This is not financial advice. I am a moron. I am not a financial advisor. This is all speculation and opinion about finance. I still have faith in the play and am completely biased. Prove me wrong! Oh boy, where to begin? What's with all the shills? Let's talk about what's happening with one of our favorite retailers, Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY, aka Bobby). I start off with a bit of history to remind value investors where we've been. I make a nice segue into the reverse stock split. Which of course, brings us to the board. How do you feel about them? Sorry for the tangent on why brick and mortar retails stores are still so important these days. And untrustworthy online retailers. . . Oh, and the rant on AI and misinformation. Everyone must vote! Don't even get me started on how FTDs might affect voting rights. Do I even know what I'm talking about? Hell no! Do you believe the conspiracies? The tweets, what do they mean?!?! Oh yeah, did I mention all the mis-statements I make? Well, CFTC vs FTC? Too many acronyms, it's confusing on purpose! COSM? SNDL? GME? BBBY? DTCC? CBDC? CD? I feel really good about this episode, especially since it's the first one I've ever truly edited. I hope you enjoy and I can't wait to hear from you! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message
No more weekly recaps! They weren't doing it for me, and I don't think they were doing it for you either. Instead, let's talk about the giant Ponzi scheme known as FTX! There is a lot to unpack when it comes to FTX. Tokenize securities that aren't actually backed by anything? Massive crypto movements attributed to a hack. . . Or was it really an inside job? Was that the plan from the beginning? How about the contagion, so far the effects haven't rippled too far, but we can expect to see some fallout. I'm sure the big players are scrambling to hide their exposure to this. The crypto market was rocked though, and Bitcoin is fighting an excruciatingly uphill battle to recover. Don't worry, we haven't hit bottom yet in my opinion. . . --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message
Another week in the markets sees big names bleeding! Is 75bps rate hike enough? Come listen to me talk nonsense about finance and the future. At the very least we can laugh together about how wrong I am. Did Ortex tell us anything new? Not really, at least not enough for me to talk about it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message
What is going on in the world of finance?!?! Have you heard about what's happening at Credit Suisse? How about earnings this week, nasty business. . . How does every nearly every single available share get borrowed in one day? ORTEX is investigating those numbers . . . I'm sure it's just a glitch! Come on a journey with me into the world of financial conspiracies! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message
Another boring week, when is the crash coming? Let's talk about finance! So much happening during a boring week. UK Bonds? Trouble! UK PM? GONE! Credit Suisse? More rumors! What did you see happening this week? What is coming next week? Let's talk about it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message
What a week we had! Let's talk about finance, the markets, and other international economic topics. CPI (Inflation) numbers came in hotter than expected. Is CSus (Credit Suisse) trying to scrounge up money in every way possible? What exactly is a global margin call? Is that even really a thing? Treasuries, THE risk-off asset, is worse than holding cash. . . EVEN WITH INFLATION?!?! What's happened, what's happening, what's going to happen? Let's sit down and have a chat. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message
Let's talk about how the week went across the market. . . This week did not turn out the way I expected. I was hoping to hear more from Credit Suisse, but all we get are more rumors? At least there's another bank being talked about, too. Hopefully twice the rumors means twice the chance of implosion! How did you think the week was going to go? What do you think is coming next week? Let's talk! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message
What a week we had! Drops across the board, stocks, currencies, you name it. . . Things are looking bleak, so let's talk about what's coming. British pound is in trouble, other currencies are sure to follow. SPY breaks 52 week low! Emergency fed meeting coming up, and we're not invited. What do you think is coming? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message
Another week has passed, so it's time for a financial recap! What did I hope and expect to happen? What really happened? Let's talk about the stock market, financial news, and a few choice stocks. This is not financial advice, because I don't know what I'm talking about. Maybe you can correct me, or help me understand? Bobby (BBBY) and Jimmy (GME) are doing what they do, but really quietly. It's almost like they were just sitting in a corner while the rest of the stock market got beaten to a bloody pulp. Next week is slated to be just as spicy! We've got a lot of numbers coming up, which may mean things going down (and not in the good way)! What do you think is going to happen? Let's talk! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message
Welcome again to Season 741 where I talk about economics, finance, and more! Remember, nothing I say is financial advise because I have no idea what I'm talking about. I do know it's been an interesting week in the stock market. Didn't get what we expected from Bed, Bath, and Beyond (BBBY) or GameStop (GME). Even so, it was interesting with what happened to FedEx (FDX). There's more to talk about, like what's gonna happen next week! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message
