The FinanceNow Podcast

<p>Hey guys, I'm your host Anurag Birla. I recently graduated from NUS Business School as a Master of Finance and did my bachelors from NYU with a degree in Economics, Math and Business Studies. I'm incredibly passionate about investing, making money and most importantly learning about companies, industries, trends and news that revolve around the finance world.<br /><br />In this podcast, I aim to take you along a journey of learning and discovery as I get better at analysing, breaking down and studying companies, hopefully helping some of you along the way too. I summarize and explore topics, news and earnings that I find interesting and I do my best to stay up to date with the biggest stories and biggest technologies that affect us on a grand scale.<br /><br />Feel free to let me know your general thoughts, comments or even if theres anything particular you think I should research! You can reach me at <b>thefinancenowpodcast@gmail.com </b>or follow me on twitter <b>@tfinancenowp</b>, I'd love to hear from you.</p>

Intels Recovery Shows Some Life

In this episode I talk about:Macro debrief: CPI, Core CPI, Michigan Consumer SentimentEarnings: NFLX, INTC

10-26
15:11

Time To Revolutionize Sports Gaming?

Send us a textIn this episode I talk about:Macro debrief: CB consumer confidence, JOLTs job openings, government shutdownEarnings: NKEOthers: EA buyout, Open AI valuation

10-05
16:54

Consumers Want Value

Send us a textIn this episode I talk about:Macro debrief: Powell speech, GDP, PCE, Core PCE, Michigan Consumer SentimentEarnings: MU, COST

09-28
16:00

It’s Not RKO, It’s RPO

Send us a textIn this episode I talk about:Macro debrief: PPI, CPI, Core CPI, Previous week labour market revisionsEarnings: ORCL, ADBEOther: AAPL Event, Paramount and WBD rumours.

09-14
19:41

The AI Trade Is Still On

Send us a textIn this episode I talk about:Macro debrief: New Home Sales, CB Consumer Confidence, Michigan Consumer Sentiment, GDP, PCE and Core PCE.Earnings:- NVDA, DG

08-31
17:30

Resilience All Around

Send us a textIn this episode I talk about:Macro debrief: PMI (Manufacturing and Services), Jackson Hole, the path to rate cuts and how I am positioning myself. Earnings focused on the consumer:- HD, LOW, WMT

08-24
17:02

Black Monday For Monday.com

Send us a textIn this episode I talk about:- Macro debrief: Inflation numbers: both CPI and PPI, Retail salesEarnings:- MNDY, CRCL- BLSH IPO 

08-18
21:14

Palantir’s Billion Dollar Quarter

Send us a textIn this episode I talk about:- Palantir, their billion dollar quarter, strong growth, and lofty valuation- AMD, China restrictions, mixed earnings, and thoughts on the future- DIS, mixed results, strong turnaround in streaming growth coupled with weak traditional TV numbers.

08-10
25:02

Microsoft Is Up In the Cloud

Send us a textIn this episode I talk about- Consumer sentiment, Labour market, GDP, Inflation, and more importantly the hidden state of the economy after the recent non farm payroll revisions. Earnings of interest: - Primarily focus on payments in the wake of a growing stablecoin era: PYPL, V, MA- Big tech: MSFT, META, AAPL, AMZN

08-03
34:31

Solar’s Lack of Love, Intel’s Under-appreciated Quarter, and Continued AI Mania

Send us a textIn this episode I talk about- Labour market, Housing market, Japan and other major pending deals.Earnings of interest: - ENPH, INTC, NOW, TSLA, GOOG, GOOGL

07-27
25:05

AI Chip Demand Just Doesn't End

Send us a textIn this episode I talk about- Inflation updates, labour market, retail sales.Earnings of interest: - Banks summary - M&A activity, trading revenue, inflation outlook and net interest income, outlook on consumer sentiment and credit. - ASML, TSM, NFLX

07-20
18:56

Flying Taxis and Figma's Debut

Send us a textIn this episode I talk about- Labour market, unemployment rate, nonfarm payrolls, and the passing of the BBB. No earnings of interest this week. Instead, I discuss the eVTOL industry, and progress being made with flying taxis.Also talk about Figma's upcoming IPO and how the company separates itself from competitors. ARCH, JOBY, EH, EVTL

07-06
25:36

Euphoria vs Reality

Send us a textIn this episode I talk about- CB Consumer confidence, New home sales, GDP, PCE, and trade deals2 earnings of interest:- MU, NKEAlso discuss Tesla's robotaxi rollout and my general thoughts on the market's current levels. 

06-29
25:30

Stablecoins, Unstable Valuation

Send us a textIn this episode I talk about- Retails sales data from this last week and the much awaited Fed interest rate decision.No earnings of interest to cover this week, but I go through- Circle's IPO and dominant 2 week stock performance.- Meta's Scale AI deal, and brand new Oakley Gen AI glasses. 

06-22
21:40

Oracle’s Might and Chewy’s Bite

Send us a textIn this episode I talk about- Latest inflation data including CPI and PPI, the steadily worsening labour market, geopolitical tensions in the middle east and the tragic Air India accident.Earnings:- ORCL, CHWYAdditionally, sharing my thoughts on Apple's recent WWDC.

06-15
21:29

Time For Consumer Defensives

Send us a textIn this episode I talk about- Labour market showing resilience, Musk vs Trump, Trump and Xi.Earnings:- DG, DLTR, MDBFocusing on consumer defensives, how they've outperformed SPX ytd and why the future looks promising for them. MDB is more growth focused, but a valuable company that has been doing well both as a organisation and as a stock.

06-09
22:28

Chips and Cybersecurity

Send us a textIn this episode I talk about- Tariff court ruling, consumer sentiment (both CB and Michigan), PCE, GDP, and Labour market.Earnings:- NVDA, S and ZSFocusing on semiconductor and cybersecurity - why I like cybersecurity, what I like about both S and ZS, and what I think about Nvidia. 

05-31
29:13

Recession Worries Are Back

Send us a textIn this episode I talk about- Bond market and recession worries driven by weak 20Y auction, Moody's credit downgrade, tax bill etc.Earnings:- HD, LOW and TGTContinuing the theme of consumer and retail in light of weakening consumer strength, sentiment, and rising delinquencies.

05-25
24:59

Consumer and Retail’s Reality

Send us a textIn this episode I talk mainly aboutThe big macro:- CPI, Core CPI, PPI, Consumer Sentiment, Powells Speech, and Retail SalesEarnings:- WMT, and ONONAdditionally talk about 2 M&A deals: 3G Capital acquiring Skechers, and Dicks Sporting Goods acquiring Foot Locker. Focus is mainly on consumer and retail.

05-17
28:14

The Amazon Of...

Send us a textIn this episode I talk aboutThe big macro:- Fed interest rate decision, strong labour market, the lack of a need for premature rate cuts, Trump vs Powell.- Strong demand for 10 year note auction, no disruption to global order, strength of the US economy, UK/US trade deal, potential China deal and more.Earnings:- PLTR, AMD, and CPNG

05-10
24:27

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