Skippy and Doogles kick things off with some double-threaded listener mail — 1) a nod to a robust investing data website, Nasdaq Data Link; 2) TikTokers are looking to Congress for their hot picks. Nancy Pelosi has been deemed Queen of the Markets by this crew...

Speaking of politicians trading stocks, 2 Fed Governors are resigning because they got caught with their proverbial hands in the cookie jar (note, it's bad form to trade stocks while lifting up the market through your policy decisions). Morgan Stanley released a fun paper called "Turn and Face the Strange" which discussing the resistance to change in both sports and investing (highly recommend this one).

Next up, China continues to ruin the markets, this time through the massively indebted property developer Evergrande. While on the topic of real estate, rental prices are going sky high due to a supply/demand imbalance...and imbalances continue to be everywhere as captured by the JP Morgan paper, "Dude, Where's My Stuff?". The episode wraps with a return to dollar stores, as Dollar Tree's prices are going beyond $1 to account for rising prices.