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Join Downtown Josh Brown, Michael Batnick, and a rotation of their friends every Friday for expert insight and hot takes on the latest in business and investing.

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Is Amazon a Monopoly?

09.29.2023

On episode 111 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Perth Tolle and Gunjan Banerji to discuss: Amazon's antitrust issues, a coming secular rotation in equities, Investing in Emerging Markets and China, Meme ...

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09.29.2023 Is Amazon a Monopoly? On episode 111 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Perth Tolle and Gunjan Banerji to discuss: Amazon's antitrust issues, a coming secular rotation in equities, Investing in Emerging Markets and China, Meme ...
09.26.2023 The Dumb Money On this TCAF Tuesday, Leif Abraham and Jannick Malling join Downtown Josh Brown (CEO, Ritholtz Wealth Management) to discuss the story of Public.com, and "The Dumb Money" events and meme stock craze of January 2021. Then join Downtown Josh Brown ...
09.22.2023 Jeremy Grantham, Bubble Historian On episode 110 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Jeremy Grantham to discuss: being the "Bubble Historian", Inflation, Modern Valuations, the Four most Dangerous Words, Real Estate, Impact Investing, and much more! ...
09.19.2023 The Biggest Mystery on Wall Street On this TCAF Tuesday, Zeke Faux joins Downtown Josh Brown to discuss his new book Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall. Then, join Josh and Michael for an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts and ...
09.15.2023 Big Market Delusions On episode 109 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Rob Arnott in front of a live audience at Future Proof. They discuss: lessons from the tech bubble, smart beta, big tech valuations, ...
09.08.2023 Only Tesla and Toyota will Survive On episode 108 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Nick Colas to discuss: Q2 earnings, Moore's law, interest rates, the future of the automotive market, Steve Cohen, and much more! Thanks to ...
09.05.2023 IPO Rundown With Aaron Dillon, Why the Bull Market Isn’t Finished Going Up On this TCAF Tuesday, Aaron Dillon joins Downtown Josh Brown to discuss what's going on in the IPO market. Then, join Josh and Michael for an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say ...
08.29.2023 It’s Time to Buy Value Stocks Now On this TCAF Tuesday, join Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown for an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say about: Grayscale's legal victory, Goldman selling its advisory business, earnings revisions, value stocks, ...
08.25.2023 Will There Ever Be Another Warren Buffett? On episode 107 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Guy Spier to discuss: lunch with Warren Buffett, value investing, managing a hedge fund, Berkshire after Buffett, the bull case for Ferrari, and ...
08.22.2023 Is Nvidia the New Tesla? On this TCAF Tuesday, join Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown for an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say about: tech stocks, Elon Musk's shadow rule, Jackson Hole preview, interest rates, ARM, ...
08.18.2023 The Year Everyone Got Wrong On episode 106 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Eric Balchunas and Jeremy Schwartz to discuss: the magnificent seven, the bond market, defined outcome ETFs, inflation, the spot bitcoin ETF saga, and ...
08.15.2023 “Big Short” Investor Bets on a Crash On this TCAF Tuesday, join Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown for an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say about: retail earnings, stock picking, interest rates, Michael Burry, revenues, the future of ...
08.11.2023 Unlimited Alpha On episode 105 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Bob Elliott to discuss: Bob's time running money at Bridgewater, CPI, global macro, the labor market, why hedge funds are typically bearish, and ...
08.08.2023 Six Reasons to Stay Worried On this TCAF Tuesday, join Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown for an episode of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say about: reasons to worry, a buyable dip, higher rates, Buffett vs Icahn, earnings, Apple, ...
08.04.2023 Momentum On episode 104 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Joe Terranova and Mark Fisher to discuss: what it takes to be a trader, the energy sector, commodities, the US downgrade, treasuries, and ...
