Episodes

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 ...

July 10, 2019

The 7 Deadly Sins of Investing

FAQ: What are the seven deadly sins of investing? Many of the questions we get from investors revolve around one of these seven mistakes that, if left unchecked, could doom a long-term investing portfolio or retirement plan. ...

July 9, 2019

The Student Debt "Crisis" (Tadas with Andrew Thrasher)

“Student debt has negatively impacted many American’s lives, but it’s not a crisis that I believe warrants an expansion of the government balance sheet to the tune of multiple trillions of dollars. Like anytime the government...

July 5, 2019

Investing as a Hobby (Tadas with David Schawel)

“Where investing as a hobby might be sensible is with a small amount of your assets that you can afford to lose, and that you can handle psychologically. Being under the illusion that diving into investing in a meaningful way...