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, including:

►00:00 - Intro
►01:45 - Omicron Panic - Covid drops a Christmas album right before the end of the year.
►10:59 - Worst Stock Ever - Thoughts and prayers to all long-term TWTR investors.
►18:00 - Chairman Powell - J-Pow might seem like the Michael Jordan of Fed Chairs, but he's really just a Gordon Hayward.
►22:11 - The Market Works - The winners end up winning and the losers end up losing.
►25:50 - December Rally? - "It's The Most Wonderful Bullish Time Of The Year"
►28:52 - Busted IPOs - "Half of this year's big IPOs are trading below listing price."
►33:28 - Taxing Buybacks - Will the proposed 1% tax on buybacks change anything?
►35:41 - The Future of Investing - How will the current market environment impact young investors moving forward?

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