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 consumer data is what drives the economy? * 75 million Amazon…
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 and younger investors were ignored by traditional Wall Street brokerage firms, left to fend for themselves or,…
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. Lust! Gluttony! Envy! Pride! Wrath! Greed! Sloth! Michael Batnick, Ben Carlson and Downtown…
Economist and author of the smash hit book, “An Economist Walks Into a Brothel” Allison Shrager, sits down with Josh Brown, Barry Ritholtz, and Michael Batnik to discuss the great debate, efficient market hypothesis vs. behavioral finance. They discuss how it is possible for Fama and Shiller to share the…
SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/thecompoundrwm?sub_confirmation=1 On an all-new What Are Your Thoughts - Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown take on the hottest topics of the week. This episode: * Bitcoin is up 250% this year, are we forced to treat investor questions about it more seriously now? * Which would be worse…
Will the Bernie Sanders plan to wipe out student debt crush the stock market? *** GET THE COMPOUND SENT TO YOU EVERY TIME: https://www.youtube.com/thecompoundrwm?sub_confirmation=1 One of the signature achievements of the post-millennial capital markets is the driving down of investor costs to near zero, via Reg NMS which did away…
Who is the most disruptive person in wealth management? It's not a robo founder. Or an index ETF CEO. Or a blogger. In fact, it is Shirl Penney, the founder of Dynasty Financial Partners, whose platform for breakaway brokers who want to become independent advisors and own their own firms…
Legendary financial journalist and author Bethany McLean launches her new podcast, Making a Killing, and she'll be interviewing writers who've done outstanding pieces covering the markets, technology companies, scandals, trades and all the rest of the topics she's covered for such outlets as Fortune and Vanity Fair. Bethany stopped by…
Welcome to FAQ! We get questions from you guys all the time, about everything from asset allocation to interest rates to stocks to commodities. We thought this would be a great format to address some of these topics and give people some specific answers to things they've been wondering about…
On an all new episode of What Are Your Thoughts, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: * What to make of the Beyond Meat extravaganza * Economists' interest rate predictions were hilarious this year * The S&P 500 has been flat for 18 months, now what? * Will the…
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 ETF based on her ideas. Perth believes, as…
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 to live with yourself, in good times and bad. Scott's new book, The Algebra of Happiness, is both highly personal and instantly…
Did you know that teachers are particularly vulnerable to being sold inappropriate investing products because of specific, inherent personality traits? Did you know that approximately 75% of all the dollars invested in 403(b) plans are currently held inside of expensive, and unnecessary, annuities? Did you know that the 403(b) industry…
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 selection process, and why he doesn't pay as much attention to the economy as he does…
A visit from personal finance expert and New York Times bestselling author Ramit Sethi! Josh Brown, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick sat with Ramit to discuss the second edition of his bestselling book "I Will Teach You To Be Rich". They discuss all of the silliest advice out there, the…
Josh and Michael with special guest Ben Carlson (A Wealth Of Common Sense) play What Are Your Thoughts? We discuss: * Why are there over 100,000 funds in the industry? * Why Josh loves Giannis Antetokounmpo even more now * What to make of the first non-transparent ETF * The…
As Amazon's advertising platform grows, which existing platforms are the most vulnerable? Google? Facebook? Or can all three giants coexist? Josh Brown talks with media agency founder Greg March of Noble People about what's going on. Be sure to subscribe to our channel so you never miss an update: https://www.youtube.com/THECOMPOUNDRWM…
Josh here, I spent some time at StockTwits headquarters to talk with Ian Rosen and Justin Paterno about the latest developments in trading and social media. Every month, more than 2 million active users visit StockTwits.com or use its app to learn, communicate, research and joke about markets, stocks, digital…
Josh Brown talks to advertising expert Greg March, founder of New York media agency Noble People, about recent trends in the world of marketing and corporate ad spending. Greg is an industry veteran who has built a reputation for telling clients the truth about their ad campaigns, even when the…
Josh 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 have been influential and important to my understanding about how the market…
Michael Batnick talks with Julian Guthrie, New York Times bestselling author of the new book Alpha Girls, which profiles the small group of women making a big impact in the world of technology and venture capital. You can get Julian's book here: https://amzn.to/2Q0zlms And follow her on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/JulianGuthrie…
Josh, Michael and Ben Carlson live from WeWork Austin to discuss why US stocks and general seem unstoppable versus international stocks, and why technology stocks are dominating in markets around the world. Be sure to subscribe to our channel so you never miss an update: https://www.youtube.com/THECOMPOUNDRWM New to investing? We…
Josh here - my friend Sarah Solomon is funny. I mean really funny. Her new book, "Guac is Extra But So Am I" tells the story of how she learned to get her s*** together enough to survive her twenties. But it's more of a manual for young people trying…
Andrew Chanin, CEO of Procure Asset Management, is well known for the thematic ETFs he's created and now he's out with a fund that is meant to offer investors a pure play on investing in space. Commercial space travel and services is a segment of the market that is attracting…