Wall Street Millennial

Soaring oil and gas prices have hurt everyday consumers around the world since the beginning of 2022. In this episode, we discuss the economics behind the surge, what's in store going forward, and who benefits.

Elon Musk is putting his Twitter buyout in doubt by calling into question Twitter's claims about their fake accounts. In this episode, we examine what it all means for Musk, and for Twitter shareholders.

Melvin Capital lost billions of dollars in the 2021 GameStop short squeeze. Now, it's fallen-star fund manager is closing down the firm for good.

Luna Coin has been exposed as a $60 failed crypto project. In this episode, we discuss how some of the world's most sophisticated investors and algorithmic trading firms fell for it.

PayPal, one of the greatest tech stories of the past decade, has now lost three quarters of its market value. In this episode, we explain why, and what it means for the stock's prospects going forward.

The Fast Fashion industry has been generating huge profits in recent years. In this episode we examine why it, in conjunction with Buy Now Pay Later, has become so successful.

Stagflation is the word everyone is using to describe the era that we could be heading into. In this episode, we explore the fundamentals to see how likely this scenario might be.

Chase Coleman's legendary hedge fund, Tiger Global, has lost almost half of its value over the first part of 2022. In this episode, we explain what happened, and how a fund manager can go from first to worst so spectacularly.

Conspiracy theories and other unscientific media is big business. In this episode we explore the story of Gaia, one of the most successful beneficiaries of this phenomenon.

In this episode, we examine Putin's weaponization of Europe's energy supply, and what the consequences coule be for everyday households.

After less than one month in operation, CNN's subscription service, CNN+, is history. In this episode we dive deep into what made it such an embarrassing failure.

One year after the epic Archegos implosion, the results of an official investigation are out. In this episode we take a deep dive into Bill Hwang's rampage that resulted in $10 billion of losses for Wall Street's biggest banks.

Elon Musk is famous for making Tesla the most valuable automobile company in the world. But he technically is not the founder, and doesn't get along with the true founders even a little.

In this episode we detail the letter Twitter's board received from 18 Members of Congress about Elon Musk's takeover bid, as well as Twitter's history of catching the ire of powerful individuals.

In this episode we discuss the Russia invasion's implications for economic globalization.

Today we explain what Twitter's "Poison Pill" is, and what Elon Musk's take-private bid might mean for the company.

In this episode we discuss the most embarrassing and costly trading loss in Wall Street banking history - JP Morgan's $6.2B CIO disaster.

In this episode we discuss the weaponization of the US Dollar since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began.

Ukraine has stalled the Russian invasion with an incredible show of strength. The consequences to Russia's economy will be dire.

Private mercenaries are a booming business. In this episode we examine what role they play in the modern world.

Technical analysis is widely practiced among active traders. In this episode, we investigate what the data says about whether or not it works.

Barclays recently lost $600M due to an apparent operational oversight related to their VXX exchange traded note. In this episode we discuss how such a costly and embarrassing blunder happened at such a prestigious institution.

Russia's economic costs from the Ukraine invasion have proven severe. We examine the measures Russia is using to counter these pressures, and how well they are working.

Zoom Communications is perhaps the most iconic of all the pandemic-era tech stocks. After losing 80% of its value in 2021 with the rest of the pandemic tech stocks, the company's business economics paint a much different picture.

WorldCom was a $180B company at its peak that dominated the American telecommunications industry. But after a massive financial scandal, the company was destroyed. Now, its name has long been forgotten by the public.