Join Michael Cembalest as he explores a wide variety of investment topics, including the economy, policy and markets.
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Michael Cembalest Podcasts
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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James Lankford was elected US Senator for Oklahoma in 2014. On The Breakdown, James, along with his staff, takes the most complicated topics we hear in the news and breaks them down issue-by-issue.
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Quality in the Streets, Momentum in the Sheets
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1:02:11On episode 217 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Joe Terranova to discuss: the market pullback, AI CapEx, historical trends in the market, rules based investing, and much more! *Filmed in front of a live audience in NYC on 11/13/25* This episode…
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The "Titanic" indicator flashes, Elon's $1 trillion pay package, Draftkings vs Robinhood
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1:10:19On this TCAF Tuesday, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick! This episode is sponsored by Grayscale and Rocket Money. Find out more about Grayscale by visiting: https://www.grayscale.com/ Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals f…
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Eric Jackson and the Search for the Next 100 Bagger
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1:30:45On episode 216 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Eric Jackson to discuss: searching for 100 baggers, the case for Opendoor, Eric's legendary Carvana call, OpenAI's wild week, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Victory Capital & Apex Fin…
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The winter of our discontent: generative AI disrupts the entertainment industry content moat
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23:57While the prior decade was defined by disruption in content distribution, the next decade will be defined by disruption in content creation, augmented by generative AI. This month’s Eye on the Market looks at the rapidly shifting fortunes in legacy cable/broadcast shares vs streaming, the rise of social media as a platform for consuming all forms o…
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Brian Belski Breaks Loose, Palantir Erupts, Stocks Getting Quietly Killed, Uber and Tost Report
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1:44:04On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown and Michael Batnick are joined by Brian Belski, CEO and Chief Investment Officer at Humilis Investment Strategies to discuss: Brian’s new venture, the possibility of an AI bubble, choosing the right stocks at the right time, and more. Then at 38:14 hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downt…
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On episode 215 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Stephanie Roth, Chief Economist at Wolfe Research, to discuss: the economy, tech earnings, the Fed, the wealth effect, AI and the labor market, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Betterment A…
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Big Tech Earnings Week With Alex Kantrowitz, Two Small Caps on Josh’s Radar, Robots Take White Collar Jobs at Amazon
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1:09:59On this TCAF Tuesday, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick! This episode is sponsored by Public. Fund your account in five minutes or less by visiting http://public.com/WAYT Sign up for The Compound Newsletter and never miss out! Instagram: ht…
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Jim Cramer Absolutely UNLOADS On Stage, Make Popcorn Now
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1:14:45On this special episode of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by the one and only Jim Cramer to discuss: how Jim became the voice of the individual investor, iconic CEOs, the next big bull market, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Calamos. To lea…
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On episode 214 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Sonali Basak, Chief Investment Strategist at iCapital and Compound host Ben Carlson to discuss: the private credit landscape, stress in BDCs, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Public and Vanguar…
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Netflix Reports, Why the Bull Market Has Legs Into Year-End With Nick and Jessica, Warner Bros for Sale, Unemployment Cracks Appear
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1:50:18On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown is joined by Nick Colas and Jessica Rabe of DataTrek Research to discuss: the key to understanding Q3 reporting season, the seasonality of S&P highs, a financial analysis of Big Tech, and more! Then at 39:40, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and Michael …
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On episode 213 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Bill Baruch to discuss: current market trends, the outperformance of gold and silver, how retail investors are winning, non-profitable tech, earnings growth, and much more! Today’s episode is sponsored by…
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Mad Libs. This piece is not about how mad liberals are at the administration, although the latest polling data indicates that it could be. Instead, it’s a fill-in-the-blank exercise regarding the impact of tariffs and immigration policy on growth, the impact of Chinese critical mineral export restrictions, Oracle’s debt levels and borrowing capacit…
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Becoming the Amazon of Real Estate With Rocket’s Varun Krishna, Roaring Bank Earnings, Wall Street Fires on All Cylinders
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1:34:40On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown is joined by Varun Krishna, CEO of Rocket Companies, a $50 billion giant in the mortgage and real estate market, to discuss the prospect of a refi boom and a new upcycle for the housing market. Then at 28:00, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and Michael …
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Retail Investors Just Plowed $100 Billion Into Stocks. THIS MONTH.
