Episodes

Oct. 14, 2025

Becoming the Amazon of Real Estate With Rocket’s Varun Krishna, Roaring Bank Earnings, Wall Street Fires on All Cylinders

On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown is joined by Varun Krishna, CEO of Rocket Companies, a $50 billion giant in the mortgage and real estate market, to discuss the prospect of a refi boom and a new upcycle for the housing market. Then at 28:00, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! This episode is sponsored by F/m Investments and Rocket Money. Learn more about the F/m Compoundr ETFs at https://FmInvest.com Canc...
Oct. 10, 2025

Retail Investors Just Plowed $100 Billion Into Stocks. THIS MONTH.

On episode 212 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Scott Nations, Author and president of Nations Indexes, Inc., the world's leading independent developer of volatility indexes and option strategy indexes to discuss: market bubbles, retail's big moment, massive volume in quantum names, the return of meme stocks, the first cracks in credit, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Grayscale. Find ou...
Oct. 7, 2025

Solana tokenizes stocks with Anatoly Yakovenko, eVTOL stocks with Andres Sheppard, Oracle questions, BDC trouble

On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown and Michael Batnick welcome Anatoly Yakovenko, CEO of Solana Labs and Co-founder of Solana to discuss the prospects for a tokenized stock market. Anatoly explains why SOL is the right answer for creating liquidity and tokenizing both privately-held and publicly-traded stocks around the world. Then at 44:28, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! This episode is sponsored by Publ...
Oct. 5, 2025

Fidelity’s Quant Boss Reveals Her Top 3 “Desert Island” Stock Market Indicators

On this special episode of The Compound and Friends, Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick are joined by Denise Chisholm, Director of Quantitative Market Strategy in the Quantitative Research and Investments (QRI) division at Fidelity to walk the boys through why she remains bullish on the stock market. Denise takes Josh and Michael through the most important indicators she follows as her gauge for where the economy and stock market may be heading. This episode is presented by Fidelity Invest...
Oct. 3, 2025

How Peter Lynch Became The Greatest Fund Manager Of All Time

On episode 211 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is joined by Peter Lynch, Vice Chairman of Fidelity Management and Research to discuss: Peter's legendary career, how individual investors can succeed in the market, the biggest investing mistakes, and much more! This episode is presented by Fidelity Investments and the all-new Fidelity Trader+, Fidelity’s most powerful trading platform yet. Learn more at: https://Fidelity.com/TraderPlus Sign up f...
Sept. 26, 2025

How to Earn Stock Market Returns With Half the Risk

On episode 210 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Steve Romick to discuss: risk management, value investing, surviving the dot-com bubble, the markets moving faster than ever, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Public and Vanguard. Fund your account in five minutes or less by visiting: https://public.com/compound Learn more about Vanguard at: https://www.vanguard.com/audio Sign up for The Com...
Sept. 23, 2025

Is It Too Good? AI Capex Explodes Higher, Pre-Revenue Stock Boom, Will Falling Mortgage Rates Save Us With Telis Demos (WSJ)

On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown welcomes Telis Demos, writer for Heard on the Street and co-host of The Wall Street Journal’s Take on the Week podcast to discuss: mortgage rates falling, the TikTok deal, record margin debt, JPMorgan credit card spending, the new threat facing active fund managers, Private market investments coming into 401(k)’s, and much more! Then at 43:22 hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...
Sept. 19, 2025

Tom Sosnoff Will Teach You Trading

On episode 209 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Tom Sosnoff⁠ to discuss: what it takes to become a trader, how Tom got into the business, his experience selling thinkorswim to TD-Ameritrade, Chicago vs NYC, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Neuberger Berman and Apex Fintech Solutions Learn more about NBSD and get important information at https://www.nb.com/nbsd. NBSD from Neuberger. Investors sh...
Sept. 16, 2025

Stocks After a Rate Cut With Nick Colas, the End of Quarterly Earnings Reports, Strategy Denied S&P Inclusion

On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown is joined by Nick Colas of DataTrek Research to discuss: the size of the next rate cut, the history of S&P multiples, Microsoft in 1999 vs today, outperforming sectors of the market, and much more! Then at 44:35, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! This episode is sponsored by Public and Rocket Money. Fund your account in five minutes or less by visiting: https://public.com/WAYT...
Sept. 12, 2025

$1.5 Trillion Money Manager Jenny Johnson Speaks Out

On episode 208 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are at Future Proof Festival with special guest Jenny Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Franklin Templeton to discuss: secrets to a successful career in finance, the rise of alternative investments in the wealth channel, how AI and blockchain technology will reshape the financial services industry, and much more! This episode is sponsored by GPZ by VanE...
Sept. 5, 2025

The Truth Behind Private Equity’s Megaboom

On episode 207 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Michael Sidgmore, Partner and Co-Founder of Broadhaven Ventures to discuss: the evolution of private markets, evergreen funds, the T. Rowe Price/Goldman deal, and much more! This episode is sponsored by WisdomTree and Apex Fintech Solutions For Portfolio Consultations by WisdomTree visit https://www.wisdomtree.com/portfolioconsultations⁠ Find out more about...
Sept. 2, 2025

Google Pops, Belief in the American Dream Drops, Regional Bank Stocks Rally Ahead of Rate Cuts

