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Jeffrey Hirsch and Sam Stovall discuss the April market low. With $SPY / $QQQ sliding now, their lessons on oversold signals and sector rotation are more important than ever. 📺 Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMlJQm8FUnw #StockMarket #Investing #SPY #QQQ #MarketBottom #TechnicalAnalysis #SectorRotation #StockMarketTrends #InvestingTips #StockMarketOutlook #Oversold #TradingStrategie...

In this eye-opening segment of This Week in Wall Street History, host Todd M. Schoenberger examines the dramatic rise and collapse of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) in 1998—a hedge fund founded by world-class financiers, including Nobel Laureates Robert Merton and Myron Scholes. Despite delivering spectacular returns of 20–40% annually, LTCM’s overreliance on extreme leverage—borrowed in exce...

Many think AI is a bubble, but history shows we’re only in the early innings, like the internet in 1995.  In this short video, Todd M. Schoenberger, Tobin Smith, and Rhys Williams (Wayve Capital) break down why AI’s impact could be far bigger than you think + how to navigate seasonal risks for $SPY / $QQQ and tariff headwinds. 📺 Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZK5bY2tArA Learn more...

In this episode of This Week in Wall Street History, Todd M. Schoenberger highlights a scandal that redefined trust in Wall Street leadership. On April 10, 2000, James McDermott Jr., then CEO of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW), faced insider trading charges—accused of leaking confidential merger data to his mistress, pornography actress Kathryn Gannon, ahead of a major deal. The revelation triggered...

Welcome to Wall Street Lingo, where Todd M. Schoenberger simplifies insider financial jargon. In today’s episode: "Fedspeak"—the intentionally vague and layered language used by Federal Reserve chairs, especially Alan Greenspan, to avoid shocking markets and to delay influencing expectations. Origins: Coined around Greenspan’s tenure, “Fedspeak” refers to his famously convoluted statements—designe...

In this compelling segment of This Week in Wall Street History, host Todd M. Schoenberger revisits a pivotal date—March 3, 1901—when J.P. Morgan announced the merger of Carnegie Steel with Federal Steel and National Tube, forming U.S. Steel, the world’s largest corporation at the time, valued at $1.4 billion—a staggering sum equivalent to approximately 7% of U.S. GDP in 1901. This landmark consoli...

In this edition of This Week in Wall Street History, host Todd M. Schoenberger explores a pivotal moment in tech history: February 1, 1975, when Bill Gates and Paul Allen sold their BASIC interpreter for the Altair 8800 to MITS for $3,000 plus royalties—a modest start that launched Microsoft’s lifelong trajectory. Today, Microsoft is a dominant force: with a market capitalization soaring to approx...

In this edition of This Week in Wall Street History, host Todd M. Schoenberger revisits the dramatic downfall of Drexel Burnham Lambert. On February 13, 1990, after intense regulatory pressure, the firm was forced into Chapter 11 bankruptcy—marking the first major Wall Street collapse since the Great Depression. At its peak in 1986, Drexel was the fifth-largest investment bank in the U.S., fueled...

Welcome to Wall Street Lingo, where Todd M. Schoenberger breaks down financial jargon into plain English. Today’s term: Triple Witching—a trading phenomenon that happens four times a year. What Is It? Triple Witching occurs on the third Friday of March, June, September, and December, when three key contracts expire simultaneously: Stock options Index options Index futuresThis convergence often lea...

In this This Week in Wall Street History segment, host Todd M. Schoenberger traces the roots of modern credit cards back to February 8, 1950, when Frank McNamara famously forgot his wallet at a NYC restaurant—and returned the next day armed with the first Diners Club card. This humble moment sparked the charge-card revolution, enabling diners to pay later at multiple restaurants. Within a year, us...

Welcome to Wall Street Lingo, a Buy Hold Sell spin-off where Todd M. Schoenberger breaks down complex financial terms into everyday language. In this episode, Todd demystifies the PCE—Personal Consumption Expenditures index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge used to guide interest rate decisions. You’ll learn: What the PCE measures: how PCE tracks the prices of goods and services con...

In this gripping episode of This Week in Wall Street History, host Todd M. Schoenberger revisits a dark day for financial markets. On March 12, 2009, Bernard “Bernie” Madoff—once a revered figure on Wall Street—pleaded guilty to 11 federal felonies including securities fraud, money laundering, and perjury—admitting he operated the largest Ponzi scheme in history, defrauding clients of nearly $65 b...

