Ben, Tom, and Andrew discuss the rise in job openings and employment reporting from ADP. They also continued more conversation around SBUX Q1 reporting and their stock increase despite difficult reporting from China business. The episode finished up with the information about Jamie Dimon's Bloomberg interview and potential speculation from today's FED Day implications.

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Ben and Tom discuss interest rate increases ahead of this week’s Fed meeting, the effect these rate increases have had on mortgages, the takeaways from the ISM manufacturing data, the continued slide of companies that were deemed “pandemic winners”, and what they expect from the earnings report out of SBUX this afternoon.

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Ben, Tom, and Andrew discuss the upcoming FED meeting and speculate on what may come through that meeting. They also discuss more Q1 numbers as they are being reported, including some more big company earning reports.

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Tom and Ben discuss the Q1 results for GDP and its indication towards that may do with the FEDs decision regarding interest rate hikes. They continued with some big earnings reports from Qualcomm, Facebook, and a few others, and they finished the call briefly touching on the impacts of the continued decline of the Japanese Yen.

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Ben and Tom discuss the Kremlin halting gas flow to certain EU countries along with Russia's continuance of requiring payment for gas in Rubles. They also continue discussing the falling market in light of several earnings reports from key companies (Microsoft, Alphabet/Google, and others).

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Tom and Andrew continue to discuss Elon Musk's pending purchase of Twitter, Fidelity now allowing their 401k clients to allocate up to 20% of their accounts to cryptocurrency, and continued earnings reports. As the market continues to be rocky, they talk through the implications of the topics mentioned above based on the current economic climate.

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Tom and Andrew discuss where we stand in Elon Musk’s attempt to acquire twitter, the continued unraveling of stocks that benefited from COVID, data showing that job switchers are increasingly coming back to their old employers after leaving, Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the French presidential election, and a list of heavy hitters reporting earnings this week.

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Andrew and Tom discuss the FED's possible rate hikes forthcoming in the next quarter(s). They also discuss how inflation is being discussed by the FED versus how it seems to have been perceived by the general population.

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Andrew and Tom continued discussion on Q1 reports and indicators, including jobless claims, the Beige Book, and earnings. They recapped a strong showing at the 20-Year bond auction from yesterday, and things wrapped up with the earnings reports from Tesla, Carvana, and AutoNation.

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Ben, Tom, and Andrew discuss more Q1 earnings and their implications. Tom continues to address the unprecedented fixed income market. They also break down Netflix's second dismal quarter in a row, postulating whether Netflix will be able to turn their tides.

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