What's up y'all,

We’s havin a WILD time on episode #46!

We had a Chief Technology Officer

(Noshod may not have won “Cincinnati’s funniest” last month but this dude had us ROLLIN!!)

Yo, did you all know that the IT department is becoming a PROFIT center? Brian Greenberg, CTO to some serious companies, broke it down. 

Most importantly, companies he works for are getting RANSOMED by the cyber-mafia! Instead of paying millions of $’s, hit up cyber-hero Brian to protect yo-self before you wreck yo-self. 

Y’all see the stock market barely move last week? AND the oil market pretty quiet too? How’s this possible when TWO oil tankers in the Middle East were blown up!? 

If this was a LEGIT attack, markets would’ve *freaked out.*

Instead, I explain how both the markets AND me are suspicious. 

Bottom line: I don’t think Iran really did this. I don’t think the markets do either. Keep investin, y’all good. 

What else did we discuss?

- Mark Zuck wakes up erryday and puts a chip in the side of his brain

- Noshod got a cousin named Raytheon

- It’s gettin Impossible to eat an Impossible burger

Chillax and enjoy!

Amer 

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

02:25- Noshod breaks down Cincinnati comedy competition

04:25- Robert Bozitch - we all got some name drama

07:35- Chris's upcoming movie "Seems"

09:55- Brian Greenberg - CTO rubbing shoulders with CEO's

12:05- Raytheon & United Tech Merger; Noshod's Cousin??

13:45- A unnamed Muslim guy is one of the biggest US gun supplier to big box stores

17:00- Amer's Airpods are GANGSTA

19:00- How'd stocks stay calm despite serious middle eastern conflict?

23:35- Iran situation super suspicious given we the US have the itchy trigger finger

24:00- Is Bitcoin REALLY anonymous?

25:00- What is ransomware? Are cyber ransoms a REAL thing?

34:05- Noshod tried "Musk" strain of cannabis and it raised his IQ 4 points

39:25- Trade war with China is HUGE; oil tankers and Iran are Trump using them to distract

40:45- Fake beef is what's for dinner; there's a shortage

47:20- Brian has eaten different types of insects while living in Japan

50:25- Beyond Meat stock - Amer recommends to start building a position

53:35- Beyond Meat getting sued for having "meat" in their name

57:15- Firefighters don't eat bacon bc it smells similar to charred skin

58:55- Facebook doubling spending on corporate ad's to improve their reputation; sign of things about to get

01:07:35- Facebook's FAKE news

01:13:30- VR Technology: is VR closer to "taking off" ?

01:26:30- Ransom ware - what is this really all about?

01:39:10- Brian breaks down what it's like to be a CTO

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Wassup y'all,

Stocks are up 6+% in the last 4 sessions! That's a HUGE move in such a short time! WTF happened? Why's this market all over the place? I break it down -- bottom line: THE FED. We also discuss what might be the REAL intentions behind Trump's trade war - man that sh!t's getting shadier and shadier each day that passes. We then jump into scratchin everyone's "trader" itch:  Ever think about becoming a futures trader? Maybe doing it part-time to make a lil extra cash? Maybe you've wondered "Do I have the stomach for that?"

My boy Brooke Hoerr in London broke it down. This dude traded extra large positions in both the stock and bond markets for several years. At one point, Brooke told us a story about being on the train line one morning that, a couple hours after he got off, got bombed in the London bombings, yet still going into the office to trade! 

Comedian Anthony Bonazzo dropped some funny 1-liners. To him, day-trading is like being on Facebook all day, but waaayyyy more productive.  

Sit back, relax and enjoy!

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

01:45 - Anthony Bonazzo - performed last night in Chicago's NBC Breakout Festival

03:10 - Is our guest Brooke the JPMorgan 'London Whale'?

07:10 - Stocks crushed in May due to tariffs. US then smacked the sh!t out of Mexico, makin it worse

09:00 - US government putting Google through a full-blown cavity search - stocks crushed MORE!

10:30 - Possible US motive for investing Google and Facebook

12:50 - Almost 2/3 of ALL INTERNET ADVERTISING goes thru either Google or Facebook

17:00 - Fed JOLTED the market 6-7% when they suggested they may cut interest rates

19:25 - Keep investing 20% weekly/monthly. Keep powder dry if you want to invest more

25:00 - Should Anthony buy gold right now?

