Episodes

March 18, 2022

Saint Patrick's Day Show

On episode 38 of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Dan McMurtrie , Leanna Haakons , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: equity markets, value investing, FOMC decision, private markets, stock picking, Chinese stocks, Nico...
March 11, 2022

Pulling Out

On episode 37 of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Allison Schrager , Sam Ro , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: corporations pulling out of Russia, the SEC's crackdown on Chinese ADRs, inflation, the role of risk in i...
March 4, 2022

Best Burger in NYC

On episode 36 of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , JC Parets , Dan Nathan , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: JC's charts, retail investors buying the dip, startup valuations, corporate America pulling out of Russia, t...
Feb. 28, 2022

Ian Bremmer on What Investors Should Know About Ukraine and Russia

On this special podcast episode, Ian Bremmer , President of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media, joins Josh Brown , Michael Batnick , and Ben Carlson to discuss how Russia's invasion of Ukraine could impact markets and the world ec...
Feb. 25, 2022

Did the Stock Market Just Bottom?

On episode 35 of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Linette Lopez , Phil Pearlman , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the washout, the one year anniversary of meme stock mania, Apple and Go...
Feb. 18, 2022

Hedging Tail Risk

On episode 34 of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Carleton English , Kris Sidial , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: earnings season, market liquidity, inflation risk declining, regulating short-sellers, and much more...
Feb. 11, 2022

Turbulence Ahead

On episode 33 of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Tony Dwyer , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: Tony's 2022 core thesis, demographic tailwinds, corporate credit, Bitfinex crypto heist, bonus season on Wall Street, Su...
Feb. 7, 2022

Fake Business with Tim Dillon

Welcome to a special episode of The Compound & Friends, a podcast featuring your favorite financial and investing commentators. Tim Dillon is one of the hottest comedians in America right now, with a podcast that reaches over...
Feb. 4, 2022

It Doesn't Matter Until It Matters

On episode 32 of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Peter Boockvar , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: the state of the economy, rate hike consensus, venture funding, $30 trillion of US debt, the market's reaction to Fa...
Jan. 28, 2022

It’s Crypto Winter Again

On this week's episode of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Packy McCormick , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: Robinhood earnings, the crash in Bitcoin and Ethereum, Packy's Substack ( Not Boring ) passing the 100k su...
Jan. 21, 2022

Intangible Value

On this week's episode of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Kai Wu , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: interest rates, the platform economy, Web3, intangible assets, the importance of company culture, and much more! Th...
Jan. 14, 2022

The New Face of Wealth

On this week's episode of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Dasarte Yarnway , Emlen Mattingly , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: inflation, how passive funds could be hiding a bear market, the Onyx Advisor Network for...
Jan. 7, 2022

Can you get Covid in the metaverse?

On this week's episode of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Pierce Crosby , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: lessons learned in 2021, predictions for 2022, the growth of TradingView, the Elizabeth Holmes verdict, and ...
Dec. 23, 2021

A Very Compound Christmas

On this week's episode of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Doug Boneparth , Jenn Ablan , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: favorites of 2021, Investopedia Terms of the Year, biggest trends in asset management, the gre...
Dec. 17, 2021

2021 Surprises

On this week's episode of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Tom Lee , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: the biggest surprises of 2021, the resiliency of the market, 2022 outlook, record buybacks, junk bonds, and much m...
Dec. 10, 2021

Expected Returns

On this week's episode of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Ben Carlson , Shannon Saccocia and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: unemployment, earnings, expected returns, international stocks, asset price inflation, tech I...
Dec. 3, 2021

The Gang Launches a Crypto Index

On this week's episode of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Jeremy Schwartz , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: the all-new RWM WisdomTree Crypto Index, "All-in" on DeFi, Crypto Sprint, Chinese Stocks, Jack Dorsey step...
Nov. 19, 2021

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Tokens

On this week's episode of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Jim O'Shaughnessy , Phil Huber , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: selling a business, tail risks, tech innovations and politics, FinTechs buying media compan...
Nov. 5, 2021

The Relentless Bid

On this week's episode of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Eric Balchunas (Senior ETF Analyst for Bloomberg) to discuss: the relentless bid, commission-free trading, direct indexin...
Oct. 29, 2021

Meta Squid Game

On this week's episode of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Dan McMurtrie , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: earnings week, big tech ad revenue, Tesla crossing $1 trillion, Facebook (Meta) entering the metaverse, stab...
Oct. 22, 2021

Want-trepreneur

On this week's episode of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Howard Lindzon , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss private and public markets, trend following, having an edge, Robinhood, pandemic influenced businesses, envy...
Oct. 15, 2021

The 60/40 Portfolio is Dead. Again.

On this week's episode of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Blair duQuesnay , Eddy Elfenbein , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss how Blackrock got so big, the death of the 60/40 portfolio, Project Thunder, red flags tha...
Oct. 8, 2021

The Dopest Charts On Earth

On this week's episode of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick, J.C. Parets, Tyrone Ross, and Downtown Josh Brown discuss Cryptocurrencies, entrepreneurship, the SEC, a series of dope stock charts, 24-hour trading, and mor...
Oct. 1, 2021

Bogle in the Streets, Batnick in the Sheets

On this week's episode of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick , Dan Egan , and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: economic growth after Delta, excessive bubble talk, the Betterment platform, when investors freak out, Beijing's ...