Rigatoni Capital Podcast

The February jobs report showed 92,000 jobs lost. Oil is now trading above $90 a barrel, WTI crude surging roughly 37% in a single week as the Iran war chokes off the Strait of Hormuz. Gas prices at the pump just hit $3.32 a gallon nationally, their highest level of the year, and analysts are warning of $100 Brent crude if the disruption holds. I walk through exactly what is happening in energy ma...

The February jobs report just dropped and it is ugly. The US shed 92,000 jobs last month, a massive miss versus expectations of a gain of 60,000, and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4%. It is the third time in five months the economy has lost jobs, and the revisions made it worse. December was revised from a gain of 48,000 to a loss of 17,000. I break down what this means for the Fed, for inf...

Three stories every long-term investor should be paying attention to today. First, Broadcom. Most people who own index funds like QQQ or the S&P 500 have meaningful exposure to AVGO without ever realizing it. We walk through why Broadcom matters, what the company actually does, and why understanding your largest index holdings is a core part of being an informed investor. AVGO just reported re...

Korea's KOSPI just had its worst day since 2024, down 7.2% in a single session. Samsung and SK Hynix got crushed, circuit breakers were triggered, and foreign investors dumped over $3 billion in Korean equities. We break down exactly why it happened and who is winning right now. To understand today's selloff, you have to trace the full chain. US tariffs on China led to Beijing retaliating with ref...

First, Berkshire Hathaway. We break down their Q4 2025 results — operating earnings fell nearly 30% year over year to $10.2 billion, dragged down by a 54% collapse in insurance underwriting profits. We put that number in context, explain why it looks worse than it actually is, and walk through how Berkshire actually makes its money: the key revenue segments powering the conglomerate, from the insu...

On the first trading day since the outbreak of the US-Iran war, we break down how defense stocks are responding and what long-term investors should be watching. Then we shift to earnings season — what's coming this week and what matters. We close with a look at Berkshire Hathaway and American Express weakness, and what that signals about consumer and financial sector sentiment. All of it through t...

In this episode of Rigatoni Capital, I break down market sentiment coming out of last week's earnings and dive deep into U.S. defense manufacturers — including whether the ITA ETF makes more sense than picking individual names like Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman for a long-term portfolio. I also preview Broadcom's earnings report this Wednesday, cover the broader semiconductor lan...

With U.S. and Israeli forces launching joint strikes on Iran this morning under Operation Epic Fury and Operation Shield of Judah, we break down what's happening in real time and what it means for your portfolio. We walk through the defense manufacturer thesis — LMT, RTX, NOC, LHX — and why a permanent allocation to this sector acts as geopolitical insurance rather than a tactical trade. We cover...

This episode discussed my personal portfolio including top positions in Palantir, AppLovin, NVIDIA, Caterpillar, Lockheed Martin, and the XLU utilities ETF. I break down why I believe Palantir and AppLovin are structurally different from traditional SaaS companies and why they are built to win in the AI era rather than be disrupted by it. This episode touched on HALO stocks — Heavy Assets, Low Obs...

For weekly analysis, market insights, and portfolio updates, subscribe to the Rigatoni Capital newsletter at rigatonicapital.substack.com On this Episode: "Kevin (Bagholder) joins the show to break down energy stocks flying under the radar — Constellation Energy, Centrus Energy, and Schlumberger — plus pair trading as a portfolio tool, the massive disconnect between silver miners and the metal its...