Today’s Compound and Friends is brought to you by Public: See here for more information on Publics option-trading capabilities and option-rebates On today’s show, we discuss: What if Fed rate hikes are actually sparking US economic boom? 10 popular questions about monetary policy  Mark Cuban’s tax tweet BoA’s Finance Chief: “We’re all struck by just the sheer amount of cash on the sideli... The post The Compound and Friends: The Market’s Going Down Like Free Beer appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor ..read more

There was a further escalation in Israel over the weekend. It always feels a bit crass to talk about investing when lives are being lost, but part of what I do is help investors contextualize awful world events. Intuitively, you might think that geopolitical events would impact the market. It’s true that in general, investors tend to sell risk assets first and ask questions later. But over time, the market cares mor... The post The Thing that Doesn’t Mix Well With Investing appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor ..read more

Today’s Talk Your Book is brought to you by Direxion On today’s show, we spoke with Ed Egilinsky, Managing Director, Head of Alternatives, and Head of Sales and Distribution at Direxion to discuss diversifying away from the Magnificent 7. For more information, see here or email info@direxion.com On today’s show, we discuss: Flows into bullish and bearish funds Magnificent 7 concentration risk Nasdaq 100 eq... The post Talk Your Book: Diversifying Away From the Magnificent 7 appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor ..read more

Articles Instead of viewing behavioral economics as a window, we should regard it as a mirror. (By Jason Zweig) You want to try to emulate skills that are repeatable (By Morgan Housel) The economy is too good to expect a rapid cooling off anytime soon (By Josh Brown) Even the best laid plans can still fail (By Nick Maggiulli) The median payment for a new purchase has doubled since 2021. (By Ben Carlson) Podcasts The movie... The post These Are the Goods appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor ..read more

Human beings respond to danger. For some, the natural instinct is to run, while others prefer to fight back. When it comes to the market, investors would do well to fight that innate reaction. It seems, for the most part, that they have. This new paper from Vanguard “Fund industry’s asset mix offers encouraging sign” shows that the volatility of investors mix of stocks bonds and cash has come way down over t... The post The Shrinking Investor Behavior Gap appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor ..read more

Today’s Compound and Friends is brought to you by Global X: See here for more information on Global X’s full ETF suite On today’s show, we discuss: Hot inflation report derails case for Fed June rate cut  Why have rate hikes not done anything? Larry Fink’s 2024 annual chairman’s letter to investors A meme stock for private companies  The economics of American lotteries  Subscribe here to Th... The post The Compound and Friends: Rates Might Go Higher appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor ..read more

I want to talk about the feelings we get when putting money to work at all-time highs. But first, a quick programming note. Two of the things I love the most are movies and business. Nobody talks about the intersection of my two favorite topics like Matt Belloni. I read him every week at Puck and listen to him every week on The Ringer’s The Town. I can’t wait to have him on a Live TCAF in Los Angeles on April ... The post Don’t Be Afraid appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor ..read more

The most important thing that determines how successful you are in life cannot be quantified. Success is a loaded word that means different things to everyone. I think about success at its core, as happiness. If you’re rich and miserable, you’re not successful. There’s a hierarchy of happiness with health as the foundation. Then there’s everything else: family, friends, financial stability, and so ... The post Everything I Am appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor ..read more

Here I am in 2015 at Bar A on the Jersey Shore to watch Mike Francesa record a live radio show. And here I am, nearly ten years later, recording a podcast with him. If you don’t know who Mike Francesa is, he created sports talk radio as we know it today. I’m not exaggerating. ESPN did a 30 for 30 on Mike and the Mad Dog. My friends and I all grew up listening to these guys in the car with our dads. They were... The post Mike Francesa on my Podcast appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor ..read more

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by Schafer Cullen Capital Management: See here for more information on Schafer Cullen Capital Management Emerging Markets High Dividend Strategy On today’s show, we discuss: Return drivers within Emerging Markets Understanding China within Emerging Markets Top-down analysis and avoiding certain country exposure Avoiding value-traps Strong macro trends in India Screening for f... The post Talk Your Book: Emerging Market Fundamentals appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor ..read more