25:30 - What are some reasons Trump would artificially create trade wars? 

30:00 - Anyone can bet on the predictability of a panic (ie, trading volatility)

37:00 - What's the difference between day trading and regular investing?

37:35 - Need a strong bladder to trade all day; need to invent the "futures diaper"

38:35 - What was Brooke's biggest trade ever?

40:20 - London bombing: Brooke trading in anguish that morning while following the story

41:40 - If Anthony (or anyone) wanted to be a trader, what exactly is needed?

44:45 - Finance lingo: is it unnecessarily complicated? Why? Investment scams

47:20 - Finance is such an intricate part of our country, yet most "not understood" thing

48: 30 - Even investors with millions DO NOT understand markets

50:00 - How does $20k security deposit work if you go work as a day trader trading futures?

52:15 - Would Brooke go back and be a part-time day trader?

53:35 - Can anyone be a part-time day trader? How many hours would a person need to be in front of computer screens? 

55:40 - How much does an average day trader make? 

57:45 - Anthony's personal training clients: some throw their iPhones against the wall

59:20 - Brooke's manager gettin all up in his face threatening him

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Wassup chedda-makers, 

The world's GREATEST investor, Warren "Benjamin's for Breakfast" Buffett, says: If you want to raise your net worth by 50%, then before anything else, invest first in YOURSELF. This dude doesn't hang up his Nebraska college degree in his office. He doesn't hang up his Master's degree from Columbia. He hangs up the communications certificate he got from the Dale Carnegie course he took decades ago. Invest in YOURSELF. 

And that's why we had some awesome guests for episode 44: executive coach Patrick McWard, aka P-Mickey, talked street cred on how to invest in ourselves, while Meghan Powell hooked us up with some cool laughs about LaCroix & Juul stock. Bottom line? If you want an EDGE over errryone else, hook up your emotional intelligence game and get REAL with your colleagues and clients. P-Mickey gets into the deets of how to make this happen. We also had the whimsical Mexican ambassador to the United States on this episode, who broke down wassup with Donny Trump and this crazy-a$$ 5% tariff. He basically says: this sh!t ain't gonna be effective whatsoever. 

After that, I break down how this impacts the markets. Let's summarize: 

- you have a REAL China trade war happening 

- you have a potential Mexican trade war about to happen. 

So sh!t's gettin real. Put your seat belts on, we bout's to have some more turbulence in the markets. My point in all this? Keep powder dry and start building up some courage to use it. You want to keep investing - even as the market's going down - and if you see it down 10%, down 20%, down 30%, that's where you want to be investing a little bit more money at each draft downwards. 

Kick back, Relax, Enjoy this episode! Peace. 

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

01:35- Patrick intro - executive coach. From sales-man to SOUL-man. 

04:05-  Meghan went blonde for the summer

07:20- Pat's 40-acre soybean farm in S. IL lost China as a buyer 

13:25- China trade war: China's "blacklisting" America

15:10- DJT created the Mexico problem to distract us from  China

16:00- Mexican "ambassador" explains how tariff is BS

24:05- Buffett: Be greedy when others scared, and be scared when others are greedy

28:00- How to stay current & un-depressed

33:00- LaCroix stock down 65%! Buy opportunity

40:30- Juul launching retail stores "Apple stores for Vapers"

45:15- J.P. Morgan  $5mm lawsuit by new dad's 

49:40- Patrick McWard - exec coach, prof speaker, wrote 2 books

51:50- Spiritual awakening while super successful yet super unhappy 

01:02:30- Details on Pat's 2 books

01:04:20- Meditation retreat changed his life

01:05:20- Has now spent cumulative 4 years of his life in front of audience

01:08:00- Jean Paul Sartre - Philosopher - "if thoughts and actions unaligned, you WILL be unhappy"

01:09:55- Warren Buffet - "Best investment is in your own self"

01:11:50- How  do Execs invest in themselves hiring Patrick?

