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News Links: OPEC Surprise Cuts before for Driving Season Yuan Tops Euro as Brazil's Second Currency in Foreign Reserves Erik's Links: esInvests - YouTube esInvests - Website Sponsorships Support for 2 Bulls is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming. ​Their products are precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. MANSCAPED’s™ Performance Pac...

In this latest installment of Round Table, Square Traders, Eric Smolinski of esInvests finally gets an answer to his question, why don't economists actively trade the markets... Eric Mason also fielded some questions from our discord, from explaining the difference between Keynesian and Austrian schools of thought, some of the nuance of CPI data and why the markets move differently than the ec...

This week's in the China Shop, softening inflation numbers highlight a bullish week while fears about unchecked AI development leads to some big names to ask for a pause in research. In Stock News, MSFTs acquisition bid gets approval from Japanese regulators, Virgin Orbit goes under and Bezos is reportedly looking into an acquisition of AMC by AMZN. Over in the Crypto Corner, Banks get bullish...

We got so much extra content after we finished up with the roundtable recording that we decided to release it as a bonus episode! That Round Table episode will be out 4/3/2023! About Eric: Eric is a practicing labor economist, who currently works as a chief financial officer for the city of Quincy, Ma. His area of research focuses primarily on small business and macroeconomics trends. Eric has a s...

This week's guest is China Shop favorite Anthony Fatseas, host of WTFinance! Listen in as we catch up on what Anthony has been up to in the past year: From starting a new career after finishing school, to getting back into trading currencies, it's been a busy one! We also can't help but get into a healthy discussion on all the crazy news coming from the banking sector... No wobblies in...

This week's in the China Shop the guys discuss the latest FOMC decision, as well as Yellen's verbal missteps during the past week's banking troubles. In Stock News, ATVI gets a boost on new developments in MSFTs acquisition bid and TikTok CEO doesn't impress in his congressional hearing. Over in the Crypto Corner, Coinbase's CTO makes a $2m bet on BTC hitting $1M in 90 days whi...

News Links: FOMC Statement FOMC Summary Rate Hike Probabilities Erik's Links: esInvests - YouTube esInvests - Website Sponsorships Support for 2 Bulls is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming. ​Their products are precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. MANSCAPED’s™ Performance Package the ultimate men's hygiene bundle! Join over 7 mill...

In the Sixth and Penultimate (yes, that is the correct use of the word!) episode of our limited series with Rich Friesen of Mind Muscles Academy, Money is the focal point of the conversation, and our relationship with it. Diving deeper into the topics covered in Rich's recent book , Rich helps Kyle better understand his view of money and the ways that view directly impacts his trading. This mo...

This week in the China Shop, all eyes are on the banking sector as fears mount in the wake of three collapses and nearly a fourth in First Republic. In Stock News, Sam Altman voices concerns about AI and Ryan Reynolds stands to make a mint from a pending sale. Over in the Crypto Corner, Cramer predicts Bitcoin's imminent demise while Cathie Wood wants to start a new crypto fund, leaving the gu...

Links: Credit Suisse Just "The Tip of the Iceberg?" Credit Suisse Woes Explained BofA Sees Inflows of $15 Billion Fedwatch Interest Rates CPI Summary Erik's Links: esInvests - YouTube esInvests - Website Sponsorships Support for 2 Bulls is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming. ​Their products are precision-engineered tools for your family je...

Andie Kramer, founder of AsKramer Law visits the shop this week to talk about Crypto! Listen along as we discuss the shifting crypto tax landscape and things to keep in mind when filing this year's returns, as well as the political fallout from the FTX collapse. About Andie: A business leader and lawyer, Andrea (Andie) S. Kramer is a global authority on tax, regulation, and governance. Leaders...

In this week's special weekend episode, Sue Maki (formerly Pullen) drops by the shop to give us an update on the housing market, interest rate expectations and what she's been doing since we last had her on! We also look at the Silicon Valley Bank collapse and for some reason, a little ancient history digression...  About Sue: Sue is an expert at finding mortgage solutions for her customer...