08.01.2023 Gangsta's Paradise On this TCAF Tuesday, Michael Lombardi joins Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown to discuss the state of the running back, Michael's latest book Football Done Right, and Aaron Rodgers on the Jets, but first, join Josh and Michael for ...
07.28.2023 When in Doubt, Zoom Out On episode 103 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by JC Parets to discuss: value vs growth, JC's favorite charts right now, volatility strategies, US homeowner equity, a strategist short squeeze, Lionel Messi ...
07.25.2023 What's Really Going On At Goldman Sachs? On this TCAF Tuesday, Willam Cohan joins Downtown Josh Brown to discuss what's going on at Goldman Sachs. Then, at the 34:40 mark, join Josh and Michael for an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they ...
07.21.2023 We Have Lost All Sense of Decorum On episode 102 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Sam Ro and Jack Raines to discuss: AI and the market, the meme economy, Nvidia's rollercoaster year, the earnings recession, financial charlatans, Berkshire's ...
07.19.2023 12 Things Everyone Got Wrong About Inflation On this TCAF Tuesday, Barry Ritholtz joins Downtown Josh Brown to discuss his recent piece on 12 things everyone got wrong about inflation. Then, at the 29:00 mark, join Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick for another episode of What ...
07.14.2023 Michael Cembalest Takes Us to School On episode 101 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Michael Cembalest to discuss the economy, AI stocks, the worst experiment in capital markets, the biggest risks to the market, the 2024 election, ...
07.11.2023 The Next Big Test for Stocks \| WAYT Join Downtown Josh Brown (CEO, Ritholtz Wealth Management) and Michael Batnick (Managing Partner, Ritholtz Wealth Management) for another episode of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say about the biggest topics in investing and finance! On ...
07.07.2023 Episode 100 with Darren Rovell On episode 100 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Darren Rovell to discuss layoffs at ESPN, sports betting, the memorabilia market, Threads vs Twitter, and much more! This episode is sponsored by ...
07.03.2023 Leadership Wins: American Entrepreneurs On this special July 4th episode of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Scott Neil (Founder, Horse Soldier Bourbon) and Shirl Penney (CEO of Dynasty Financial Partners) to discuss the special forces sent ...
06.30.2023 The Quantum Realm On episode 99 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Ian Cassel to discuss microcap stocks, the state of the economy, how to analyze a company's management team, how investing is like golf, ...
06.27.2023 Stocks Are Overbought, so What? \| WAYT Join Downtown Josh Brown (CEO, Ritholtz Wealth Management) and Michael Batnick (Managing Partner, Ritholtz Wealth Management) for another episode of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say about the biggest topics in investing and finance! On ...
06.23.2023 Relative Strength On episode 98 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Mark Newton to discuss market sentiment, buying the dip, the DeMARK Indicator, fundamental vs technical analysis, industrials, commodities, and much more! Thanks to ...
06.16.2023 The Bet On episode 97 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Ted Seides and Shana Sissel to discuss the FOMC meeting, how investors are using alternatives these days, the venture capital market, what's going ...
06.09.2023 Will AI Save the World? On episode 96 of The Compound and Friends, Jill Schlesinger joins Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown to discuss whether or not the bear market is over, the chances of Jamie Dimon running for president, Apple’s WWDC product unveil, the ...
06.06.2023 Black Swans, Stock Market Crashes and the Chaos Kings On this special episode of Live from The Compound, Scott Patterson, Financial Journalist and Wall Street Journal Reporter, joins Michael Batnick and Josh Brown to discuss Scott's new book, Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New ...
06.02.2023 We Are Ready For Prime Time On TCAF 95 Cathie Wood joins Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown to discuss investing in innovation, AI fact vs fiction, how big Tesla can get, why Ark bought Nvidia in 2014, Zoom vs Google Meet vs Microsoft Teams, and ...
05.26.2023 Nvidia Breaks Away On episode 94 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Dror Poleg to discuss Nvidia's ascent, the AI explosion, the future of work, and much more! Thanks to Public for sponsoring this episode. ...
