Join Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick for another round of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say about the biggest topics in investing and finance!

►00:00 - Intro
►04:00 - MSFT Earnings - "Microsoft’s Earnings Are Coming. 2 Major Issues Hang Over the Stock."
►15:50 - Is the Bear Market Over? - "The current bear has now reached the depth and duration of a normal non-recessionary bear market."
►25:47 - Happy 30th ETFs - "The first ETF is 30 years old this week. It launched a revolution in low-cost investing"
►31:50 - Consumer Staples - Defensive stocks start out the year with hefty valuations.
►36:45 - Fake It Til You Make It - Some of the biggest startup success stories of our generation spent their early years capitalizing on regulatory arbitrage.
►41:35 - Tech Layoffs - "Inside the battle for the future of Amazon"
►53:52 - Make The Case
►01:00:00 - Mystery Chart

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