How Short Sellers Look Through the Muddy Waters of Filings for Fraud
Carson Block, CEO of Muddy Waters Research, joins The Express to explain how one of the most influential short sellers identifies the frauds, the lies, the half-truths and the warning signs that companies sometimes use to dupe investors. Block discusses why his firm and others are looking deep into the commercial and residential real estate markets for what might be rotting inside balance sheets, and the catchphrases investors should be aware of inside corporate filings. Plus, retail investors took an extended spring break in April, but may have rediscovered their favorite stocks. LINKS FOR SHOW NOTES https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stagflation.asp https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-in-the-markets-this-week-8639418 https://muddywatersresearch.com/ https://www.vandaresearch.com/news/ https://www.investopedia.com/1973-energy-crisis-definition-5222090 https://advantage.factset.com/hubfs/Website/Resources%20Section/Research%20Desk/Earnings%20Insight/EarningsInsight_042624A.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
29 Apr 202432min
Is Capitalism Broken, and Can it Be Fixed?
Bethany McLean, author of best-selling books including, "The Smartest Guys in the Room", and "All the Devils are Here", climbs back aboard to The Express after receiving the SABEW Distinguished Achievement Award, to talk about how she broke open some of the biggest business stories of the past thirty years. From Enron to Elon Musk's SolarCity, Bethany talks about how she developed her sense of wrongdoing, her battles challenging the Power and the Powerful, and whether America's style of capitalism can be saved. LINKS FOR SHOW NOTES https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/equityriskpremium.asp https://www.calpers.ca.gov/page/newsroom/calpers-news/2024/calpers-will-increase-private-markets-investments https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-in-the-markets-this-week-8635421 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-high-speed-business-cycle-private-equity-prepares/id1529322197?i=1000500819175 https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/229011/bethany-mclean/ https://www.capitalisnt.com/ https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/failuretodeliver.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/nakedshorting.asp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
22 Apr 202437min
A Century Year-Old Financial Advice Business Faces the Future
Over the past 100 years, Edward Jones has become a ubiquitous financial advice business with over 15,000 locations in North America overseeing $2 trillion in household assets. Penny Pennington, CEO and Managing Partner of Edward Jones joins The Express to talk about what American families are doing with their money, what they are worried about, and how they intend to transfer their wealth to their kids and grandkids. Plus, Volatility is back after a long nap, and it is shaking up individual stocks and the major averages. Is this the beginning of a correction, or just the natural cycle of capital markets in the 21st century? LINKS FOR SHOW NOTES https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/vix.asp https://www.costco.com/1-oz-gold-bar-pamp-suisse-lady-fortuna-veriscan-new-in-assay.product.4000186760.html https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-in-the-markets-this-week-8630573 https://www.edwardjones.com/us-en/why-edward-jones/news-media/thought-leadership/firm-leadership/penny-pennington https://www.cfraresearch.com/insights/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
15 Apr 202432min
Putting Stock Market Pullbacks into Perspective
Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist at CFRA, rejoins The Express to put stock market pullbacks in perspective, and why the recent declines are to be expected and relatively minor given historical averages. Plus, there is a growing chorus of Fed presidents who don't think interest rate cuts are warranted at all this year given the hot labor market and persistent inflation. Do investors and savers need to get used to, "higher until whenever", for interest rates, which might explain the heaviest inflows into money market funds that we've witnessed all year? Also, glam-metal legends KISS sells its catalogue and its NIL for $300 million as Name, Image and Likeness moves from the field to the recording industry. https://www.bespokepremium.com/ https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html https://advantage.factset.com/hubfs/Website/Resources%20Section/Research%20Desk/Earnings%20Insight/EarningsInsight_040524A.pdf https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-in-the-markets-this-week-8624383 https://www.sifma.org/people/sam-stovall/ https://www.investopedia.com/name-image-likeness-8558991 https://pophouse.se/news/pophouse-acquires-the-music-catalogue-brand-name-and-ip-of-legendary-rock-band-kiss/ https://www.cfraresearch.com/about/ https://www.amazon.com/Books-Sam-Stovall/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ASam+Stovall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