01:13:50- Huge edge in business? Ramp up your emo. intelligence

01:16:00- "Be your best self"

01:17:50- "Trust foundation of Leadership"- Patrick

01:21:50- How Patrick created multiple streams of income for himself

01:25:20- Healing the mind by shutting down logic - Pat oil painting 10 hours / week

01:27:40- Pat turned his hobby into a career

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Wassup y’all,

Episode 43! We talked trade war, we talked race, we talked content! Comedian Tito (aka Puerto Rican Stevie Wonder) was straight crackin us up! 

Yo this trade war sh!t’s fo real now! China stepped up things a couple notches, so put your seat belts on y’all: gettin ready to invest in upcoming weeks is what separates the MEN from the boys. 

We also talked to my boy Professor Pat Wimp - he done dropped some serious-a$$ knowledge on us!

This dude:

- teaches TV/Film & Digital Media at Northwestern and DePaul. 

- has pitched his TV pilot to HBO

- makes content for McDonald’s, Facebook & Cubs/Bulls/Sox 

Check out these diamonds he dropped about the “game” of content: 

- “Entertain and educate.”

- “Attention is everything.” 

- “To maximize your return, make several pieces of shorter content.”

Best part? Pat schooled us on how to make $50,000 or $100,000 Nike-type cinematic content for $5,000 or $10,000!!! THAT is how to get a great investment return on your content money! 

Sit back, relax and enjoy the episode! 

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

04:20- Pat’s one of the TOP content creators in Chicago with 12 years experience 

1:06:20- Making a $50k or $100k Nike-level commercial for $5k or $10k! 

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Wassup bid-ness peeps!

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

4:50- See Noshod on May 22 at the comedy competition in Cincinnati @8pm @ Go Bananas Club 

11:30- Uber IPO with Grandma Za Ree Ree 

21:30- Wassup with all these IPO flops? 

25:00- A guy suing apple for “facial recognition” theft 

31:20- Trump’s Trade war is really a sneaky way to tax middle class 

34:20- what would a Chinese Mexican war look like? 

39:00- Free Uber rides as marketing to hook people in 

42:05- China: abuse of Uighur Muslims 

46:30- Danny’s bio of his father Tony Rezko 

1:06:40- Barack on speed dial 

1:18:30- Danny learned about real estate from his dad 

1:20:00- Danny's best deal ever 

1:23:20- How Danny made $200k by buying loans from Citi for $5k and threatening a borrower with “fraud transfer” 

1:43:10- The 3 Magical ways to increase the value of real estate

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Wazzzup up y'all,

Episode 41! From multiple wives to the Uber IPO to "what's heaven & hell??", it was a super interesting and funny episode!

Biggest takeaway? "You'll NEVER get rich working for someone else!"  --writer and entrepreneur Val Gee

Our guest Val Gee was awesome! (https://www.amazon.com/Val-Gee/e/B000APG4OQ?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1557707149&sr=8-1). We also had on the hilarious Lancey Joe (Comedy Tub, Thursday's 7:30pm at Chicago Joe's http://www.comedyofchicago.com/2017/02/comedy-tub-free-comedy-show.html).

Val Gee showed us WASSSUP! She's banged out SIX books in 19 years! My favorite (and hers too!) of the 6? "You Married a WHAT!?!...And Now I Have a Muslim in My House!"

Wait'll you hear the story about her Egyptian son-in-law Ehab! Even better, Val schools us on how money keeps flowin' for her ever since she wrote her first book in '99...and her phone hasn't stopped ringin since!

Uber went public - one of the biggest IPO's in American history at ~$80..BILLION...DOLLARS. Bad a$$ technology company, too bad they're a PR nightmare.

Speaking of trainwrecks-cluster-f*cks-and-dumpster-fires, Facebook lit on fire again. Zuck's boy Chris Hughes flung some sh!t at Zuck....aaannnddd let the GAMES BEGIN! Chris was a former exec of FB - he's saying Zuck's a d*ck and FB needs to be broken up.

Listen in, sit back, relax and enjoy the episode! 

6:00- Ramadan's here baby!

12:55- Markets went down almost every day this week...thanks Drumpf

17:30- WHERE'S Heaven and hell?

19:00- China trade war - how's this the only shot we have at Trump losing 2020?

32:20- Uber went public; worth buying?

38:00- 60 20 20 rule to save you years of pain and heartache (Val speaks from experience!)

40:50- Facebook fine so low the stock actually went UP 7% when it was announced!