05.19.2023 Where is the Crash? On episode 93 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Chris Davis and Morgan Housel to discuss the big wave of AI coming, the most important chart in the stock market, SVB insiders ...
05.12.2023 ChatCPI On episode 92 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Dion Rabouin to discuss inflation, the Fed, the labor market, Robinhood earnings, the advent of 24/7 trading, and much more! Thanks to Global ...
05.09.2023 Media Expert Ben Smith Tells All On this special episode of Live from The Compound, Ben Smith, journalist and co-founder of Semafor, joins Michael Batnick and Josh Brown to discuss Ben's new book, Traffic, his new media entity Semafor, and much more! Ben Smith is the ...
05.05.2023 Responsibly Reckless On episode 91 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Ian Dunlap and Leanna Haakons to discuss regional banks, the importance of Apple's earnings, how AI is changing the labor market, TEN STRAIGHT ...
05.01.2023 The Business of DK Metcalf On this special episode of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by DK Metcalf and Joe McLean to discuss how professional athletes manage their money, building a brand off the field, that time DK ...
04.28.2023 VWAP-er's Delight On episode 90 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Brian Shannon to discuss Volume-Weighted Average Price (VWAP), trading strategies, technical analysis, tech earnings, and much more! Thanks to Public for sponsoring this ...
04.21.2023 Ric Edelman Unplugged On episode 89 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick, Downtown Josh Brown, and Ben Carlson are joined by Ric Edelman to discuss regulators vs Bitcoin, advice for financial advisors looking to get in the content game, the 2023 banking ...
04.14.2023 Somebody's gonna be wrong On episode 88 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Liz Young to discuss building a career in finance, cooling inflation, the stages of a recession, whether the VIX still matters, commercial real ...
04.07.2023 That Wasn't the Bottom On episode 87 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Tony Dwyer to discuss how long an inverted yield curve can last, the unemployment rate and recession, bank lending standards, the Fed, commercial ...
03.31.2023 Bearish but Priced In On episode 86 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Jurrien Timmer to discuss what's going on with banks, what's changed since Jurrien's 2022 TCAF appearance, the Fed and the market, S&P technicals, ...
03.24.2023 Jill On Money On episode 85 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Jill Schlesinger to discuss the Fed decision aftermath, unlimited FDIC insurance for banks, the SEC's crypto crackdown, banning TikTok, and much more! Get ...
03.21.2023 Yes, This Is a Bailout of Credit Suisse On this special episode of Live from The Compound, Jesse Eisinger (senior editor and reporter at ProPublica) joins Michael Batnick and Josh Brown to discuss UBS acquiring Credit Suisse, ProPublica’s new insider trading expose, and much more! Jesse Eisinger is ...
03.17.2023 Bearishly Bullish On episode 84 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Dan McMurtrie to discuss Credit Suisse, Silicon Valley Bank, treasury yields, short sellers, credit default swaps, the real reason Signature Bank got taken ...
03.14.2023 The Bank Run of 2023 On this special episode of Live from The Compound, Samir Kaji (CEO and co-founder of Allocate) joins Michael Batnick and Josh Brown to discuss the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the impact it could have on the banking system ...
03.10.2023 Catch a Falling Knife On episode 83 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Carleton English and Joe Fahmy to discuss moving averages, rate hikes, consumer spending, what Cathie Wood got right (and wrong), Silicon Valley Bank, ...
03.03.2023 Dan Nathan Predicts Recession On episode 82 of The Compound and Friends, Nick Maggiulli and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Dan Nathan to discuss earnings season, yields, mortgage rates, Buffett and buybacks, shorting private equity, world stock markets in 1899 vs today, how ...
02.17.2023 High Conviction On episode 81 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Jay Woods and Dan Russo to discuss the New York Stock Exchange, technical analysis, the Dow Jones Transportation Average, Bitcoin, recession calls, stock/bond ...
02.10.2023 Belski the Bull On episode 80 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Brian Belski to discuss earnings season, recession fears, market sectors, PE expansion out of a bear market, small cap stocks, consumer staples, Bob ...

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