
Recent Episodes
Oct. 27, 2025
Jim Cramer Absolutely UNLOADS On Stage, Make Popcorn Now
On this special episode of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by the one and only Jim Cramer to discuss: how Jim became the voice o...
Oct. 24, 2025
It’s Only a Bubble If You Panic
On episode 214 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Sonali Basak , Chief Investment Strategist at iCapital and Compound host Ben Ca...
Oct. 21, 2025
Netflix Reports, Why the Bull Market Has Legs Into Year-End With Nick and Jessica, Warner Bros for Sale, Unemployment Cracks Appear
On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown is joined by Nick Colas and Jessica Rabe of DataTrek Research to discuss: the key to understanding Q3 reporting season, the seasonality of S&P highs, a financial analysis of Big Tech, and more...
Oct. 17, 2025
There's Never Just One Cockroach
On episode 213 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Bill Baruch to discuss: current market trends, the outperformance of gold and s...
Oct. 14, 2025
Becoming the Amazon of Real Estate With Rocket’s Varun Krishna, Roaring Bank Earnings, Wall Street Fires on All Cylinders
On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown is joined by Varun Krishna, CEO of Rocket Companies, a $50 billion giant in the mortgage and real estate market, to discuss the prospect of a refi boom and a new upcycle for the housing market...
Oct. 10, 2025
Retail Investors Just Plowed $100 Billion Into Stocks. THIS MONTH.
On episode 212 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Scott Nations, Author and president of Nations Indexes, Inc., the world's leadi...
Oct. 7, 2025
Solana tokenizes stocks with Anatoly Yakovenko, eVTOL stocks with Andres Sheppard, Oracle questions, BDC trouble
On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown and Michael Batnick welcome Anatoly Yakovenko, CEO of Solana Labs and Co-founder of Solana to discuss the prospects for a tokenized stock market. Anatoly explains why SOL is the right answer f...
Oct. 5, 2025
Fidelity’s Quant Boss Reveals Her Top 3 “Desert Island” Stock Market Indicators
On this special episode of The Compound and Friends, Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick are joined by Denise Chisholm, Director of Quantitative Market Strategy in the Quantitative Research and Investments (QRI) division ...
Oct. 3, 2025
How Peter Lynch Became The Greatest Fund Manager Of All Time
On episode 211 of The Compound and Friends, Downtown Josh Brown is joined by Peter Lynch, Vice Chairman of Fidelity Management and Research to discuss: Peter's legendary career, how individu...
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