Episodes

  • Third Quarter 2025 13F Hedge Fund Investment Strategy Analysis
    Nov 15 2025

    This podcast provides a detailed summary of the third-quarter 13F filings for several prominent investors, including Dr. Michael Burry, Lee Ainslie, David Einhorn, David Tepper, and Bill Miller. Michael Burry's activity is highlighted, noting his closure of SCION Hedge fund in late October, his significant increase in LULU shares, and the placement of large PUT options on PLTR and NVDA. The podcast talks specific portfolio adjustments for each investor, listing new stock acquisitions, additions to existing positions, and the approximate percentage of the total portfolio these changes represent. The podcast offers a snapshot of high-profile institutional investment strategies, focusing on notable buys and sales across various sectors like energy, technology, and consumer goods.

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    33 mins
  • Week of November 10th, 2025 Financial Wrap-up
    Nov 15 2025

    This episode provides a detailed week-in-review for the financial markets from November 10–14, 2025, focusing on market, economic, and policy developments. Early in the week, markets saw a strong rebound driven by tech stocks and optimism about a resolution to the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, which had been the longest in history. However, this initial enthusiasm was quickly curtailed mid-week when hawkish commentary from Federal Reserve officials increased concerns about persistent inflation and dampened expectations for a near-term interest rate cut. Throughout the period, the economic drag and data uncertainty caused by the shutdown persisted, and the overall market rally remained concentrated in a narrow group of technology and mega-cap companies, indicating underlying fragility.

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    30 mins
  • Week of November 3rd, 2025 Financial Wrap-up
    Nov 7 2025

    This episode provides a detailed weekly wrap-up of major news and market movements for November 3-7, 2025, summarizing daily activities and key economic data points. It highlights that U.S. indices generally saw modest gains, primarily driven by strong performance in the tech and AI sectors, even as market breadth remained thin. A significant event covered was Michael Burry’s Scion Asset Management revealing substantial put-option bets against high-profile AI stocks, specifically NVDA and PLTR, indicating a bearish outlook on their continued rise. This podcast notes that the ongoing 2025 federal government shutdown severely limited official data releases, forcing market participants to rely on private surveys and corporate earnings for guidance amidst continued concerns about inflation and the Federal Reserve’s ambiguous policy signals regarding future rate cuts.

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    11 mins
  • Ten Tech Survivors for the AI Decade
    Nov 1 2025

    This episode provides an in-depth analysis of the current AI build-out phase, comparing it to the early to mid-1990s internet infrastructure growth. The podcast identifies ten technology companies projected to be market survivors over the next decade, with a focus on firms involved in AI compute, platform software, and data-center infrastructure. The podcast walks you through a compiled hedge-fund-style dossier for each of the ten companies—including Microsoft (MSFT) and NVIDIA (NVDA) as top picks—ranked by their likelihood of long-term success. The podcast emphasizes overweighting infrastructure and platform plays while diversifying across various tech sectors to mitigate risk.

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    16 mins
  • Week of October 27th, 2025 Financial Wrap-up
    Oct 31 2025

    This episode provides a comprehensive weekly wrap-up of market and economic activity, focusing on the period from Monday through Friday. The analysis highlights key macroeconomic factors, including the Federal Reserve's stance on moderate growth and elevated inflation, as well as revised global growth projections from the International Monetary Fund. Specific attention is given to corporate earnings, exemplified by Meta's strong revenue but accelerating costs, which created pressure on its stock price. Furthermore, the documents examine sector-level performance, noting that Information Technology and Energy led gains, suggesting a market favoring growth and inflation themes over defensive plays.

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    14 mins
  • Next-Generation Disruptors: Platform & Brand Playbook
    Oct 28 2025

    This episode discusses an investment report titled "Disruptors to Buy" that identifies "Next-Generation Disruptors" analogous to major companies like Oracle, Nike, Amazon, Apple, and Qualcomm in their earlier phases, presenting financial and operational data for several companies such as Datadog, Palantir, and Lululemon.

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    31 mins
  • Dissecting the Market Mafia Metaphor
    Oct 24 2025

    This episode provides an extensive investigation into financial commentator Steve Eisman’s use of the term “Market Mafia,” concluding that the phrase is a metaphor for concentrated, informal power rather than evidence of a formal organization controlling markets. This podcast confirms there is no public list of individuals serving as "sector mafia chiefs," but it extensively maps which institutional roles and actors (such as large passive asset managers, sell-side analysts, and primary dealers) hold outsized influence over valuations in each of the 11 major industry sectors. The episode translates Eisman's evocative language into a practical understanding of how real market power is concentrated in modern finance through various institutional mechanisms.

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    17 mins
  • Week of October 20th, 2025 Financial Wrap-up
    Oct 24 2025

    This episode discusses a weekly wrap-up of major financial news for the week of October 20th to 24th, 2025, focusing primarily on the performance of U.S. equity markets amid significant macroeconomic events. The report details how the market experienced a tug-of-war between strong third-quarter corporate earnings from companies like Apple and Intel, which initially fueled a rally, and pervasive uncertainties such as the ongoing U.S. federal government shutdown and rising oil prices due to new sanctions on Russian energy giants. Mid-week saw a dip driven by weak earnings forecasts from firms like Netflix and cautious global sentiment, while the persistent shutdown created a "data-blind" state that amplified the importance of corporate results. The week concluded with the market showing a sideways to mildly bullish trend, supported by earnings but constrained by inflation and geopolitical risks.

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    10 mins