Episodes

Sept. 12, 2025

$1.5 Trillion Money Manager Jenny Johnson Speaks Out

On episode 208 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are at Future Proof Festival with special guest Jenny Johnson, President and Chief Executive Offi...
Sept. 5, 2025

The Truth Behind Private Equity’s Megaboom

On episode 207 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Michael Sidgmore , Partner and Co-Founder of Broadhaven Ventures to discuss: the evolut...
Sept. 2, 2025

Google Pops, Belief in the American Dream Drops, Regional Bank Stocks Rally Ahead of Rate Cuts

On this TCAF Tuesday, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ! This episode is sponsored by MSCI and Rocket Money . To learn more about MSCI, visit h...
Aug. 29, 2025

The Bull Market in Electricity

On episode 206 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Jan Van Eck to discuss: Nvidia earnings, AI replacing jobs, future energy demands, why the ...
Aug. 26, 2025

Wilfred Frost Comes By, Margin Debt Tops $1 Trillion, Nvidia Earnings Preview

On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown welcomes CNBC host Wilfred Frost for a look at the success of US stocks vs the UK’s market and what made Wilfred’s dad David Frost one of the most important TV journalists of the 20th Century....
Aug. 22, 2025

Tom Lee Says It's Still Early

On episode 205 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Tom Lee to discuss: V-shaped recoveries, the AI driven economy, a stock-picker's market, Ja...
Aug. 19, 2025

Coinbase Is the Godfather, the Return of Cathie Wood, Neil Dutta on Jackson Hole

On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh and Michael sit down with Coinbase Chief Financial Officer, Alesia Haas, and Chief Legal Officer, Paul Grewal, to dive into what’s next for the world’s largest digital asset exchange. Then at 45:23,...
Aug. 15, 2025

Does the Stock Market Know Something We Don’t?

On episode 204 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is joined by Shannon Saccocia and Todd Sohn to discuss: the market narrative, the AI economy, ARK's big run, Circle's round trip, M&A, the labor ma...
Aug. 12, 2025

Things People Say in a Bull Market

On this TCAF Tuesday, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ! This episode is sponsored by F/m Investments/ To learn more about F/m Compoundr series...
Aug. 8, 2025

The Week We All Found Out

On episode 203 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Sam Ro and Luke Kawa to discuss: AI dominating the economy, crypto and PE in 401(k)s, consumer ...
Aug. 5, 2025

Socialist Mayors, AI vs Labor With Callie Cox, Falling Knife Stocks

On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh is joined by Garrett Baldwin to discuss the socioeconomic factors behind why the stock market is making record highs but young people are embracing socialism in their political choices. Then at 42:0...
Aug. 1, 2025

Why Valuations Don't Matter

On episode 202 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Adam Parker to discuss: earnings season, the Fed holding steady, R&D spending in big tech, Hulk Hog...
July 29, 2025

Trump Is Winning His Trade War, Michael Cembalest on 20 Years Running Research at Jpmorgan, Earnings Reactions Galore

On this TCAF Tuesday, Michael Cembalest, Chairman of Market and Investment Strategy at J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management joins Josh and Michael to mark the 20th anniversary of Eye on the Market , his influential research ...
July 25, 2025

Meme Stocks or Manipulation?

On episode 201 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Ritholtz Wealth COO Nick Maggiulli and Investopedia's Caleb Silver ⁠ to discuss: are meme stocks market...
July 22, 2025

Stocks Fueling Consumers, AI Bull Market Tracks the Late 90’s With Nick and Jessica, Mohamed El-Erian Tells Powell to Resign

On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown is joined by Nick Colas and Jessica Rabe, co-founders of DataTrek Research . They take a look at the current earnings and valuation of the S&P 500 to determine whether or not there is still up...
July 18, 2025

Everybody's Wrong

On episode 200 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by TCAF legend JC Parets to discuss: the most important sector in the market, the biggest contrarian call, the...
July 15, 2025

Time to Sell Nvidia? Plus A16Z on Stablecoins and a Netflix Earnings Preview

On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh and Michael are joined by Sam Broner of a16z crypto to break down the biggest developments in the world of stablecoins. From PayPal and Circle to the role of U.S. regulators, this conversation cover...
July 11, 2025

Reasons to Remain Overweight

On episode 199 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Ryan Detrick and Sonu Varghese to discuss: how AI saved the market, mid-year market takeaways, Bitcoin's ne...
July 8, 2025

How Does Apple Get Its Mojo Back?

On this TCAF Tuesday, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠ is here with a special edition of What Are Your Thoughts with special guests Cullen Roche, Eric Balchunas and Alex Kantrowitz. They discuss: who can replace the dollar, will the d...
July 4, 2025

When Will the AI Bubble Pop?

On episode 198 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is joined by Joe Fahmy and Shay Boloor to discuss: where we are in the market cycle, the outlook for AI stocks, how Apple got left behind, the next Mag 7, ...
July 1, 2025

Vanguard’s Joe Davis on AI vs Debt, NVDA $4 Trillion, the US Dollar Plunges, Next Hot IPOs

On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown sits down with Joe Davis , Vanguard’s Global Chief Economist and Global Head of the Investment Strategy Group to discuss Vanguard's 50th anniversary, Joe's new book, AI, megatrends, inflation,...
June 27, 2025

Statement Risk

On episode 197 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Cole Wilcox , Founder, CEO and CIO of Longboard Asset Management to discuss: all things trend following, using...
June 24, 2025

The Next Circle IPO, Ric Edelman on Crypto Allocations, Novo Nordisk vs Hims, Dumbflation

On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown sits down with Ric Edelman , Founder of Edelman Financial Engines to discuss: how far Bitcoin has come, the correct Bitcoin allocation, Tokenization, Stablecoins, and much more! Then at 01:03...
June 20, 2025

Why Defensive Stocks Have Disappeared

On this special episode of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Matt Cerminaro and Todd Sohn for the ultimate CHART ON session! They discuss: the Fed, market sent...