Slabnomics

<p>Finance-Bro turned Card Bird explores the intersection of collecting, investment, and market theory for sports cards. </p><p><br /></p><p>Think Financial Analyst meets Sports Card Collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>New Episodes drop Tuesdays @ 7 AM CST.</p>

Explaining Alpha and the 82.5% Gain in Soccer Card Market

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, and price disco...

09-09
24:38

Compounding Secrets Every Card Collector Misses Ft. @Iowa_Dave_Sportscards

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 financial lessons, c...

09-03
46:17

Slabnomics Episode 17: Scouting Cards Ft. Cajun Cardboard

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 into: *Why consis...

08-26
48:29

Slabnomics Episode 16: Opportunity Workshop Ft. Ryan from Cardboard Profit

-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

08-19
53:09

Slabnomics Deep Dive Episode 15: Valuing Messi With Brady

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

08-17
27:49

Episode 14: Building a Marketplace Ft. Mark Hill, Founder of MyCardPost

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

08-12
38:35

Slabnomics Episode 13: 5 Selling Secrets

Practical Buying/Selling tips from the National and SoCoExpo. These will help you be better on both sides of the table. 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram

08-05
27:22

Slabnomics Episode 12: Stream of Consciousness

Talking about The National, The Soco Expo, Making your own luck through preparedness, and market trends and evolutions. 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram

07-29
19:02

Slabnomics Episode 11: House of Cards Ft. Chris, CEO of Card Ladder

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

07-22
50:22

Easter Egg Episode: Reverse Mailbag

Bonus episode of Slabnomics with questions for you to choose from. Questions center around strategy, buying, selling, and brand. 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram

07-18
07:37

Slabnomics Episode 9: Breaking Bank

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

07-15
17:49

Slabnomics Episode 8: Data Mining Ft. Gemrate

Ryan, Founder of Gemrate is on to talk graders, the direction of the hobby, and hidden opportunities. 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram

07-08
48:48

Episode 7: My Story

Learn from my mistakes entering the hobby... hear about how I got here and where I'm going. 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram

07-01
19:23

Episode 6: Selling Psychology

-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

06-24
14:29

The Sleeping Soccer Storm w/Scott @thesocoexpo

-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

06-17
33:38

The Marketing Machine

What Feeds the Marketing Machine? MLD Back Again. 2 Ingredients to sports card investing success. Sets by Total Auction Value. 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram

06-10
19:12

MLD Card Valuation

Demand Side Economics! Hype! Why do people fundamentally collect? What forms does that commonly take? What archetypes should you target? 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram

06-05
17:02

Card Historynomics

A walk through the history of recent sports card eras in order to understand supply side economics. Do cards behave like other assets? Which bucket do they belong in? 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram

06-03
14:12

Welcome to the Canary's Coal Mine

The intersection of collecting, investment, and market theory for sports cards. Slabnomics is about bringing financial fundaments to sports cards as a real asset class, not just collectibles. Guiding Principles concerning Value/Math/Compound Interest. What to expect next? 🎥Youtube 📸Instagram

05-29
07:48

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