The Compound and Friends

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

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August 21, 2020 When Berkshire Invests In Your Company, James Altucher Is A Genius, STORE Capital CEO Chris Volk
What does it feel like when Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway makes an investment in your company? STORE Capital President and CEO Christoper Volk joins Josh to explain, plus insights on what's happening on Main Street USA with business owners, services business, restaurants and stores.

Plus! New York City may be down, but it's not out! It's never out. Josh's take on the James Altucher post that went viral this week.

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August 14, 2020 The Roaring 2020's with Dr. Ed Yardeni, Tesla stock split, Follow the Robinhood Money
As World War I came to an end, the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 raced around the globe, infecting as many as 500 million people and killing an estimated 50 million. Shortly after it ran its course, the United States experienced one of the biggest booms in history, the Roaring 20’s. Could it happen again? Another boom decade fueled by high productivity and an onslaught of technological innovation?

Dr. Ed Yardeni is the President of Yardeni Research, Inc. He’s served as a chief strategist on Wall Street as well as an economist at both the New York Fed and the Treasury. He’s been writing about the parallels and contrasts between the 1920’s and the 2020’s and I’ve asked to come on and talk to us about it.

Plus, Michael Batnick returns to play What Are Your Thoughts - all of the biggest topics of this week in money and investing. Visit thereformedbroker.com for full show notes, links and resources!

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August 07, 2020 Warren Buffett doesn't care about stock splits, should you? Peter Boockvar on inflation and the bull market in gold
This week Josh does a deep dive into stock splits and talks with Peter Boockvar, editor of BoockReport.com and CIO of Bleakley Advisory, about the economy, stagflation, and the bull market in gold. Leave us a rating and review if you like the show, it helps a lot!
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July 31, 2020 How to invest in TikTok, the opportunity in Chinese tech stocks, What Are Your Thoughts with Michael Batnick, the best 90 days ever for diversified investors
This week Josh talks with Brendan Ahern, Chief Investment Officer of KraneShares, to find out how US investors can get involved with TikTok, the hottest social network on earth. They discuss the opportunity in Chinese internet stocks, the massive size and scale of Ant Financial, which will be coming public soon, and how US investors can stay updated on all of the biggest developments in China. You can subscribe to Brendan's daily morning note at ChinaLastNight.com to get up to speed.

Michael Batnick joins for a new edition of What Are Your Thoughts to tackle the best 90 day period for diversified investors ever, the biggest earnings day of the year, the rally in gold and Bitcoin, when plumbers have stock tips and more!

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July 24, 2020 Yes it's a Bubble, DraftKings, Nikola, Bill Ackman, SPACs, Tesla's Index Run with Larry McDonald
On the newest episode of the Compound Show, join Downtown Josh Brown for a discussion about the bubble in belief. The rise of "Special Purpose Acquisition Corp 2.0" involves the backdoor IPOs of DraftKings, Nikola, Utz Potato Chips, the Golden Nugget Online, Virgin Galactic and many other well known companies. Pershing Square's Bill Ackman just launched the largest SPAC ever this week. What does it mean? What does it signify about the current market environment? Plus, a conversation with Larry McDonald (A Colossal Failure of Common Sense) about whether or not the S&P 500 index committee can keep ignoring Tesla, now that it's reported four straight quarters of GAAP profits and its market cap is larger than almost all the other holdings.

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July 17, 2020 The Beginning of Universal Basic Income, What Are Your Thoughts with Michael Batnick
On this week's episode of The Compound Show, Josh discusses the Covid-19 economy and why Universal Basic Income (UBI) might be the inevitable and necessary solution. Next, Michael Batnick joins Josh for an all new round of What Are Your Thoughts. They discuss gold vs the S&P, Elon Musk vs Warren Buffett, and much more!

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July 10, 2020 Chinese stocks soar, the New Nifty Fifty, how Acorns taught 7 million people to save and invest
On this episode of The Compound Show, Josh discusses this summer's huge rally in Chinese stocks, and the implications for investors when Europe and Asia seem to have done a better job addressing the pandemic. Vitaliy Katsenelson joins to talk about the problem with paying any price for growth stocks. Noah Kerner, the founder and CEO of Acorns joins Josh for a discussion about how he's taught 7 million people how easy it is to start investing at any age, with any dollar amount.

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July 03, 2020 Long warehouses, short office buildings, What Are Your Thoughts with Michael Batnick, Hot Dogs and Jetskis
On this episode of The Compound Show, Josh talks about the 4.8 million jobs added back in June, the wild dispersion within the Real Estate sector of the stock market, warehouses vs office buildings, and some plans for July 4th weekend. Michael Batnick joins for another round of What Are Your Thoughts to answer the question "Why would anyone invest right now?"

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June 26, 2020 The Giant Five, Undropping the Bomb, Interview with the Founder of Public
In the first half of this week's episode, Josh discusses the coronavirus resurgence, 5 stocks that now make up 22% of the S&P 500, the precedent set by the Federal Reserve's pandemic response, and the growing interest in ESG investing. In the second half of the show, Josh talks with Jannick Malling, co-Founder and co-CEO of Public, about the measures his social investing app has taken to protect and educate young investors.
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June 19, 2020 One Fifth of Investors Sold All Their Stocks: What Are Your Thoughts?
On the new edition of What Are Your Thoughts with Michael Batnick and Josh Brown:
- Bubble behavior in a market crisis is nothing new or unusual.
- Fidelity says 18% of investors sold out of all their stocks during the last few months, and a third of investors over 65 years old!
- With the Fed buying the investment grade bonds of Apple and Microsoft, do its critics have a point?
- What did we learn from this crisis?
- Eating at restaurants again - weird but satisfying.
- Does Michael watch movies just to torture himself? Plus, why Josh likes westerns.
- Apple's App Store facilitated over half a trillion dollars in commerce last year!

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