On this TCAF Tuesday, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! This episode is sponsored by MSCI and Rocket Money. To learn more about MSCI, visit https://info.msci.com/chrt-i4w-pdcst Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money. Go to https://rocketmoney.com/compound today. Sign up for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Compound Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and never miss out! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagra...
Aug. 29, 2025

The Bull Market in Electricity

On episode 206 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Jan Van Eck to discuss: Nvidia earnings, AI replacing jobs, future energy demands, why the national debt matters, the case for gold, private equity returns, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Public and Vanguard. Fund your account in five minutes or less by visiting: http://public.com/compound Learn more about Vanguard by visiting: https://www.vanguard...
Aug. 26, 2025

Wilfred Frost Comes By, Margin Debt Tops $1 Trillion, Nvidia Earnings Preview

On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown welcomes CNBC host Wilfred Frost for a look at the success of US stocks vs the UK’s market and what made Wilfred’s dad David Frost one of the most important TV journalists of the 20th Century. Then at 37:30, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! This episode is sponsored by Public. Find out more at: https://public.com/WAYT Sign up for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Compound Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and never miss o...
Aug. 22, 2025

Tom Lee Says It's Still Early

On episode 205 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Tom Lee to discuss: V-shaped recoveries, the AI driven economy, a stock-picker's market, Jackson Hole, the case for Ethereum, Tom's Granny Shots, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Neuberger Berman and Apex Fintech Solutions. Learn more about NBSD, including important information about fees, risks and performance at https://www.nb.com/en/us/products/etf...
Aug. 19, 2025

Coinbase Is the Godfather, the Return of Cathie Wood, Neil Dutta on Jackson Hole

On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh and Michael sit down with Coinbase Chief Financial Officer, Alesia Haas, and Chief Legal Officer, Paul Grewal, to dive into what’s next for the world’s largest digital asset exchange. Then at 45:23, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! This episode is sponsored by Betterment Advisor Solutions and Rocket Money. Grow your RIA, your way by visiting: https://Betterment.com/advisors Cancel you...
Aug. 15, 2025

Does the Stock Market Know Something We Don’t?

On episode 204 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is joined by Shannon Saccocia and Todd Sohn to discuss: the market narrative, the AI economy, ARK's big run, Circle's round trip, M&A, the labor market, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Grayscale and Apex Fintech Solutions. Find out more about Grayscale by visiting: https://www.grayscale.com/ Find out more about Wavvest’s planning engine powered by advanced AI and built on Apex’s AscendOS at https://www.w...
Aug. 12, 2025

Things People Say in a Bull Market

On this TCAF Tuesday, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! This episode is sponsored by F/m Investments/ To learn more about F/m Compoundr series and their additional ETF Easy products visit us at https://www.fminvest.com/etfs/f-m-compoundr-series/ Sign up for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Compound Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and never miss out! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/thecompoundnews⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/thecompoun...
Aug. 8, 2025

The Week We All Found Out

On episode 203 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Sam Ro and Luke Kawa to discuss: AI dominating the economy, crypto and PE in 401(k)s, consumer spending, the BLS, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Betterment Advisor Solutions and Vanguard. Grow your RIA, your way by visiting: https://Betterment.com/advisors Learn more about Vanguard at: https://vgi.vg/3GbOsYM. Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and ne...
Aug. 5, 2025

Socialist Mayors, AI vs Labor With Callie Cox, Falling Knife Stocks

On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh is joined by Garrett Baldwin to discuss the socioeconomic factors behind why the stock market is making record highs but young people are embracing socialism in their political choices. Then at 42:08, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with a special appearance by Ritholtz Wealth Chief Market Strategist Callie Cox! This episode is sponsored by Public. Fund your account in five minutes or ...
Aug. 1, 2025

Why Valuations Don't Matter

On episode 202 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Adam Parker to discuss: earnings season, the Fed holding steady, R&D spending in big tech, Hulk Hogan's wealth, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Global X ETFs. Visit: https://www.globalxetfs.com/ and start exploring new opportunities today. Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thecompoundnews.com/subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠in...
July 29, 2025

Trump Is Winning His Trade War, Michael Cembalest on 20 Years Running Research at Jpmorgan, Earnings Reactions Galore

On this TCAF Tuesday, Michael Cembalest, Chairman of Market and Investment Strategy at J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management joins Josh and Michael to mark the 20th anniversary of Eye on the Market, his influential research note that’s become must-read material for investors around the world. We’ll talk about some of the most memorable charts, boldest calls, and enduring themes from his archive—and what they can teach us about the markets today. Then at 01:10:08, hear an all-new episode of What ...
July 25, 2025

Meme Stocks or Manipulation?

On episode 201 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by Ritholtz Wealth COO Nick Maggiulli and Investopedia's Caleb Silver⁠ to discuss: are meme stocks market manipulation, how much bigger can Bitcoin get, where young people are spending their money, The Wealth Ladder, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Public. Fund your account in five minutes or less by visiting: http://public.com/compound Buy Nick's new book! Sign u...
July 22, 2025

Stocks Fueling Consumers, AI Bull Market Tracks the Late 90’s With Nick and Jessica, Mohamed El-Erian Tells Powell to Resign

On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown is joined by Nick Colas and Jessica Rabe, co-founders of DataTrek Research. They take a look at the current earnings and valuation of the S&P 500 to determine whether or not there is still upside for investors buying stocks today. Jessica points out a nearly perfect parallel between the current AI driven rally and the original Dot Com boom from 25 years ago. Then at 39:57, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with ⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠...