The Compound and Friends
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. See our disclosures here - https://ritholtzwealth.com/podcast-youtube-disclosures/
Episodes
October 10, 2025 • 83 mins
On episode 212 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Scott Nations, Author and president of Nations Indexes, Inc., the world's leading independent developer of volatility indexes and option strategy indexes to discuss: market bubbles, retail's big moment, massive volume in quantum names, the return of meme stocks, the first cracks in credi...
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On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown and Michael Batnick welcome Anatoly Yakovenko, CEO of Solana Labs and Co-founder of Solana to discuss the prospects for a tokenized stock market. Anatoly explains why SOL is the right answer for creating liquidity and tokenizing both privately-held and publicly-traded stocks around the world. Then at 44:28, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and ...
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October 5, 2025 • 49 mins
On this special episode of The Compound and Friends, Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick are joined by Denise Chisholm, Director of Quantitative Market Strategy in the Quantitative Research and Investments (QRI) division at Fidelity to walk the boys through why she remains bullish on the stock market. Denise takes Josh and Michael through the most important indicators she follows as her gauge for where the economy and stock mar...
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October 3, 2025 • 56 mins
On episode 211 of The Compound and Friends, Downtown Josh Brown is joined by Peter Lynch, Vice Chairman of Fidelity Management and Research to discuss: Peter's legendary career, how individual investors can succeed in the market, the biggest investing mistakes, and much more!
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September 26, 2025 • 70 mins
On episode 210 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Steve Romick to discuss: risk management, value investing, surviving the dot-com bubble, the markets moving faster than ever, and much more!
This episode is sponsored by Public and Vanguard.
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On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown welcomes Telis Demos, writer for Heard on the Street and co-host of The Wall Street Journal’s Take on the Week podcast to discuss: mortgage rates falling, the TikTok deal, record margin debt, JPMorgan credit card spending, the new threat facing active fund managers, Private market investments coming into 401(k)’s, and much more! Then at 43:22 hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with ...
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September 19, 2025 • 73 mins
On episode 209 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Tom Sosnoff to discuss: what it takes to become a trader, how Tom got into the business, his experience selling thinkorswim to TD-Ameritrade, Chicago vs NYC, and much more!
This episode is sponsored by Neuberger Berman and Apex Fintech Solutions
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September 16, 2025 • 114 mins
On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown is joined by Nick Colas of DataTrek Research to discuss: the size of the next rate cut, the history of S&P multiples, Microsoft in 1999 vs today, outperforming sectors of the market, and much more! Then at 44:35, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick!
This episode is sponsored by Public and Rocket Money.
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September 12, 2025 • 44 mins
On episode 208 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are at Future Proof Festival with special guest Jenny Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Franklin Templeton to discuss: secrets to a successful career in finance, the rise of alternative investments in the wealth channel, how AI and blockchain technology will reshape the financial services i...
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September 5, 2025 • 76 mins
On episode 207 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Michael Sidgmore, Partner and Co-Founder of Broadhaven Ventures to discuss: the evolution of private markets, evergreen funds, the T. Rowe Price/Goldman deal, and much more!
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September 2, 2025 • 66 mins
On this TCAF Tuesday, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick!
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August 29, 2025 • 66 mins
On episode 206 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Jan Van Eck to discuss: Nvidia earnings, AI replacing jobs, future energy demands, why the national debt matters, the case for gold, private equity returns, and much more!
This episode is sponsored by Public and Vanguard.
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August 26, 2025 • 93 mins
On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown welcomes CNBC host Wilfred Frost for a look at the success of US stocks vs the UK’s market and what made Wilfred’s dad David Frost one of the most important TV journalists of the 20th Century. Then at 37:30, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick!
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August 22, 2025 • 80 mins
On episode 205 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Tom Lee to discuss: V-shaped recoveries, the AI driven economy, a stock-picker's market, Jackson Hole, the case for Ethereum, Tom's Granny Shots, and much more!
This episode is sponsored by Neuberger Berman and Apex Fintech Solutions.
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August 19, 2025 • 109 mins
On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh and Michael sit down with Coinbase Chief Financial Officer, Alesia Haas, and Chief Legal Officer, Paul Grewal, to dive into what’s next for the world’s largest digital asset exchange. Then at 45:23, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick!
This episode is sponsored by Betterment Advisor Solutions and Rocket Money.
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August 15, 2025 • 71 mins
On episode 204 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick is joined by Shannon Saccocia and Todd Sohn to discuss: the market narrative, the AI economy, ARK's big run, Circle's round trip, M&A, the labor market, and much more!
This episode is sponsored by Grayscale and Apex Fintech Solutions.
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August 12, 2025 • 66 mins
On this TCAF Tuesday, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick!
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August 8, 2025 • 75 mins
On episode 203 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Sam Ro and Luke Kawa to discuss: AI dominating the economy, crypto and PE in 401(k)s, consumer spending, the BLS, and much more!
This episode is sponsored by Betterment Advisor Solutions and Vanguard.
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August 5, 2025 • 115 mins
On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh is joined by Garrett Baldwin to discuss the socioeconomic factors behind why the stock market is making record highs but young people are embracing socialism in their political choices. Then at 42:08, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick with a special appearance by Ritholtz Wealth Chief Market Strategist Callie Cox!
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August 1, 2025 • 81 mins
On episode 202 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Adam Parker to discuss: earnings season, the Fed holding steady, R&D spending in big tech, Hulk Hogan's wealth, and much more!
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