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/
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May 22, 2026 • 87 mins
On episode 243 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Jan Van Eck to discuss: the AI infrastructure boom, Nvidia and the semiconductor trade, whether mega-cap dominance is structural or cyclical, the risks hiding in U.S. deficits and long-term rates, equal weight vs cap weight, the S...
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Join Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick for another episode of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say about: investing in space, Nvidia, Trump trades, the AI hedge, mystery charts and more.
This episode is sponsored by Public and Janus Henderson Investors.
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May 15, 2026 • 79 mins
On episode 242 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Ben Carlson and Kai Wu to discuss: Nvidia, Anthropic, software disruption, intangible assets, faster market cycles, and Ben’s new book Risk and Reward and much more!
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Join Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick for another episode of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say about: housing stocks, AI, 12 rules for bubble riding, $100 billion stocks and more! Plus, a very special Jeff deGraaf appearance!
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May 11, 2026 • 33 mins
On this episode of Live From The Compound, Downtown Josh Brown is joined by Haley Sacks, aka Mrs. Dow Jones, to discuss the financial anxiety facing Millennials and Gen Z, the rise of “zero jargon” finance, and the lessons behind her new book, Future Rich Person: The New Rules for Building Wealth. They cover investing culture, money misconceptions, building wealth in today’s economy, and the first financial steps young people shoul...
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May 8, 2026 • 86 mins
On episode 241 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by returning guest Eric Balchunas to discuss: Eric's Bitcoin book research, the latest in the ETF landscape, the "hot sauce" investors are turning to, the SpaceX IPO, and much more!
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Join Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick for another episode of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say about: AI, earnings season, Berkshire after Buffett, global profits, Uber earnings preview and more.
This episode is sponsored by Fidelity Investments and ClearBridge Investments.
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May 1, 2026 • 93 mins
On episode 240 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Neeraj Khemlani and Matt Ankrum to discuss: what 100 bagger stocks look like, the search for high quality companies, the impact of compounding and exponential growth over decades, and much more!
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April 28, 2026 • 66 mins
Join Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick for another episode of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say about: Mag 7 earnings, stretched semis, Spotify crashing, a historic earnings boom and more!
This episode is sponsored by WisdomTree and Janus Henderson Investors.
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April 24, 2026 • 88 mins
On episode 239 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Adam Parker and Rob Sechan to discuss: software stocks, AI and corporate profitability, searching for value in the current market, and much more!
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April 21, 2026 • 61 mins
On this episode of What Are Your Thoughts, Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick break down: Apple’s massive leadership change, bold predictions of an S&P 500 surge, the rise of AI in finance, and why small caps and micro caps are suddenly ripping.
This episode is s sponsored by Public and Janus Henderson Investors.
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April 17, 2026 • 92 mins
On episode 238 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Dr. Ankur Crawford to discuss: the strongest names in AI, the future of the Mag 7, the semiconductor market, the case for Amazon, and much more!
This episode is sponsored by Invesco and Janus Henderson Investors.
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April 14, 2026 • 69 mins
Join Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick for another episode of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say about: financials, stock market bottoms, Amazon, technical analysis, SBC's and more.
This episode is s sponsored by Betterment Advisor Solutions and ClearBridge Investments.
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April 10, 2026 • 71 mins
On episode 237 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick is joined by Sam Ro and Steve Sosnick to discuss: winners and losers in the current market, the international trade, earnings season preview, rate cut expectations, Disney layoffs, and much more!
This episode is sponsored by VanEck and Janus Henderson Investors.
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April 7, 2026 • 67 mins
Join Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick for another episode of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say about: the Q's, Jamie Dimon, how dividends really work, the openAI IPO, and much more.
This episode is s sponsored by Franklin Templeton and Janus Henderson Investors.
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April 6, 2026 • 41 mins
On this episode of Live From The Compound, Josh Brown is joined by Nick Nemeth, writer of Mispriced Assets to discuss the issues with private credit and why they could potentially cause a financial crisis in involving life insurance companies.
This episode is sponsored by WisdomTree. To learn more, visit https://www.wisdomtree.com/geopolitical-opportunities
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April 3, 2026 • 73 mins
On episode 236 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Alexandra Semenova and Dan Greenhaus to discuss: oil prices and the market's reaction, the SpaceX IPO, V-shaped recoveries, the opportunity in private credit, the worst stock ever, and much more!
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Join Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick for another episode of What Are Your Thoughts and see what they have to say about: the worst quarter in four years, the opposite of private credit, win rates after corrections, mystery charts, and more!
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March 30, 2026 • 29 mins
On this episode of What Did We Learn, Josh Brown, Nick Colas and Jessica Rabe discuss: Oil, energy stocks, and how rising prices are impacting equities and the broader market outlook.
How close the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are to historically oversold levels, what a 2 standard deviation drawdown means, and why those setups have led to strong forward returns in the past.
Why a -10% year for the S&P 500 is so rare, the three major ...
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March 27, 2026 • 73 mins
On episode 235 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Jonathan Boyar to discuss: finding value in a volatile market, Mag 7 valuations, the only publicly traded basketball team, how Uber could win big on autonomous, and much more!
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