56:40- Val Gee getting old is actually GREAT  (she wrote a book called "The Winners Attitude"!)

1:08:00- Val's daily writing process - writing is re-writing

1:14:00- Emotional intelligence: Val's "A-B-C-D-E" process to get you emotionally smarter!

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Yo! Number 40!!! Woohoooo!

You. Gotta. LISTEN TO THIS ONE!

We had one of the most legit-amazing-O.G.-human-beings-on-the-planet: Teju Ravilochan. This G is a hidden treasure!

This episode was fun! Inspiring! Education fo' the soul! Can you imagine investing in social causes that have BAD-A$$ potential to change the world? AND make money?! Teju makes that happen!

Teju co-founded a *social impact* accelerator called Unreasonable Institute (now Uncharted). Basically, Teju's (former) organization gets behind entrepreneurs that try to push the world to be better. Like Moses, for example, whose company Eco-Fuel Africa discovered a way to turn human waste into fuel (which has now helped millions of girls in Uganda attend school instead of traveling long distances to search for firewood).

Our comedian guest Sam Prickett was....also on. He quit smoking this week. So he was ANNOYING 🤣

We then jumped into talking about markets - company earnings reports, the Federal Reserve, and the eye-popping jobs report showing 263,000 peeps gettin hired in the US (but were those jobs any good? we discuss). Finally, we got into the nitty gritty of WHY should a person even bother investing?

Get ready for some feel-good!

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

02:40- Teju - co-founded a non-profit called "Unreasonable Institute" (now Uncharted)

04:00- Examples of entrepreneurs launching startups that do social good

08:40- Teju's personal story on his first trip to India

12:20- Can a person invest AND do social good?

16:50- How does Uncharted help startups?

19:00- Where is Teju headed next?

23:00- Can we solve the homeless problem by giving away money?

33:00- How can a layperson support holistically?

37:40- Talking about the markets - Jobs and Unemployment

48:20- Google and apple earnings reports

49:40- Warren Buffett buying billions of Amazon stock

51:50- What's insider trading?

53:30- All about Apple getting into services

58:15- Federal reserve bank meeting

1:00:20- Tesla needs cash FAST

1:02:10- Is convertible debt basically a drop-top?

1:04:50- Why should a person invest?

1:14:20- Become shareholders instead of just employees!

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Wasup y'all,

We got REAL on this ep! I couldn't ignore the Sri Lanka tragedy - may all those who lost their lives rest in peace. How the efff did Sri Lanka miss all the warnings!? Focusin on money and power, that's how.

But then we got into it! We had my lawyer buddy, Jon Friedland, get real about bankruptcy! Are there ways to scoop up companies going bankrupt on the cheap? If so, how? And why is Jon doin' business deals in the back rooms of sketchy bars? Me and comedian St. James Jackson hit up Jon with all sorts of wacky 'what-if's'.

We were also talm'bout the markets - this week they hit an ALL-TIME high! Bottom-line? Keep investin, it's all about the long game right now.

Finally, we asked the hard question: should everyone be going to college? WHERE did this idea - everyone needs to go to college - even come from? Is it outdated?

Enjoy the episode! Thanks for tuning in!

06:30- Sri Lanka terrorist attack

25:38- The stock market's at ALL TIME RECORD HIGHS!

34:20- Uber going public in stock market

43:10- Tesla missed earnings; announces Robotaxi's

48:30- 60/20/20 formula

51:45- Jon Friedland: Top Chicago bankruptcy attorney

53:00- How a company decides whether to declare bankruptcy or not

1:07:40- Secured and unsecured debt

1:15:10- Are there entrepreneurs that making money buying co's going through bankruptcy?

1:37:00- One successful deal example

Wassup guys,

I had a blast doing episode 38! 

I had some dear friends on - our biz guest was my boy Mansoor Panawala, a Harvard grad and currently Google exec whose team's responsible for $2.5bn in revenue!

We also had my good friend on Carinda Rae Larson, a comedian -- who by the way, works at a bar next to the Chicago Board of Trade -- she gave us some good inside scoop on what some of the floor traders are like that come into her bar!

The markets this past week  basically did nothin'. What we DID get was the Mueller report. Bottom line? Y'all better get ready for some even stronger markets on the back of this report! Democrats done messed this up BIG TIME ... Trump likely in for 4 more years.