8 Apr 202429min
Claudia Sahm on the "Sahm Rule", and the Health of the Economy Today
Claudia Sahm didn't coin the "Sahm Rule", but she has taken on the responsibility that comes with having an economics rule and recession indicator named after her. The macroeconomist who worked at the Federal Reserve and the White House Council of Economic Advisers joins The Express with her forecast for the U.S. economy, including what could go very right, and what could go very wrong. Plus, divergences across the stock market make this recent run to all time highs even more interesting. Happy financial literacy month! Links for show notes: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dowtheory.asp https://allstarcharts.com/blog/ https://dogwifcoin.org/ https://www.investopedia.com/bitcoin-halving-4843769 https://restorethemagic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Disney-Trian-White-Paper-2024.pdf https://stayathomemacro.substack.com/ https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-in-the-markets-this-week-8622016 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 Apr 202433min
A New Wave of Optimism Reawakens the Bulls
Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at The Carson Group, climbs back aboard The Express to break down the recent 'Everything Rally', and why history and recent economic data suggest that this trend in motion should stay in motion. Plus, companies are piling on the dividends and the share buybacks to entice investors and jolt their earnings. Investors are scooping up those benefits and are as confident in future returns as they've been in a long time. Links for show notes: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomcprojtabl20240320.htm https://www.investopedia.com/individual-investors-optimism-grows-albeit-cautiously-as-stocks-back-off-highs-8611333 https://www.investopedia.com/articles/02/041702.asp https://www.janushenderson.com/en-us/advisor/insights/global-dividend-index/ https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/corporate-news/article/sp-500-q4-2023-buybacks-increase-180-compared-to-q3/ https://www.carsongroup.com/insights/ https://www.carsongroup.com/insights/blog/why-high-interest-rates-havent-hurt-the-consumer-and-maybe-even-helped/ https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/antitrust.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/sherman-antiturst-act.asp https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-in-the-markets-this-week-march-25-2024-8613096 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
25 Mar 202432min
Can Cannabis Tourism Save California's Cannabis Industry?
Cannabis sales and prices are falling apart in the Golden State as overproduction and a glut of dispensaries have far outpaced demand. Can cannabis tourism rescue the industry, or will the stigma of the Schedule 1 controlled substance linger over a state that has been built on family fun destinations like Disneyland and Universal Studios? From the Visit California Outlook Forum in Palm Springs, a panel conversation with Peter Gamez, the President and CEO of Visit Oakland, Wendy Hasse-Roberts, the President and CEO of Travel Santa Ana, and Brian Applegarth of Destination Cannabis. Plus, sector rotation is under way in the stock market as energy stocks take the lead and tech stalls. Is this a sign of lower lows for the market, or just a reset and a wink back at the year 1995? LINKS FOR SHOW NOTES: https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-in-the-markets-this-week-8609500 https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/committee-foreign-investment-united-states-cfius.asp https://industry.visitcalifornia.com/events/past/outlook-forum-2024 https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-applegarth/ https://theemeraldcup.com/ https://www.investopedia.com/marijuana-legality-by-state-4844504 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
18 Mar 202437min
Digging for Answers on Why Gold is at a Record High
Gold prices are at all time highs as the precious metal is having another moment in the sun amid geopolitical uncertainty, sticky high inflation and the highest interest rates in over 20 years. Louise Street of the World Gold Council, a membership organization of some of the biggest gold miners and companies in the world, explains why investors are leaning back into this historical store of wealth. Plus, the biggest stocks in the market are fading as the rest of the market plays catch up. Is this the sign of a healthy bull market, or a late-cycle fade in this historically strong bull market. LINKS FOR SHOW NOTES: https://www.investopedia.com/why-did-gold-prices-hit-all-time-highs-8604361 https://www.garzarelli.com/ https://www.investopedia.com/feb-2024-jobs-report-8606247 https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-in-the-markets-this-week-8606449 https://thegoldenthread.gold.org/ https://www.gold.org/what-we-do https://www.gold.org/news-and-events/press-releases/geopolitical-and-economic-uncertainty-bolster-gold-demand-and-prices https://www.upjohn.org/labor-leverage-ratio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
11 Mar 202436min
