On this week's episode of The Compound & Friends, Michael Batnick, Leanna Haakons, Tom Lydon, and Downtown Josh Brown discuss: global ETF assets hit $9 trillion, SPAC crackdown, IPO boom, Gensler's vision, El Salvador adopting Bitcoin, the post-pandemic office, sports cards, and more!
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A Bubble is Coming (EP. 416)
On episode 416 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss the stock market bet of the century, the most interesting market environment ever, positive trends in retirement saving, Europe is outperforming, downturns might be different now, the Fe ... Show More
1h 13m
Mar 2022
BlackRock’s Larry Fink Says Ukraine Conflict Could Accelerate Digital Currencies
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Arculus and FTX US.
On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at recent comments from the leader of the world’s largest asset manager on Ukraine and digital currencies, as well as other important updates from the crypto industry ... Show More
14m 50s
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Crypto Rundown: $93,000 Bitcoin & All The News Surrounding the Crypto Trade
In this episode of the Crypto Rundown, hosts Brendan and Tevo explore the latest surge in Bitcoin, which has recently reached unprecedented all-time highs, breaking into price discovery mode. They discuss the historic levels of Bitcoin ETF inflows, with BlackRock alone leading ma ... Show More
33 m
Mar 2024
Talk Your Book: The Mount Rushmore of ETFs
On today's show, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are joined by Ryan McCormack, Factor and Core Equity Strategist and Paul Schroeder, QQQ Equity Product Strategist at Invesco to discuss: the creation of the Nasdaq 100, where the QQQ ticker comes from, the Nasdaq 100 special rebala ... Show More
35m 57s
Oct 2024
Money Buys Happiness (EP.381)
On episode 381 of Animal Spirits, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson discuss: calling a top in the stock market, why people don't trust data, the economy is still fine, why yields are rising in a rate cutting environment, a bigger innovation than AI, the impact of climate change on ... Show More
1h 4m
On episode 258 of The Compound and Friends, Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick are joined by Dan Skelly, Portfolio Manager at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, to discuss t ... Show More
On episode 257 of The Compound and Friends, Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick are joined Ed Zitron to discuss: the ultra-bear case for AI, Nvidia’s explosive growth, the eco ... Show More