We then  get into some Google stuff with Mansoor - craziest thing? 2 Chainz is a regular visitor at Google headquarters! We also dig into Mansoor's Harvard MBA - does a Harvard degree guarantee REAL business success? 

Finally, Yahia from our investment posse speaks truth about why he's really on this podcast - dude's been making money off of it by tellin' lil old ladies he knows money and then they ask him to manage theirs!

Chillax and enjoy the episode! 

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

0:30 Driving vs. flying between states

4:17 Return to talking about Mansoor

8:54 The Mueller Report. No conclusive evidence against Trump himself. Russia interfered with the election- but US does the same?

11:00 Defining the Mueller Report

12:10 Why do we care about this? Legislation’s impact on the stock market. Trump’s influence on stocks → keep investing! Mansoor’s take on the Report

17:00 Carinda’s take on the stock market and ‘Chicago Trader’ inside info

26:00 60-20-20

27:50 Our economy is built to make the rich richer, but stock market can help you level the field

28:30 Yahia & Nurse at the "Battle of the Badges"

39:10 Next topic: IPO’s, Zoom, Pinterest

46:00 The OTHER Zoom stock results

1:00:00 Different kinds of people in the consulting/finance industry

1:03:58 Work Ethic trumps education

1:04:10 Google in the news

1:06:00 Mansoor’s expectations for working at Google vs. the reality

1:09:30 What does Mansoor actually do for Google? $100 bil of revenues. “Pity clicks”

1:14:00 How much is Google watching? They know when you’re in a certain store.

1:15:00 Blame EVERYTHING on Amazon!

1:17:55 Sears finally suing Eddie Lampert

1:21:20 Companies in America are SUPER powerful - Mansoor says they can be vampires

1:22:25 Lampert was kidnapped and finessed his way out

1:24:00 The liabilities of profit seekers

1:25:45 Boeing is going to start flying those planes again ?!!!

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Wasup y'all,

Man we had some fun on this episode!

We had my brother, the restaurant HUSTLER Mutaz, on, along with the crazy, wacky, offensive and gotta-love-him comedian Noshod Barrow on.

We started out talm'bout the markets - how's it possible that earnings for some companies -- like Apple, FedEx, are actually going DOWN, yet the stock market's going UP?!

We then discuss Trump nominating a pizza chain CEO to the Fed board, and how maybe that's a good thing for investors, even though the dude's unqualified! 

Finally, we asked my bro - how did he succeed in the restaurant bidness?

Enjoy the episode! Thanks for tuning in!5:40 Markets

5:40 Markets

11:02 Fed Reserve Bank Propping up Market - they are like the captain of the titanic

12:50 Noshod question about Federal Reserve messing up economy

15:24 Federal Reserve Bank

15:55 Noshod qualifications for Fed 

19:17 Could a chair run as governor of Virginia?

19:35 Herman Cain

22:14 Is Donald Trump a time traveler?

27:40 Mexican border shutdown

29:00 Brilliance of Trump: creates problem, presents solution

32:54 Trump cancels border shutdown to improve stock markets

34:35 Mutaz teaching us the restaurant business

36:17 Mutaz: "it ain't that glamorous"

40:46 Noshod’s restaurant idea - kick ass drive-thru

42:03 Amer asks Mutaz would you advise someone to open a “different” restaurant

45:24 “Love what you do” - Mutaz. Businesses fail b/c lack of knowledge of funding, management, customer service

48:03 Funny story of Mezza burning down

52:51 Logistics of restaurant business

57:22 Marketing food service establishments is important

1:01:23 When to close down a restaurant?

1:05:40 Tricks to make restaurant successful: Dad saying buy own produce from the “Farmers markets on steroids”

1:07:46 Cutting out middle man for produce to save money

1:09:44 How much to make price of food based on costs?

1:11:29 Economy slowing down - evidence? Retail rents going down

1:11:55 Uber Will go public at $100B valuation

1:16:20 Uber transformed transportation

1:17:40 Accents of Uber drivers and self driving cars

1:20:13 Amer doesn’t recommend buying Uber or Lyft

1:20:46 60/20/20 Rule

1:21:21 Are we in a time that is almost impossible to bring down America?

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