What would it take to manipulate the stock market? How hard would it be to design a system to control the price of multiple securities? That's what I dig into with a thought experiment in this episode of Quackpots' Quandary! I cogitate on how hard, technically speaking, it would be to create a system to control the price of multiple stocks. What would a system like that even look like? Imagine it as a game, and see how it would compare to some of the things we do in real games. Personal Transcript --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message
In this episode of Quackpots' Quandary I dig into my thoughts on inflation and what is causing it right now. It all started when a friend of mine sent me a link to a YouTube video. . . Of course, I have to take a crack at figuring out inflation in my own way, with my own spin, based on my own assumptions. Do you agree, or is my underlying argument flawed? Sure, this might not be quite in line with GameStop and my original thought for Season 741 but I can do whatever I want and you can't stop me! Personal Transcript --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message
New happenings in the GameStop Saga? Maybe, maybe it's something else. . . Let's dig into what's happened recently, and what might be coming in the future. Of course, this episode has my usual spin and assumptions. I hope you're ready to have your bias confirmed! Really though, I talk about the recent "squeeze" of Bed, Bath, and Beyond. Is it really over? Is the squeeze squoze? Let's figure that out together, what do you think? Personal Transcription --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message
Just a quick overview of of the current happenings in the Gamestop saga. The final nails are about be to driven into the coffin. What kind of fallout are we going to see? It will be another glorious week for apes around the world. Basically, it boils down to GME handing out the shares, and the person taking them made 'em disappear. In their place was 3 IOUs for every IOU already out there. Super spicy story, and you won't see it on mainstream media. Personal Transcription --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message
I recently attended a local convention which got me thinking about COVID. In today's episode I discuss my experience with Coronavirus from the very beginning until this past weekend. I wax on a bit about the rules and definitely go off topic. Tell me about your story? How has COVID-19 affected you? What do you think about the rules in place where you live? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message
Misinformation and propaganda have been around for a long time. At some point though, a concerted effort began to change the world with lies. In this episode of Quackpot's Quandary I brainstorm ideas on the history of the Misinformation War. People around the world have been bombarded for a very long time with lies in an attempt to change the world, and it's getting worse. Personal Transcription --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message
In this episode of Quackpots' Quandary I talk about a few ideas I have on how we can work together to change the world for the better. Just like every episode of my show, this is very train of thought. I was surprised with the direction of this episode and you may be too. There's a lot that we as individuals can do to revolutionize the world and bring about true, lasting change to benefit all of mankind. Want to know more? Listen in . . . Personal Transcription --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message
I'm just starting here so I don't know what to put. I was just going to post the transcription but it's way too long. Instead I'll drop that over on my site for anyone interested. Obviously it's wrong, so feel free to help me correct it. So I guess I'll just do a small write-up here about the topics I cover. To be honest I'm not fully sure exactly what I talk about, but the basic goal is to show you how we are all fighting in a war we didn't even know about, and have been for a very long time. It's just become more obvious and dangerous lately. The Misinformation War is a war unlike any other where the elites are using every single trick they've learned in the last 100 years to enslave the human race and destroy the world. Sounds kinda crazy right? But that's not all, there is a solution. We are the solution. You! You have the power to change the world. But I don't think you're gonna enjoy the process. Come on, let me explain. . . Personal Transcription --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message
I'm not feeling particularly interested in any one topic today. So I decided to do my first episode of Season Zero. What is Season Zero? Season Zero is the podcast about the podcast. This episode mostly centers around the ideas I already have for future episodes, giving a small glimpse of topics I'm looking forward to covering. I'd like you to tell me if anything interests you, what topics do you want to talk about? Not only that, but I've also got myself a Twitter account, so hit me up over there, @TheQuackpot. So far there's not a whole lot there, but I'm hopeful you'll come say hello and we can get into even more discourse about the world today and how we can fix it together. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quackpots-quandary/message