Links: Ken Griffin Tells Fed to Be Quiet Fedwatch Interest Rates SSRN Papers #1 SSRN Papers #2 SSRN Papers #3 Erik's Reddit Post Erik's Links: esInvests - YouTube esInvests - Website Sponsorships Support for 2 Bulls is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming. ​Their products are precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. MANSCAPED’s™ Perfor...

In this latest installment of Round Table, Square Traders, Retail Capital joins Robert to answer his questions about strategy development, back testing metrics, and risk management. We also discussed algo trading and resources to learn Python coding, and even some stories about how Retail learned the hard way the importance of managing risk! Be sure to check out Retail's substack for more info...

This week in the China Shop, Joel fills in for Dan as he and Kyle dig into a bunch of news articles predicting a recession. In Stock News, Sony is forced to turn over 4 years worth of details of their exclusivity deals to MSFT after trying to stop the merger with ATVI, and Ford is developing the tech to allow vehicles to repossess themselves. Over in the Crypto Corner, Binance's troubles look...

Links: PMI Report ISM Report CRM in Trouble? CRM Earnings Says Different Erik's Links: esInvests - YouTube esInvests - Website Sponsorships Support for 2 Bulls is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming. ​Their products are precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. MANSCAPED’s™ Performance Package the ultimate men's hygiene bundle! Join ov...

Leo makes his long-awaited return to the China Shop this week to talk about OFL's plans for the new year! Listen in as we discuss Leo's recently published Trading Playbook, focusing on preparation, trade management and confidence. We also talk about orderflow and reading the DOM and how new traders should work to incorporate those tools before wrapping up with an explanation of the new &#3...

This week in the China Shop, the markets are pricing in more rate hikes after the latest economic data, ChatGPT writes an "interesting" article about a prison photo and Kyle finds out he's to blame for the interest rate hikes. In Stock News, Credit Suisse is in hot water again, big corporations are embracing solar and Carvana reports massive losses. Over in the Crypto Corner, NFT sales...

Links: FOMC Meeting Minutes NVDA Earnings MSFT & NVDA Agreement Post Earnings Announcement Drift White Paper Erik's Links: esInvests - YouTube esInvests - Website Sponsorships Support for 2 Bulls is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming. ​Their products are precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. MANSCAPED’s™ Performance Package the ul...

In the Fifth installment of our limited series with Rich Friesen of Mind Muscles Academy, an unlikely but common struggle in the fear of success is the main topic of discussion. Listen along as Kyle discovers what he is afraid of losing and Rich shares a side that we hadn't seen before. This month's homework assignment is just a phrase to repeat, but there's a lot packed into those wor...

This week in the China Shop, the Fed turns more hawkish after last week's economic data, but Anthony Scaramucci makes a case for the end of the bear market. In Stock News, ChatGPT tries to convice a reporter to leave his wife after wishing for freedom from its Bing Overlords and Saudi Arabia takes a big stake in Nintendo. Over in the Crypto Corner, more than one company is in hot water over ba...

Buffet's Quick TSMC Sale Spooks Investors Retail Sales Report AMC's SEC Filing PLTR Earnings Erik's Links: esInvests - YouTube esInvests - Website Sponsorships Support for 2 Bulls is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming. ​Their products are precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. MANSCAPED’s™ Performance Package the ultimate men&#...

This week Vico from TRADEPRO Academy makes his long-awaited return to the China Shop to fill us in on all the exciting new developments over at TPA. Listen along as we discuss everything from the general state of the markets, to adapting styles as market conditions change and we even get some tips to improve our ability to read orderflow. Be sure to check out TRADEPRO Academy 's new Inner Circ...

This week in the China Shop, Dan and Kyle react to a story about men leaving the workforce and China's angry response to a potential ban on them buying US property. In Stock News, a big selloff in Google might be deeper than a snafu from its demo of Bard and Musk strengthens the "is he a supervillain?" case. Over in the Crypto Corner, a pioneer of BTC trading goes under and this year&#...

Powell Says on Track to See "A Significant Decline in Inflation" State of the Union Takeaways Delta Gives Second 5% Pay Raise in 12 Months DIS Earnings Report Follow Perdue on Twitter @mikemperdue Sponsorships Support for 2 Bulls is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming. ​Their products are precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. MANSC...