Episodes
June 27, 2019
Aiming For A Benchmark (Tadas with Robert Seawright)
<blockquote>“The moral of this story is obvious. We all do better when we have something to aim at. That’s why proper benchmarking is so important. In the investment world, it means a standard or measure that can be used to …
June 24, 2019
The Most Disruptive Man in Wealth Management (Josh with Shirl Penney)
<p>Who is the most disruptive person in wealth management? It's not a robo founder. Or an index ETF CEO. Or a blogger. </p><br /><p>In fact, it is Shirl Penney, the founder of Dynasty Financial Partners, whose platform for b…
June 20, 2019
"I did everything I was supposed to do" (with Josh and Michael)
<p>Josh Brown and Michael Batnick discuss the recent post "I did everything I was supposed to do", which is the story of a man whose spent his whole career working for asset management firms and now finds himself on the wron…
June 15, 2019
Josh Monday Meeting 7/15
<p>This is not a business of numbers. It uses finance, but it is not even a business about finance. This business is a business of communication. Of relationships. Of empathy. Josh discusses the topic at an all-hands Monday …
June 14, 2019
What if the cost of capital never rises again? (Josh with Ben)
<p>Josh's new post is about a world in which the cost of money remains cheap to free, and all of the potential disruption that would entail. Josh looks at this issue through the prism of a decade's worth of massive outperfor…
June 10, 2019
How the Financial Advice Industry is Changing (Tadas with Cullen Roche)
<p>“This is going to be life and death for many advisors. Legacy firms with massive overhead and fixed high fee AUM structures will struggle to compete with the coming change in fee structures. Firms that are able to move to…
June 7, 2019
The New Way To Invest In Emerging Markets (with Josh and Perth Tolle)
<p>Josh here - my friend Perth Tolle has been hustling and grinding harder than almost anyone I know on The Street these past few years - first, with the launch of her proprietary Life + Liberty Indexes and now with the firs…
June 6, 2019
The Algebra of Happiness (Barry with Scott Galloway)
<p>Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/thecompoundrwm?sub_confirmation=1</p><br /><p>Josh here - I absolutely love this discussion between my partner Barry Ritholtz and the one and only Professor Scott Galloway about being ha…
June 5, 2019
Why Diversification Works in Life and Market (Tadas with Dr. Brett)
<p>“How balanced is your life portfolio? If one area of your life were to not work out, how vulnerable would you be? When is the last time you rebalanced your life's portfolio? When have you last expanded your life port…
May 31, 2019
True Wealth is "Funded Contentment" (with Blair and Brian Portnoy)
<p><br /></p><p>Blair duQuesnay catches up with Brian Portnoy to discuss some of the biggest challenges in defining wealth, finding happiness in our success and being aware of the fact that we seem to always want more.</p><b…
May 30, 2019
The Secret to Your Survival on Wall Street (with Jeff Saut)
<p>Barry Ritholtz and Downtown Josh Brown welcome storied Wall Street veteran Jeff Saut, formerly of Raymond James, to The Compound. </p><br /><p>Jeff talks about how he uses both fundamentals and technical analysis in his i…
May 30, 2019
What Is Your "Investing Bible"? (Tadas with Phil Huber)
<p>“Prior to reading <em>Expected Returns</em>, I had a very narrow view of asset allocation and portfolio construction. Like most investors, I viewed diversification through the singular lens of asset classes, i.e. sto…
May 22, 2019
Target smokes its quarterly earnings, now what? (with Josh and Jeff Macke
<p>Josh is joined by Jeff Macke to discuss the latest quarterly earnings reports from Target, Walmart, Nordstrom and more! </p><br /><p>Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!"</p><p><a href="https://ww…
May 21, 2019
The Only Two Scarce Resources Left on Wall Street
<p>There are only two commodities left worth anything in the money management business. In an all hands meeting at Ritholtz Wealth, CEO Josh Brown explains...</p><br /><p>Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compou…
May 20, 2019
Will Amazon Dethrone Google's Ad Business (with Josh and Greg March)
<p>Josh Brown talks with Greg March, founder of Noble People, a media agency based in New York City, about whether or not Amazon's advertising business can supplant Google's search hegemony any time soon.</p><br /><p>Enable …
May 15, 2019
Why the price of Bitcoin just doubled (with Josh and Tyrone Ross)
<p>Josh here - I asked my friend Tyrone Ross of Noble Bridge Wealth Management about the recent rally in Bitcoin, which has doubled since the beginning of the year and shocked the markets. What's behind the recent move? Who'…
May 14, 2019
The Book That Changed My Life (with Michael and Josh)
<p>osh here - on the 20th anniversary of Simple Wealth, Inevitable Wealth, I discuss why it's the book that changed the entire trajectory of my career and laid the groundwork for my investing philosophy.</p><br /><p>Many boo…
May 13, 2019
The Hype Behind Portfolio Rebalancing (Tadas with Peter Lazaroff)
<p>“Rebalancing is getting a little overrated. It is nowhere near as impactful on returns as human and digital advisors advertise. I also feel like human advisors probably rebalance more than is truly necessary.”</p><br /><p…
May 8, 2019
Are Tech Stocks Unstoppable? (with Ben, Josh and Michael)
<p>Are US stocks destined to continue crushing international stocks? How about tech stocks vs everything else? Sure seems that way. But the recency bias is real! Michael Batnick, Ben Carlson and Downtown Josh Brown discuss!<…
May 3, 2019
Investment Nostalgia (Tadas with Justin Mallory)
<p>“Many of us look back nostalgically on our childhood memories when life was simpler and allow the feeling of familiarity to warm our souls. That’s ok. But, save your memory of investment traditions for small loses wh…
May 1, 2019
Jeff Macke on the History and Future of Target (with Josh)
<p>Josh here - my friend Jeff Macke is an investor and an expert in the retailing giants Amazon, Target, Walmart and Sears. Jeff's dad ran Target for Dayton-Hudson in the 1970's and he knows more on this topic than anyone I …
April 29, 2019
Barry Ritholtz on the Psychology of Stock Market Corrections
<p>Barry Ritholtz wonders why everyone is still so surprised every time the stock market has a correction.</p><br /><p>The psychology surrounding stock-market declines and recoveries is fascinating. Anytime markets retreat e…
April 26, 2019
Talking Behavioral Coaching (Tadas with Brendan Mullooly)
<p>“But I want to dispel an implicit myth about behavioral coaching: it is not predicated upon its recipient being crazy, stupid, or reckless. Nor is it predicated upon its purveyor being a genius, stoic, or super-human. It …
April 24, 2019
An Investment Tool Advisors Love (with Josh, Michael and YCharts CEO Sean Brown)
<p>Sean Brown is the CEO of YCharts, one of the hottest investment research platforms on the web. Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson use YCharts for research projects all the time, whether they're answering a client question, c…