The Trend is Your Friend

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Bad Daddy Publishing on inflation, gold, bitcoin, and our crumbling trust of institutions
June 23, 2021

This was the third appearance on The Trend is Your Friend for Phil Denniston from Bad Daddy and I feel like it might have actually been the widest ranging. In just a half an hour, we talked about how the Federal Reserve has very limited options going forw

What the hell, Gold?
June 17, 2021

This was initially a chart analysis that I decided to turn into a Trend is Your Friend mini-episode. Beyond the chart explanation (which you won't really be able to see) I weigh in on Jerome Powell, The Fed, why the employment data sucks, and what the hel

Dave Jamieson on writing Mint Condition and researching baseball cards
May 28, 2021

Dave Jamieson is the Author of Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession. In this conversation, he talked about what it was like researching the history of baseball cards, some good nuggets from the book, and how much he pays attenti

Don't F@&king Dance
May 23, 2021

Private police forces, home buying shenanigans, and what I think UFO's REALLY are. Hot take alert! Plus, why investors who bet against the herd need to not show irrational exuberance. It goes beyond just the classic Big Short Take. And finally, I share a

Price inflation is already here
May 09, 2021

The latest financial news developments are getting weird. German savers are getting pushed into stocks to avoid negative interest rates, the April jobs number in the US was a massive miss, and is 40% interest real life? Mainstream entities are starting to

Nick King talks Vint, wine investment, startup capital, and entrepreneurship
April 30, 2021

Vint is an upcoming fractional wine investment platform. Nick King is the company's founder and CEO. On this week's episode, Nick and I talked about his plans for Vint, investing in the wine space, being an entrepreneur, raising capital for a startup, and

Jeremy Kauffman on disruption, startups, and LBRY's SEC lawsuit
April 22, 2021

This week: LBRY's CEO and co-Founder Jeremey Kauffman weighed in Odysee, Google, disruption, key metrics for startups, and of course, LBRY's lawsuit against the SEC. Plus, my take on millennials punting on management roles, Peter Schiff's sponsor problems

Dan Roberts on Decrypt, IPFS, NFTs, and much more
April 16, 2021

Dan Roberts is the editor in chief of Decrypt, a financial news site covering digital assets and cryptocurrency. In this awesome conversation, we touch on decentralized file storage, ripple, the NFT boom, the future of media bundling, and much more. Plus,

Free Paul Pierce
April 09, 2021

It was an interesting week for Paul Pierce. Why I'm not judging his actions one bit after watching a documentary about the Free Britney movement. Plus, my approach to NFTs, Pulish0x, and what the jobless claims numbers will ultimately mean for you down th

How a lack of consumer inflation is a total myth
April 02, 2021

The idea that there hasn't been any consumer price inflation is completely bunk. A live read of my “No Inflation Myth” article from last August. Plus, the new alternative asset that I'm going wild over right now. And PSA submissions have been halted for t