Financial Testimony

In this week’s regularly scheduled episode, we discuss conspiracy theories that have gained traction around the Covid vaccine and the one sided thinking that tends to follow them. At (10:40) we give our hot takes on when the economy changes cycles and goes into a recession, arguing over definitions and deep topics,  if they have any effect on the events that ultimately play out. Hayden makes a bet $5 with Alyssa over their opinions on when a recession will strike next, then at (26:30) we begin to compare post-pandemic life with pandemic life so far.

In this week’s poorly produced and painfully postponed episode, you get to listen to Alyssa’s microphone pick up the noise from her dragging her laptop and Hayden’s decibels rapidly change due to poor internet connection. Hayden backs up his comments from last week about 90% of Bitcoin ‘investors’, we discuss Google’s iron grip over the web search query process, and how u/DFV is holding up in the GameStop hearing on Thursday. Google is at odds with Australia over paying for media companies using their services and DFV is David, fighting the Goliaths of Wall Street and Robinhood over potential market manipulation. 

Note from Hayden: To be clear I am bearish on Bitcoin investors but bullish on the idea of Cryptocurrencies, and I have positions in Bitcoin and Tron. 

In this week’s great episode, we discuss the protection of Free Speech, how the medium has completely changed since the inception of the First Amendment, and how governing the medium has become the norm. At (12:42) we bring up the age old question about the correlation to money and a person’s happiness, how it impacts an individual’s investment behavior and strategies moving forward. Lastly at (27:36) we begin to share our personal thoughts on how we think about investing and how people should behave during the buying and selling phases of trading a stock.

In this week’s highly anticipated episode of Tech Talk, Hayden breaks down the value play that was GameStop before mass media spoke about a short squeeze, we discuss how Robinhood has not made friends this week as lawsuit after lawsuit is forming against them as well as a potential SEC investigation, Alyssa finally watches Hayden’s suggested show Billions and we discuss how relevant the show is in the current status of Wall Street.

If you are interested in the article Hayden wrote as a WSB insider check it out on techtalkpod.com, he breaks down the history of how WSB invested in $GME.

In this week’s structurally challenged and lately posted episode we briefly discuss Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates’ philanthropic goals and how they give back to their local community or internationally, we go over the clear change that has taken place over the past 30 sum years in start up funding and why investment funds have gone heavy into start ups with a focus on social impact, and lastly we discuss a bit of our personal experiences with Hayden working at Starbucks for 2+ years or Alyssa getting placed in a group project for class at USC. 

(Side note: Our audio may sound different over the next couple of weeks we have recently changed how we record)

In this week's poorly recorded conversation we call a podcast, we discuss the relevance of Section 230, how it protects companies from what users say on their platform,  and different ways we thought about how it could change. At (8:31) we begin to talk about how medicine is advancing in what seems like the most unsophisticated way possible. Lastly, at (19:48) Hayden explains his favorite personal topic right now GameStop, the massive short squeeze surrounding the stock, and the subreddit that may see an SEC investigation any day now. Obligatory Disclaimer: Hayden currently holds shares in GameStop and Chewy. 

In this week’s on time episode, we give our hot takes on why everything is valued outrageously high, a combination of Market Manipulation, FOMO, and Supply and Demand. (13:32) Next up we talk about Amazon and Twitter’s popular acquisitions the week of recording (January 8th) into podcast related companies, we each say which one makes sense and which one seems like an off move. (26:00) Lastly we discuss our personal thoughts on Tech Talk, a little behind the scenes as well as the things we want to do moving forward. 

In this weeks' regularly scheduled podcast, we discuss our outlook heading into 2021 and how Voice of Consumer and Cloud Computing are going to be making the largest impacts in business. Another thing we noted was the massive shift from California and New York to Texas and Florida to restructure companies and how they can make profits on the opposite side of operations, we do not have a solid pick for the next hubs of industry but it is clear, new ones are forming on the horizon (11:07). Lastly Hayden breaks his silence on one of the many reasons he does not like the word entrepreneur or the self-proclaimed entrepreneurs of the internet, and we point out how people are easily falling victim to financial schemes 'entrepreneurs' promote with simple predatory marketing phrases (23:41). 

In this week's regularly delayed podcast episode, we throw stats at each other left and right to back up our differing views on tech's most recent controversy (their IPOs), we discuss the struggles of the hospitality industry and suggest that it make a more personal experience for consumers going forward suggesting that this is an excellent time to pivot as an industry, and lastly we chuckle at how California's Governor angers everyone no matter the political party. If you get to reading this far thank you for listening to us and please feel free to give us any feedback you have either personally or by LinkedIn direct message.

In this week's regularly delayed episode, we discuss the House passing a bill that would decriminalize weed, our brief take on the matter, and how we believe it will turn out when it goes to the Senate, we bring up some insight on Black Friday and the first bits of analytics that come out on the sales done on Black Friday, and Alyssa shares her first thoughts on Forbes 30 under 30 for 2021 list and why she is upset with the people listed. We go off on many tangents discussing Forbes like reasons why people become famous on TikTok, people who genuinely deserve to be recognized on 30 under 30, and the points where capitalism meets effective social impact. We apologize for the delays and intend on getting back to our regular schedule of posting on Mondays at 10 AM PST.