Episodes

Feb. 10, 2023

Belski the Bull

On episode 80 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Brian Belski to discuss earnings season, recession fears, market sectors, PE expansion out of a bear market, small cap stocks, c...
Feb. 3, 2023

Sentiment Rally

On episode 79 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Jason Hsu to discuss the latest FOMC meeting, the Chinese market, hard vs soft data, the housing market, earnings for Apple, Ama...
Jan. 27, 2023

For Blood and Money

On episode 78 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Nathan Vardi to discuss Nathan's book (For Blood and Money), the biotech landscape, hedge fund returns, the stock market GOAT, v...
Jan. 20, 2023

Fat Privilege

On episode 77 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Doug Boneparth and Phil Huber to discuss alts, bonds over stocks, the probability of a recession, ETF flows, Schwab's double dow...
Jan. 13, 2023

We Just Might Pull This Off

On episode 76 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Callie Cox to discuss the latest CPI data, why Michael's feeling a little bullish, calling the Fed's bluff, chances of a soft la...
Jan. 6, 2023

It’s GLD, b*tch!

On episode 75 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by JC Parets and Steve Strazza to look at tons of charts and discuss: why JC is bullish precious metals, Bitcoin's make or break mo...
Dec. 22, 2022

A Very Tom Lee Christmas | What Are Your Thoughts?

Join Downtown Josh Brown, Michael Batnick, and special guest Tom Lee for another round of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say about the biggest topics in investing and finance! Get the latest in financial blo...
Dec. 17, 2022

The Year of the Rug Pull

On episode 74 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by the On The Tape podcast crew, Dan Nathan, Guy Adami, and Danny Moses to do a month-by-month 2022 market recap and share their pr...
Dec. 9, 2022

Live from Houston

On episode 73 of The Compound and Friends, Bryn Talkington joins Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown in front of a live audience at the Dynasty Investors Forum to discuss consumer strength, energy stocks, inflation coming...
Dec. 2, 2022

The Game Has Changed

On episode 72 of The Compound and Friends, Jeff deGraaf joins Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown to discuss trend following, valuation techniques, the dollar's impact on the S&P, the cooling housing market, stocks vs bon...
Nov. 23, 2022

People Hate Inflation, but Unemployment Is Worse

Happy Thanksgiving Compound Nation! You asked for WAYT as a podcast (in addition to the YouTube livestream), so we're giving it a try! Let us know what you think. Join Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick for another round...
Nov. 18, 2022

Worse Than Enron

On episode 71 of The Compound and Friends, Gregor Macdonald joins Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown to discuss the latest on the Sam Bankman-Fried saga, the inverted yield curve, electrification of the power grid, the g...
Nov. 11, 2022

The Day Inflation Broke

On episode 70 of The Compound and Friends, Warren Pies joins Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown to discuss the latest in markets, inflation, the effects of seasonality, what could be next, and much more! This episode is ...
Nov. 4, 2022

No pivot!

On episode 69 of The Compound and Friends, Carleton English and Scott Krisiloff join Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown to discuss the latest from Powell and the Fed, earnings season, the wisdom of Warren Buffett, junk b...
Oct. 28, 2022

The One With Matt Levine and Mary Childs

On episode 68 of The Compound and Friends, Matt Levine and Mary Childs join Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown to discuss Matt's epic cover-to-cover Bloomberg piece on crypto, Elon's first moves as Twitter owner, Faceboo...
Oct. 21, 2022

No Capitulation Necessary

On episode 67 of The Compound and Friends, Dan Greenhaus joins Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown to discuss what constitutes a recession, the Fed, ramifications of a strong dollar, Tesla's earnings call, buybacks, the i...
Oct. 14, 2022

Bad News is Good News

On episode 66 of The Compound and Friends, Bob Pisani and Kyla Scanlon join Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown to discuss stories from the stock exchange, investors of the future, the Fed's toolbox, stocks for the long r...
Oct. 10, 2022

A Major Margin Call

On this special episode of Live from The Compound, Marc Rubinstein joins Josh Brown and Michael Batnick to discuss margin calls in the UK, Credit Suisse's "Lehman moment," the growth of shadow banking, and more! Read Marc's S...
Oct. 7, 2022

This Is a Hitchcock Horror

On episode 65 of The Compound and Friends, Nick Colas joins Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown to discuss market volatility, thinking like an algo, the dollar, Tesla, sustaining vs disruptive innovation, the next big thi...
Oct. 3, 2022

The Fastest Drop in Home Prices Since 2009

On this special episode of Live from The Compound Zillow's chief economist, Skylar Olsen, joins Josh Brown and Michael Batnick! Dr. Skylar Olsen is the Chief Economist at Zillow. Previous to her current position, Skylar found...
Sept. 30, 2022

Wait 'Til The VIX Spikes

On episode 64 of The Compound and Friends, Katie Stockton joins Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown to discuss bear markets, separating the signal from the noise, the VIX, technicals vs fundamentals, and much more! Thanks...
Sept. 23, 2022

Live from MarketWatch

On episode 63 of The Compound and Friends, Joy Wiltermuth , Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown discuss Future Proof, the housing landscape, Jay Powell and the Fed, the yield curve, recession fears, and much more! This ep...
Sept. 20, 2022

A Conversation with Michael Lombardi

On this special episode of Live from The Compound, Michael Lombardi joins Josh Brown and Michael Batnick to discuss all things football! Michael Lombardi is a former General Manager and three-time Super Bowl-winning NFL execu...
Sept. 16, 2022

Live at Future Proof

On episode 62 of The Compound and Friends, Shirl Penney joins Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown to discuss market volatility, adjusting to a higher risk-free rate, investment banking, the state of wealth management, hir...