RiskReversal Pod
RiskReversal Media
Welcome to the RiskReversal Pod, where Dan Nathan and Guy Adami are joined by the most brilliant minds in markets and tech.
We break down the most important market moving headlines to help listeners make better informed investing decisions.
Our goal is to deconstruct Wall Street speak and offer contrarian insights and strategies that help investors navigate increasingly volatile markets.
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We break down the most important market moving headlines to help listeners make better informed investing decisions.
Our goal is to deconstruct Wall Street speak and offer contrarian insights and strategies that help investors navigate increasingly volatile markets.
—
FOLLOW US
YouTube: @RiskReversalMedia
Instagram: @riskreversalmedia
Twitter: @RiskReversal
LinkedIn: RiskReversal Media
Episodes
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Mar 9, 2026 • 32min
Credit Isn't A Problem... Until It Is
Jen Sauerbach, contributor at The Wall Street Skinny who analyzes labor markets and private credit risks. They cover rising credit stress in banks and private credit. They discuss sticky inflation, a softening labor market with layoffs, oil and Middle East shocks complicating policy, and why current conditions echo 2008.
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Mar 6, 2026 • 51min
Does The Future Freak Cameron Dawson Out Or Is Everything Alright?
Cameron Dawson, CIO at NewEdge and market macro strategist, brings historical perspective to current positioning and flows. He highlights retail complacency amid institutional trimming. Topics include volatility selling and Minsky risk, oil-driven geopolitical impacts on earnings, credit and high-yield spreads to watch, private credit’s software exposure, AI trade buckets, and gold’s parabolic technical move.
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Mar 4, 2026 • 1h 15min
Dan Benton's Rules For Tech Investing In 2026
Dan Benton, a veteran technology investor and former sell-side analyst now publishing on Substack, shares his new 2026 rules for tech investing. He contrasts old information edges with today’s commoditized data. Conversation highlights secular themes, momentum driven by multi-year revenue acceleration, stock-based comp distorting earnings, AI rotations and crowding, hyperscaler CapEx, and risks around private valuations.
Mar 2, 2026 • 52min
Violent Rotations Brewing Under The Surface + He Said, She Said Live from Miami
They dig into stress across AI infrastructure and finance, spotlighting CoreWeave’s post-earnings tumble and funding strains. They contrast Nvidia’s strong results with stock inertia and watch Broadcom as an AI bellwether. Conversation jumps to software multiple compression, rising VIX spikes, consumer credit warning signs, crude’s geopolitical rebound, Bitcoin weakness pressuring MicroStrategy, and private credit hiccups felt by alts.
Feb 27, 2026 • 46min
The Unhealthy Marriage Between Retail Investors & Private Credit with Peter Boockvar
Peter Boockvar, CIO of One Point BFG Wealth Partners and author of the Boock Report, offers macro and market analysis focused on credit and commodities. He explores private credit’s rapid rise and looming liquidity mismatches as retail flows enter evergreen funds. Discussion covers credit-to-equity contagion, a rotation away from mega-cap tech toward energy and staples, oil’s inflationary role, and Japan’s shifting yield dynamics.
Feb 25, 2026 • 34min
The Circular AI Money Machine Explained with Dan Greenhaus & Vincent Daniel
Vincent Daniel, investor and Seawolf Capital co-founder, offers macro and trading angles. Dan Greenhaus, chief strategist at Solus, brings macro and credit expertise. They unpack private credit strains from AI financing, a viral thought experiment that spooked markets, circular AI financing dynamics, Nvidia margin risks and valuation sensitivity, and fears of AI-driven job losses and “ghost GDP.”
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Feb 23, 2026 • 32min
The 'Blue Owl' In The Private Credit Coal Mine
Jen Saarbach, co-host/producer at The Wall Street Skinny, brings market-access perspective. Kristen Kelly, contributor at The Wall Street Skinny, explains alternative-investment structures and risks. They dig into stress at a retail-facing private-credit vehicle and why liquidity mismatches force gating. They also explore how prediction markets and a Tradeweb deal could change institutional access to binary macro bets.
Feb 20, 2026 • 45min
The De-Dollarization Myth with Michael Kao
Michael Kao, investor and writer known as the Urban Cowboy, blends macro, energy, precious metals, and AI perspectives. He questions de-dollarization narratives and explains why gold charts can mislead. He lays out a deflationary Trump-plus-AI scenario, warns of an AI-driven electricity surge boosting natural gas demand, and prefers gas minerals over E&P equity for steady cash flow.
Feb 18, 2026 • 47min
Dave vs Goliath: How Fintech Challenges The Banking Establishment with Dave CEO Jason Wilk
Jason Wilk, founder and CEO of Dave, turned personal overdraft pain into a fintech that uses Plaid data and AI. He discusses scaling microloans, cashflow-based underwriting, and cutting default rates dramatically. Short, sharp stories about startup grit, fundraising choices, and building a data advantage in banking.
Feb 16, 2026 • 1h 30min
Why VCs Are Betting Billions on AI Labs That Have No Product
Michael Dempsey, a research-driven VC focused on AI, robotics, biotech and crypto. Evan Karvounis, early crypto trader turned DeFi investor and Hyperliquid backer. They debate the rush from AI research to market, why big tech must overinvest in AI, commercialization and on-device inference. Then they pivot to crypto: Hyperliquid’s product-first perp exchange, token valuation versus protocol utility, and Bitcoin vs gold narratives.