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1:23:29On 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, m…
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Solana tokenizes stocks with Anatoly Yakovenko, eVTOL stocks with Andres Sheppard, Oracle questions, BDC trouble
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Fidelity’s Quant Boss Reveals Her Top 3 “Desert Island” Stock Market Indicators
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49:28On 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 m…
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How Peter Lynch Became The Greatest Fund Manager Of All Time
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56:27On 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! This episode is presented by Fidelity I…
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How to Earn Stock Market Returns With Half the Risk
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1:10:43On 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. Fund your account…
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The Blob: Capital, China, Chips, Chicago and Chilliwack
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27:07In this piece, we look at the AI and data center takeover, and the OpenAI-Oracle deal; the US government equity investment in Intel, the origins of TSMC and how many countries support national champions via industrial policy; efforts in China to reduce excess capacity and consequences for equity investors; crime and municipal solvency in Chicago an…
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Is It Too Good? AI Capex Explodes Higher, Pre-Revenue Stock Boom, Will Falling Mortgage Rates Save Us With Telis Demos (WSJ)
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1:47:28On 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, a…
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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…
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Stocks After a Rate Cut With Nick Colas, the End of Quarterly Earnings Reports, Strategy Denied S&P Inclusion
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1:54:22On 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…
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$1.5 Trillion Money Manager Jenny Johnson Speaks Out
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44:39On 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 w…
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The Truth Behind Private Equity’s Megaboom
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1:16:10On 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! This episode is sponsored by WisdomTre…
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Google Pops, Belief in the American Dream Drops, Regional Bank Stocks Rally Ahead of Rate Cuts
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1:06:00On this TCAF Tuesday, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick! This episode is sponsored by MSCI and Rocket Money. To learn more about MSCI, visit https://info.msci.com/chrt-i4w-pdcst Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money.…
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Assessing US earnings and economic trends during one of the broadest policy shifts since FDR; partisan redistricting, the Supreme Court, the Census and the balance in the US House of Representatives. View video hereBy Michael Cembalest
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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 Vang…
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Wilfred Frost Comes By, Margin Debt Tops $1 Trillion, Nvidia Earnings Preview
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1:33:54On 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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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 …
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Coinbase Is the Godfather, the Return of Cathie Wood, Neil Dutta on Jackson Hole
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1:49:35On 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 epi…
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Does the Stock Market Know Something We Don’t?
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1:11:56On 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. Find out more about Grayscale by visi…
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On this TCAF Tuesday, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick! This episode is sponsored by F/m Investments/ To learn more about F/m Compoundr series and their additional ETF Easy products visit us at https://www.fminvest.com/etfs/f-m-compoundr-series/ Sign up for The C…
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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. Grow your RIA, your…
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Socialist Mayors, AI vs Labor With Callie Cox, Falling Knife Stocks
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1:55:24On 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…
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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! This episode is sponsored by Global X ETFs. Visit: https://www.globalxetfs.com/ and start explori…
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Trump Is Winning His Trade War, Michael Cembalest on 20 Years Running Research at Jpmorgan, Earnings Reactions Galore
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2:10:51On this TCAF Tuesday, Michael Cembalest, Chairman of Market and Investment Strategy at J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management joins Josh and Michael to mark the 20th anniversary of Eye on the Market, his influential research note that’s become must-read material for investors around the world. We’ll talk about some of the most memorable charts, bold…
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Every summer, I answer questions from the Eye on the Market client mailbag. View video hereBy Michael Cembalest
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On episode 201 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Ritholtz Wealth COO Nick Maggiulli and Investopedia's Caleb Silver to discuss: are meme stocks market manipulation, how much bigger can Bitcoin get, where young people are spending their money, The Wealth Ladder, and much more!…
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Stocks Fueling Consumers, AI Bull Market Tracks the Late 90’s With Nick and Jessica, Mohamed El-Erian Tells Powell to Resign
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1:43:13On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh Brown is joined by Nick Colas and Jessica Rabe, co-founders of DataTrek Research. They take a look at the current earnings and valuation of the S&P 500 to determine whether or not there is still upside for investors buying stocks today. Jessica points out a nearly perfect parallel between the current AI driven rally and t…
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On episode 200 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by TCAF legend JC Parets to discuss: the most important sector in the market, the biggest contrarian call, the only people losing money right now, Bitcoin dominance crashing, what could derail the market, and much more! This episode is…
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Time to Sell Nvidia? Plus A16Z on Stablecoins and a Netflix Earnings Preview
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1:47:42On this TCAF Tuesday, Josh and Michael are joined by Sam Broner of a16z crypto to break down the biggest developments in the world of stablecoins. From PayPal and Circle to the role of U.S. regulators, this conversation covers where the money’s moving and why it matters. Sam explains how stablecoins are quietly reshaping payments, banking, global f…
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On episode 199 of The Compound and Friends, Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown are joined by Ryan Detrick and Sonu Varghese to discuss: how AI saved the market, mid-year market takeaways, Bitcoin's new highs, economic indicators, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Russell Investments and Apex Fintech Solutions Look…
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Time Flies: Twenty Years of Eye on the Market
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12:08Take a look back at 30 standout insights which are just as relevant for the future as they were for the past. Explore our insightsBy Michael Cembalest
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On this TCAF Tuesday, Michael Batnick is here with a special edition of What Are Your Thoughts with special guests Cullen Roche, Eric Balchunas and Alex Kantrowitz. They discuss: who can replace the dollar, will the deficit crush us, the most successful ETF ever, if Apple should buy Perplexity, Meta vs OpenAI, and more. This episode is spon…
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