In this must-watch episode of Buy Hold Sell, traders Todd M. Schoenberger and Tobin Smith team up with options expert Danielle Shay to guide you through the buzzed-about Nvidia earnings release—and how to capitalize no matter which direction the market heads. Key coverage includes: Bullish setups: Expect resistance near $185—a breakout could send Nvidia toward $195–$210, while a bounce from $175–$...

In this compelling installment of This Week in Wall Street History, host Todd M. Schoenberger highlights the origin of a future titan. On February 15, 1955, Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates merged with Hathaway Manufacturing Company—forming Berkshire Hathaway, a textile firm that was about to become the legendary investment vehicle of Warren Buffett. What began as a consolidation of two struggli...

In this compelling episode of Buy Hold Sell, Wall Street traders Todd M. Schoenberger and Tobin Smith sit down with the multi-talented David Nelson—host of The Money Runner podcast, a strategic analyst at Belpointe Asset Management, and former lead guitarist of The Turtles. David breaks from the norm by declining to forecast the 2024 S&P 500, citing heightened risk of a recession amid sticky infla...

Enter one of finance's most infamous cautionary tales in this episode of This Week in Wall Street History. Host Todd M. Schoenberger recounts how in 1995, a single trader in Barings Bank’s Singapore office, Nick Leeson, spiraled the venerable institution into ruin by hiding speculative trading losses in a secret “88888” account—ultimately costing the bank over $1.3 billion in unauthorized derivati...

In this compelling episode of Buy Hold Sell, hosts Todd M. Schoenberger and Tobin Smith are joined by famed strategist Dr. Ed Yardeni, founder of Yardeni Research, to discuss his recently revised outlook for the S&P 500 in 2025. Despite recent volatility, Yardeni raised his year-end target from 6,000 to 6,400, citing easing U.S.–China trade tensions and stronger-than-expected earnings, while still...

In this This Week in Wall Street History segment, Todd M. Schoenberger revisits the founding of a New York legend—April 1, 1897, when John Jacob Astor IV launched the Astoria Hotel next to his cousin’s Waldorf Hotel, creating the glamorous Waldorf-Astoria, the world’s largest luxury hotel of its era. The hotel became a social hub for elites and pioneered comforts like in-room electricity and priva...

In this breakthrough episode of Double Down with Breslo, host James Breslo sits down with Val Martinez, founder and president of BettingLadies.com, a dynamic and inclusive online community transforming the landscape of sports betting for women. Launched in 2023, BettingLadies.com has rapidly become the go-to platform for women who bet—now offering guides (like “What Women Want in Sports Betting”),...

In this special This Week in Wall Street History segment, Todd M. Schoenberger retraces a legendary Day One: April 1, 1976—the day Apple Computer Company was born in Steve Jobs’ garage by the trio of Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. That humble beginning led to the Apple I, a pioneering personal computer that sparked a technological revolution. Fast forward to today: Apple has transformed in...

In this timely Buy Hold Sell episode, hosts Todd M. Schoenberger and Tobin Smith welcome Tim Urbanowicz, Head of Research & Investment Strategy at Innovator ETFs. Tim unpacks the recent November equity rebound, examining whether the rally—boosted by election momentum—will stand or fade into 2025. Learn how Defined Outcome ETFs—like Buffer ETFs—are protecting portfolios while offering upside amid v...

In this edition of This Week in Wall Street History, host Todd M. Schoenberger revisits one of the financial world’s most notorious scandals. Albert H. Wiggin, once celebrated as a titan of banking, was revealed during the Great Depression to have short-sold 42,000 shares of his own firm, Chase National Bank, even as the bank infused capital to stabilize markets—profiting millions from insider kno...

In this special edition of Double Down with Breslo, narrator Todd M. Schoenberger revisits a pivotal moment in sports gambling history — the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) of 2006, signed as part of the SAFE Port Act. This legislation didn’t ban online gambling outright; instead it targeted financial transactions with offshore operators, triggering widespread ind...

In this timely episode of Buy Hold Sell, hosts Todd M. Schoenberger and Tobin Smith sit down with Sylvia Jablonski, CEO & CIO of Defiance ETFs, to explore how investors can generate consistent income in the current environment amid expected Federal Reserve rate cuts. Sylvia unveils how Defiance ETFs delivers: High monthly yield via options-driven products like JEPY, focusing on S&P 500 income $MST...

Lacrosse is taking off—faster than any other college sport in the U.S. In this Buy Hold Sell Special Report, Wall Street trader Todd M. Schoenberger sits down with ESPN’s lacrosse insider Chris Cotter to understand the explosion in popularity—and what investors, brands, and Wall Street can learn from it. Why it matters now: College lacrosse programs soared over the past two decades—women’s teams m...