The Compound and Friends

Jeff deGraaf, market technician and founder at RenMac known for bubble analysis, shares concise rules for riding parabolic markets. He outlines a doubling-in-two-years bubble signal and practical sizing-and-exit guidelines. Conversation covers volatile memory stocks like Micron and Sandisk, AI-driven compute and CapEx pressures, and a sharp selloff in housing-related shares.

Haley Sacks (Mrs. Dow Jones), financial educator, investor, and author of Future Rich Person, brings playful, no-jargon personal finance for Millennials and Gen Z. They discuss financial hopelessness, Haley’s IBIZA five-step mindset, tech’s impact on spending, negotiating pay and career leverage, and using pop culture to teach money lessons.

Eric Balchunas, senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence and author, joins to talk ETFs and market trends. He discusses his Bitcoin book, the ETF boom and fee compression. They explore SpaceX’s potential index entry, the rise of high-fee thematic “hot sauce” ETFs, prediction-market ETF ideas, and how investors split core low-cost holdings with a speculative sleeve.

They debate an AI-driven capex surge and whether robotics and humanoid workers will reshape industries. They unpack blockbuster earnings surprises, sector leadership and why analysts missed profit gains. They scrutinize Ryan Cohen’s bid for eBay and whether GameStop cash could back a takeover. They preview Uber’s report, autonomous risks, and strategic partnerships.

Neeraj Khemlani, journalist and author who co-wrote The Coffee Can Investor. Matt Ankrum, portfolio manager who researches 100-bagger stocks and runs a concentrated, long-term approach. They discuss what 100-baggers look like. They explore screening for quality, compounding math, lessons from holding winners, sector patterns, disruption risks like AI, and a practical concentrated portfolio plan.

Big Tech earnings previews and AI-driven AWS and Azure storylines. A deep dive into a historic earnings boom led by tech and semiconductors. A debate over permanent-style portfolios and the trade-offs between comfort and performance. Semiconductor momentum, risk signals, and a sharp Spotify selloff after weak guidance. A speculative long-term take on Joby Aviation.

Rob Sechan, CEO and co-founder of New Edge, a wealth-management executive; Adam Parker, founder of Trivariate Research and former lead portfolio manager. They debate software vs AI, margin and pricing pressures, semiconductor leadership and Nvidia’s platform case, AI-driven productivity in enterprises, spin-off opportunities, and portfolio ideas across semis, power, and healthcare.

A lively take on Apple’s leadership change and what an engineer-CEO might mean for product direction. A bullish forecast for the S&P 500 and debate over whether a rapid market rally can stick. A deep dive into AI’s growing role in finance and its ripple effects. Dramatic rebounds in small caps and micro caps, plus big moves in firms like Caterpillar and Schwab.

Dr. Ankur Crawford, an EVP and portfolio manager at Alger known for semiconductor and tech expertise. She explores accelerating AI timelines and practical demos. She explains compute and token economics, DRAM and chip bottlenecks, and why a few winners dominate tech demand. She discusses hyperscalers, Amazon’s role, consolidation across the semiconductor stack, and risks to software and screen-based platforms.

They dig into big bank balance sheets and private credit risks. They unpack BlackRock’s record inflows and the rise of direct indexing. They trace a sudden semiconductor and mega‑cap tech rally. They debate Amazon’s narrative shift around Anthropic and spotlight Netflix and software sector volatility.