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Finance-Bro turned Card Bird explores the intersection of collecting, investment, and market theory for sports cards.
Think Financial Analyst meets Sports Card Collector.
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Send us a text In this episode of Slabnomics, Matt sits down with Raul Bustamante — better known as Stockn_Trade on Instagram — to talk about sports cards, content creation, and the evolving market. Raul shares how his background as an actor helped him bring authenticity and humor into the hobby, why being yourself always wins against the algorithm, and how he went from collecting baseball and basketball to diving headfirst into soccer cards. We explore: Raul’s content journey, from COVID hob...
Send us a text How Scarcity, Timing, and Community Built an Elite Sports Card Collection Rigorous, candid, and collector-first. In this Slabnomics episode, Matt sits down with RodmanPC—a Honduras-based super-collector with one of the strongest Lionel Messi collections in the world—to break down how he pivoted from Michael Jordan 90s inserts to modern soccer grails. We cover the realities of collecting internationally (ShipMyCards, Card Hobby storage), building trust for private deals, and why...
Send us a text Welcome to another episode of Slabnomics, where sports cards meet finance, collecting, and market theory. Today’s special guest is Jeremy Lee, host of Sports Cards Live and one of the most respected voices in the hobby. With thousands of hours of content logged, Jeremy brings unmatched insight into how collectors balance passion with financial decisions. In this conversation, we cover: How to think about sports cards as an alternative asset classThe balance between collecting v...
Send us a text Solo Pod - Slabnomics helps sports card enthusiasts make better financial decisions. Is soccer’s card market in a real bull run—or just riding a rising tide? In this Slabnomics episode, Matt breaks down alpha vs. index returns, shows how to use CardLadder indices as a benchmark, and dissects why soccer is outpacing other sports. We compare Messi 71 BIS and Ronaldo 2002 Mega Craques rookies, first-year Kabooms (2017 Messi/Ronaldo vs. 2013 LeBron/Kobe), population counts, comps, ...
Send us a text Ft. Dave Schwartz (@Iowa_dave_sportscards), Host of the Shallow End Podcast. 🎙️ Slabnomics helps sports card enthusiasts make smarter financial decisions. In this episode with Iowa Dave, we explore how compounding knowledge builds like compounding money, why failures are tuition, and how to stick to an investment thesis so you don’t miss the next Shohei Ohtani, but maybe more potently so you don't lose joy in what you do. Keywords: sports card investing, sports card finan...
Send us a text Don't forget to like and subscribe, it helps the channel tons! 🐤 In this episode of Slabnomics, host Matthew Worley sits down with Cajun Cardboard (Bryan Denison) to talk about his incredible journey through the sports card hobby. From flipping raw Giannis Antetokounmpo Prizm rookies and Luka Dončić cards to building one of the most respected collections of Michael Jordan inserts, Bryan shares hard-earned lessons on consistency, strategy, and long-term collecting. We dive int...
Send us a text -Ryan Sever, Author of Cardboard Profit is on to talk about investment opportunites and strategies in sports cards. -Time>Money spectrum -Fast nickels -Anchor biases and falling knives 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram
Send us a text Slabnomics: The intersection of collecting investment and market theory for sports cards. -Market Inefficiencies & Conviction - Cross-Market Comparisons How do we use Tom Brady's sports card market to evaluate Messi's for cards with old comps? - Liquidity, Scarcity, and Pricing Power - Valuation Convergence & Mispricing - Using Outcomes and Catalysts. 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram
Send us a text What does it take to build a business in the sports card world? Hear Mark's story on one of the most daunting undertakings in any industry: building a marketplace. Mark recounts the journey of MyCardPost, what it took to start, build, and scale a Fee-free app with 14k members and over $3.4M in deals done. 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram
Send us a text Practical Buying/Selling tips from the National and SoCoExpo. These will help you be better on both sides of the table. 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram
Send us a text Talking about The National, The Soco Expo, Making your own luck through preparedness, and market trends and evolutions. 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram
Send us a text Welcoming on Chris Mcgill (@Chris_HOJ) to talk OG sports card podcasting in 2018 with House of Jordans, the origin story of Card Ladder, how to become a podcasting data analyst music producer CEO. We discuss the team at Card Ladder, Underused Tools, Market Dynamics and philosophies, and a peak behind the podcasting curtain. 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram
Send us a text Bonus episode of Slabnomics with questions for you to choose from. Questions center around strategy, buying, selling, and brand. 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram
Send us a text A solo show highlighting money velocity, liquidity, risk, greed, and how to apply mental models in the intersection of sports card collecting, investment, and market theory. 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram
Send us a text Ryan, Founder of Gemrate is on to talk graders, the direction of the hobby, and hidden opportunities. 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram
Send us a text Learn from my mistakes entering the hobby... hear about how I got here and where I'm going. 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram
Send us a text -a word on Biases and Habits -5 Biases to avoid -4 Psychology plays to profit from -Buying in offseason the life hack to stay logical? 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram
Send us a text -First interview for Slabnomics featuring Scott, cofounder of the Soco Expo - THE sports card expo for Soccer enthusiasts. -What's the soccer market look like and what can we expect from the World Cup? -How does one even start something like this? and more 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram
Send us a text What Feeds the Marketing Machine? MLD Back Again. 2 Ingredients to sports card investing success. Sets by Total Auction Value. 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram
Send us a text Demand Side Economics! Hype! Why do people fundamentally collect? What forms does that commonly take? What archetypes should you target? 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram
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