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  • Primer Podcast #12 - Robinhood, EV’s, Unemployment, Uber & Lyft and GymShark

    In today’s episode we dive into some serious topics. How is Robinhood making money while offering zero commission rates? The tech company are selling the trades to the big boys. Unemployment numbers rises so what does that mean for us? We also talk about a potential GM spinoff of its EV Unit called Ultrium. We also dive into the story of GymShark and their recent 1.3B valuation from General Atlantic.

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    Have a good weekend!

    49 min
  • Primer Podcast #11 - Vaccines, Apple’s Epic Battle with Fortnite, USPS, QAnon and Fake News

    Today we are with our first guest, Leonardo Gonzales Smith, one of our first viewers, and fellow student at LMU. Leo first helps us dive into vaccines and the processes that come with developing a vaccine. He goes over the stages and processes as well. We also also talking about the earnings week. Currently companies we are looking at that will move the market we think will be Walmart, Nvidia, Home Depot, Target, Ross, TJ Max in addition to the Chinese e-commerce companies like JD.com and Alibaba. We also talk about fake news and its acceleration in COVID-19 times. We also speak about the lawsuit between Apple and Epic Games. Finally we end off the episode talking about the USPS issue. Supposedly the United States Postal Service will run out of money by September. 



    58 min
  • Primer Podcast #10 - Stock Splits, AirBNB IPO, Paid Communities and China Manufacturing

    Happy Friday! In this episode Luca and I talk about stock splits. Stock splits can be seen as a bulish signal as the stock price has grown a lot since a previous valuation and is being divided up in order to allow more access to investors. We also talked about AirBNB filing to go public confidentially. AirBNB has seen massive loss of use due to the pandemic and other factors to where they have taken on debt previously from clearlake partners. I also dive into a business model of paid communities. Ian Kar's Fintech Today is a great example of a paid community for the Fintech Community. Finally Luca closes us up today when speaking about how China is manufacturing not as many things due to the trade war and tariffs. What does this mean for you?

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    43 min
  • Primer Podcast #9 - Cyber Security Primer

    In this episode we determine the changes going through the cyber security industry. COVID has accelerated the adoption of working from home and businesses need to prepare to secure their data not just at the office. We also go over the overall market, some key players, and more. Cyber security is a growing business sector.This podcast is merely just information and should not be used as investing advice, we may or may not own shares in the companies that we are talking about. We hope this epsideo gives you a primer of the cyver security industry and what it will take to grow.

    38 min
  • Primer Podcast #8 - Nikola's Crazy valuation, TikTok toe with Microsoft, and the Future of Gaming

    In this epsiode of Primer, we are diving into Uber second quarter earnings. Uber has placed itself in a new type of position in order to take more of the delievery market and focus on that. Then we talked about the gaming industry and how microsoft is going to release their new cloud gaming service. Gaming is hot right now! We then talked about Nikola, an electric car company that relased their quarterly earnings report. Company is a joke. We finally ended the conversation talking about telehealth and the future of healthcare. We also wanted to say our prayers to the Beruit explosion. 

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    41 min
  • Primer Podcast #7 - 30 Felonies 1 ID, Microsoft and Tiktok, Fitness and Real Estate

    In today's episode of Primer, we are talking about the twitter hack and how they managed to track the 17 year old “mastermind”. We also moved to talk about the potential acquisition of Tiktok from Microsoft. The Verge had reported that he had talked to President Trump about the acquisition. The news on this subject is changing rapidly. We later talked about Peloton, Mirror and Lulu Lemon in addition to Golds Gym, 24 Hour Fitness, and Planet Fitness. Luca also pointed out that the commercial real estate market seems to be falling apart and there could be a problem. Be sure to follow us on Instagram at @PrimerPodcasting and share this podcast with your friends.  Please do not take anything that we say as investing advice. Ideas on this podcast are random banter and do not mean anything. This is just a laid back conversation where this is all opinions.

    35 min
  • Primer Podcast #6 - Wire Card, Technology Titans, Gold Coins and The Stimulus

    In today's episode of Primer, we are talking about Wire Card. This is a german based fintech company that was once valued at 28 billion dollars. The company is accused of fraud and has misplaced 2 billion dollars sending shares down 98%. We are also speaking about the technology testimony with congress that hosted Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple with their respected CEOs. Following this the companies released their earnings where they beat almost all expectations. Ending we talked about the commodities market and the next stimulus plan. 

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    45 min
  • Primer Podcast #5 - The Future with Coronavirus

    How will business respond to the second wave?

    What is the international scene looking like? Are we witnessing a change of global power?


    This Monday's podcast we decided to take a step back and look into the implications of Coronavirus on a Macro perspective.


    Feel free to ask us any questions you might have!

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    Email: [email protected]

    30 min
  • Primer Podcast #4 - Tesla does it again, Vaccine Deals, SPACs and Airline Loses

    Today we are talking about Tesla beating earnings for the fourth consecutive quarter. This is a huge win for Elon. We also talked about Bill Akman’s SPAC (Special Purchase Acquisition Company) PSTH.U which has raised $5 billion dollars. There was also news this week about Pfizer and BioNTech securing a 1.95B dollar deal with the US for vaccines for COVID-19. There is also an Antitrust investigation between Apple and Amazon in Italy and a Monopoly hearing in the US around the App Store and its anti-competitiveness. Enjoy the podcast and be sure to follow us Instagram: @primerpodcasting 


    34 min

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Welcome to Primer, a business focused podcast from two business students in college. We spend twice a week talking about what is happening in the business world that is interesting to us. We go over…