Episodes

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 outperformanc...

“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 a l...

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 first ET...

Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/thecompoundrwm?sub_confirmation=1 Josh here - I absolutely love this discussion between my partner Barry Ritholtz and the one and only Professor Scott Galloway about being happy and learning...

“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 portfolio?” D...

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. Talk to Blair here: ht...

Barry Ritholtz and Downtown Josh Brown welcome storied Wall Street veteran Jeff Saut, formerly of Raymond James, to The Compound. Jeff talks about how he uses both fundamentals and technical analysis in his investment selecti...

“Prior to reading Expected Returns , 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. stocks vs. bonds. Th...

Josh is joined by Jeff Macke to discuss the latest quarterly earnings reports from Target, Walmart, Nordstrom and more! Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" https://www.amazon.com/Ritholtz-Wealth-Man...

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... Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" https:...

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. Enable our Alexa skill ...

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's do...

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. Many books and authors h...

“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.” Peter Lazaroff ...

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! Enab...

“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 where lesso...

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 can ...

Barry Ritholtz wonders why everyone is still so surprised every time the stock market has a correction. The psychology surrounding stock-market declines and recoveries is fascinating. Anytime markets retreat even a little bit...

“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 is 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, creat...

“Personal finance can’t be taught in one day or period. It’s a lifetime journey. A full week, though not long enough, gives kids a fighting chance and sparks their interest for further independent study.” Tony Isola an invest...

“But the truth is, singles should be planning “for one,” because they need to plan, period. When people don’t take ownership of needing to reach financial independence on their own, they are more likely to put off their goals...

Two dueling versions of the looming retirement crisis that affects millennials, Gen Xers and Boomers in various ways. Mary Childs wrote that the shortfall is actually worse than we all think. For example: The average saver pu...

Josh shouts out some of the elite-level activities taking place with Ritholtz Wealth, including some praise for trading, admin and the young financial advisors who are making their mark on the firm and its clientele. Enable o...