Sam Ro, the author of TKer, comes back aboard to help us discern what we should be paying attention to, and what we should be ignoring as investors to start the year. From the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs to the Fed's pivot, the outcry for active management to the unaffordability of the housing market, Sam helps us filter the headlines to focus on what's really important. Plus, CEOs are still worried about inflation and a recession despite decent signs around the economy. Should we also be concerned?

LINKS FOR SHOW NOTES

https://layoffs.fyi/
https://www.conference-board.org/publications/C-Suite-Outlook-2024-leading-for-tomorrow
https://www.sofi.com/article/investment-strategy/liz-looks-at-market-signals-so-far/
https://www.tker.co/
https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-in-the-markets-this-week-8425873
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/opportunitycost.asp

Big Deals, Little Deals and No Deals for Investors as the Year Begins

Get ready for the week ahead with Investopedia’s Editor in Chief, Caleb Silver, as he digs into the most important stories in finance and global economics. Through expert analysis, interviews with the biggest names in business, and educational breakdowns of the news that moves markets, The Investopedia Express preps you with the information you need to start your week in finance.

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Julian Hebron of The Basis Point rejoins the show to myth-bust many of the media reports that have painted the real estate market with a broken brush. From affordability to supply, and the impact of A.I. to the seminal broker commission settlement, Julian shows why potential homebuyers and sellers are in the sweetest spot they've been in for years. Plus, more investors are sniffing around the junk bond market in search of higher and higher yields, but the rising stench of defaults is sending our warning winds. And, while the stock market makes new record highs behind the strength of Nvidia, consumer discretionary stocks have not been invited to the party.

Links for show notes:

https://www.investopedia.com/what-a-shorter-stock-trade-settlement-known-as-t-1-means-for-you-8653078
https://www.investopedia.com/what-the-sec-pivot-to-approve-spot-ether-etfs-means-8653633
https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-in-the-markets-this-week-8653037
https://thebasispoint.com/
https://allstarcharts.com/blog/

Why the U.S. Real Estate Market Might Be Healthier Than We Think

From WealthStack at Inside ETFs, a conversation on building portfolios for the future that are built to withstand inflation, geopolitical uncertainty and volatility, with David Blanchett from PGIM, Jonathan Shelton from KraneShares and Michael Meehan from Nuveen. From farmland investing to China and Carbon Capture, professional investors are leaning into alternatives in ways that were hard to imagine just a few years ago. Plus, why last week's meme stock mania does not have the legs of the one we lived through in 2021. And, why now is such a special time to be a shareholder.

LINKS FOR SHOW NOTES

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/shortinterest.asp
https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-in-the-markets-this-week-may-20-2024-8650191
https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dividendpayoutratio.asp
https://kraneshares.com/#
https://www.pgim.com/dc-solutions/home
https://www.nuveen.com/en-us/insights
https://www.ndr.com/media

How the Pros are Constructing Portfolios for the Future

Tom Sosnoff, the visionary fintech entrepreneur who created Think or Swim and TastyTrade, rejoins The Express to talk about why we need to be teaching Risk as part of financial literacy, why investors need to lose in order to win, and what the future of trading and investing technology looks like over the next ten years. Plus, some of the top performing global markets in the world are all in South America. What's up down below?

LINKS FOR SHOW NOTES

https://www.investopedia.com/cpi-inflation-april-2024-preview-8646157
https://www.tastylive.com/talent/tom-sosnoff
https://advantage.factset.com/hubfs/Website/Resources%20Section/Research%20Desk/Earnings%20Insight/EarningsInsight_051024.pdf
https://www.investopedia.com/legendary-investor-and-quant-king-jim-simons-dies-at-86-8646726

Redefining Risk, and the Future of Trading Technology

The Express returns to Omaha, Nebraska where tens of thousands of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders have gathered for 60 years to hear words of wisdom from Warren Buffett and listen to how he intends to keep growing their investment. Absent this year, of course, was Charlie Munger, Berkshire's former Vice-Chairman and Buffett's partner in building the conglomerate, who passed away last November just one month shy of his 100th birthday. We caught up with the Berkshire faithful as they shopped til they dropped and listened to Buffett's succession plans as he passes the reins to Greg Abel and Ajit Jain.

LINKS FOR SHOW NOTES

https://sentimentrader.com/blog
https://opensea.io/collection/boredapeyachtclub

https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-in-the-markets-this-week-may-5-8643141

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/buyback.asp

https://www.investopedia.com/investors-aren-t-worried-right-now-but-they-re-not-buying-either-8642075

https://www.investopedia.com/key-takeaways-warren-buffett-berkshire-hathaway-annual-meeting-2024-8643567

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1E20HeIvRc

https://www.investopedia.com/4-key-takeaways-from-apple-q2-2024-earnings-call-8642680

Inside the 60th Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting Among the Buffett Faithful

Carson Block, CEO of Muddy Waters Research, joins The Express to explain how one of the most influential short sellers identifies the frauds, the lies, the half-truths and the warning signs that companies sometimes use to dupe investors. Block discusses why his firm and others are looking deep into the commercial and residential real estate markets for what might be rotting inside balance sheets, and the catchphrases investors should be aware of inside corporate filings. Plus, retail investors took an extended spring break in April, but may have rediscovered their favorite stocks.

LINKS FOR SHOW NOTES
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stagflation.asp
https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-in-the-markets-this-week-8639418
https://muddywatersresearch.com/
https://www.vandaresearch.com/news/
https://www.investopedia.com/1973-energy-crisis-definition-5222090
https://advantage.factset.com/hubfs/Website/Resources%20Section/Research%20Desk/Earnings%20Insight/EarningsInsight_042624A.pdf

Big Deals, Little Deals and No Deals for Investors as the Year Begins

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