Episodes
Nov. 19, 2019
Why Technical Trading Signals Stopped Working (with Barry and John Roque)
John Roque joins Barry Ritholtz at The Compound to explain why technical trading signals stopped working and how he has adapted his trading style to the new landscape. Follow John Roque on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WolfeDa...
Nov. 16, 2019
Burn It All Down (with Josh, Michael, and Ben Hunt)
Ben Hunt joins Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown at The Compound to explain what he's so angry about - he sees wealth inequality as being driven by hijacked narratives about capitalism, stock buybacks, central banks and...
Nov. 15, 2019
Exposing The Big Lie About Stock Buybacks (with Michael, Barry, and Ed Yardeni)
Ed Yardeni, of Yardeni Research, joins Michael Batnick and Barry Ritholtz at The Compound to explain why we're looking at the wrong data all wrong, what the real data is, and what it means for the current narrative surroundin...
Nov. 14, 2019
JP Morgan Destroys the Bears: What Are Your Thoughts? (with Josh and Michael)
Welcome to the latest edition of What Are Your Thoughts - Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown break down the biggest topics of the moment. On this episode: * JP Morgan calls out permabears. * Should investors be concerned...
Nov. 13, 2019
The Four Most Important Market Indicators (with Josh and Tom Lee)
Josh here - I really enjoyed talking with former JPMorgan strategist and the founder of Fundstrat Research about how he uses the evidence to understand what's happening in the markets. Tom cites four indicators he uses to exp...
Nov. 9, 2019
Secrets of the Greatest Hedge Fund of All Time (with Josh, Michael, and Greg Zuckerman)
Josh here - we had Greg Zuckerman of the Wall Street Journal up at the Compound to talk about his new book, The Man Who Solved the Market - the first ever deep dive into Jim Simons and his legendary firm Renaissance Technolog...
Nov. 8, 2019
Year End Rallies (with Josh and Tony Dwyer)
The S&P 500 came into October this year up double digits. It has done so on 42 occasions since 1926. That’s almost 50% of the time. Of those 42 times, in 35 cases the market went up through the end of the year. That’s an 85% ...
Oct. 23, 2019
Private Markets Look Like The Dumb Money Now: What Are Your Thoughts? (with Josh and Michael)
Welcome to the latest edition of What Are Your Thoughts - Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown break down the biggest topics of the moment. On this episode: * Private markets used to be thought of as "the smart money" whil...
Oct. 14, 2019
Everything's Free: The Impact of Zero-fee Trading (with Barry and Dave Nadig)
Dave Nadig, managing director of ETF.com, stops by The Compound to discuss how fee-free trading is changing the investment landscape with Ritholtz Wealth Management Chairman and CIO, Barry Ritholtz. 1-click play or subscribe ...
Oct. 9, 2019
Banks Can't Forecast Interest Rates Either (with Josh and Michael)
Welcome to the latest edition of What Are Your Thoughts - Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown break down the biggest topics of the moment. On this episode: * Get your story straight - are there too many IPOs coming out th...
Oct. 7, 2019
The Yield Curve Indicator (with Josh, Michael, and Campbell Harvey)
Campbell Harvey is a Professor at Duke University and a partner as Research Affiliates. He sat down with Michael Batnick and Josh Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management to discuss the meaning of the inverted yield curve indicato...
Oct. 2, 2019
What Does Commission-Free Trading Mean For You? (with Josh)
Josh here - Charles Schwab announced that starting October 7th all commissions on stocks, ETFs and options would go down to zero. The march toward commission-free trading has been happening in slow motion for decades, ever si...
Oct. 1, 2019
The Difference Between Sports Betting & Trading (with Josh, Michael and Patrick Keane)
Patrick Keane, CEO of The Action Network, joins Josh Brown and Michael Batnick at The Compound to discuss the future of sports betting and how it compares to trading. Patrick believes that prop betting will explode in popular...
Sept. 27, 2019
How Will Impeachment Affect the Stock Market (with Josh, Michael and Eddy Elfenbein)
House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced the beginning of formal impeachment proceedings of President Trump. As investors, it's important to remember that we don't have a lot of history to go by in terms of what impeachme...
Sept. 25, 2019
This investment strategy beats dollar cost averaging (with Josh and Nick)
Josh Brown and Nick Maggiulli, of Ritholtz Wealth Management, discuss data on investing a lump sum vs dollar-cost averaging, and the results might surprise you. Read Nick's post for the data and charts: https://ofdollarsandda...
Sept. 19, 2019
What Are Your Thoughts: Is anyone really "middle class" anymore? (with Josh and Michael)
On a new edition of What Are Your Thoughts?, Michael Batnick and Josh Brown discuss: * The Repo Rate mini-panic * Are we ready for the Daniel Jones Era? * Does it really take $350,000 a year to live in cities? * Standup comic...
Sept. 16, 2019
Josh Brown and Joe Duran: On Financial Advice, Living Well and Building a Billion Dollar Business
Josh here - it was my honor and pleasure to interview Joe Duran, founder of United Capital, on stage earlier this week at the inaugural Wealth/Stack Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Joe made headlines earlier this year when...
Sept. 11, 2019
You are going to be a part of the future - Josh's remarks to the advisor community live from Wealth/Stack
Ritholtz Wealth Management CEO, Josh Brown, welcomes attendees to the inaugural Wealth/Stack conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. 1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or...
Aug. 20, 2019
The Benefits of a Regular Paycheck (Tadas with @FerventFinance)
“I have something to admit – I enjoy receiving a paycheck twice every month. Some people are willing to give up the sure thing to pursue a passion project, launch their own business, or take a year off to travel the world. Wh...
Aug. 8, 2019
Building Personal Equity (Tadas with Dasarte Yarnway)
“Because of the complexity of these compensation structures, I find that most people love the idea of having equity but do not understand it. With companies paying up to 50% of their employees total compensation package in eq...
Aug. 2, 2019
Balancing Today and Tomorrow (Tadas with Jeremy Walter)
“A right balance is somewhere in between – enjoying Today while planning for Tomorrow. And there’s no magical, universal formula, spreadsheet, or ratio to figure this out. It’s entirely subjective to each person and family.” ...
July 31, 2019
What Are Your Thoughts 7/31 (Josh and Michael)
Josh Brown here - Michael Batnick and I return with an all new What Are Your Thoughts! Today's topics: * What technologies that we use now that will soon be obsolete? * Why bother worrying about manufacturing data when consum...
July 18, 2019
Everyone Deserves Good Financial Advice. Everyone. (Josh and Michael with Jon Stein and Dan Egan)
Once upon a time, quality financial advice was only available for millionaires and the sophisticated investors who had the expertise to find the right advisors and understand exactly what they were getting. Non-millionaires a...
July 16, 2019
This isn't a financial business.
This isn't a financial business. It's a communications business. The sooner people get this through their heads, the better equipped they'll be to serve clients. In an all-hands meeting, Josh discusses the primacy of empathy ...