Wall Street Wildlife Investing Podcast

Krzysztof explains why he’s now heavily invested in a tiny $140 million dollar biotech company, Coherus Biosciences $CHRS. There are two ways to make money in the market, and both have to do with a gap in perceived value. Coherus had very encouraging second quarter results, but an analyst downgrade sent the stock tumbling regardless. Are the downgrade reasons based on how the wall street game is p...

Are we in a recession or not? What is the Sahm Rule Recession Indicator? Why does Claudia Sahm herself not trust its conclusion at the moment? Are we no longer in a capitalist system? A preview of an upcoming conversation about techno-feudalism and the contradictions of capitalism. Blame Monkey for this one. Did Luke get lucky selling Airbnb $ABNB before earnings based on local anecdotal evidence...

While Luke comes home from front row seats at the Paris Olympics, the market tries to rain on his fur by having a historical meltdown and a global margin call. We discuss the $VIX volatility index and just how rocky Monday morning was relative to the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID scare. What caused it all? Krzysztof explains the Japanese carry trade, how it's tied to leverage and why NVI...

Krzysztof returns from a Hobbit house getaway while Luke gets ready to head to Paris for the Olympics; tales of travel spark some short-term trauma about lost luggage and Crowdstrike’s $CRWD hand in making lots of people maddeningly upset. If that’s not spicy enough, we briefly discuss historical revolutions and national identities sparked by the Olympics’ opening ceremony’s raw political themes -...

This week, we’re swinging through the vines of US politics, wrestling with the CrowdStrike $CRWD chaos, and dishing updates on Luke’s NuScale Power $SMR position. Strap in — it’s a wild ride! Political Safari: Joe Biden exits the presidential race, shaking up the political landscape. Luke's prediction pays off handsomely, while Krzysztof welcomes the fresh air this brings to the democratic pro...

Fresh off an assassination attempt, Donald Trump’s political future looms large. Is his return to the Oval Office now inevitable, and what could this mean for the investment landscape? While Krzysztof battles the tail end of COVID, he passes the analytical baton to Luke, who takes a deep dive into three high-stakes companies: Palantir $PLTR NuScale Power $SMR Rocket Lab $RKLB Tune in to find out w...

Krzysztof's back from Europe, but he brought COVID with him -- is his pink Care Bears hat an essential part of the recuperative process? Luke commends Krzysztof's bet against corporate real estate and regional banks (puts on $KRE!), and shares some data that supports the doom thesis. Is thorough research essential in identifying investment opportunities, or is it sufficient to take deep ab...

Badger returns from his motorbike trek to Budapest, but barely survives not losing his head. Monkey is still stuffing his face with cannolis in small-town Sicily (home of shoddy internet speeds and the reason why we have no video this week!). Trump and Biden are two of the most compromised presidential candidates of all time — but is one somehow better than the other from an investing perspective?...

While Luke is motorbiking across Europe, Krzysztof is doing aerial acrobatics above Warsaw and dropping down on jet-skis, Bond-style. Luke reads about Ray Kurzweil's latest AI prognostications, which include discovering how to use hundreds of thousands of new compounds, leading to the promise of free energy and the need to capture that energy. Krzysztof, despite his $EOSE investment waiting to...

After Badgering Monkey about selling Crowdstrike $CRWD (yet again), Luke discusses the differences between Crowdstrike and Palo Alto Networks $PANW, two strong cybersecurity companies. But l can there only be one? Monkey, meanwhile, wonders whether AI is going to disrupt everything, including SaaS companies like Crowdstrike, or whether certain mega-trends can overpower the impending disruptions. W...

Luke shares his experience surprising his wife with the new Tesla Model 3 Highland, complete with its futuristic driving features $TSLA — is the smooth buying process enough of a differentiator for Tesla as a car company? Meanwhile, Krzysztof reveals his strategic moves in the “King of the Jungle" portfolio challenge, including a bullish stance on $BTC mining and AI data-warehouser Iris Energ...

Politics matter but can they be a distraction for investors? We discuss the way to handle political complexity in the context of Trump's criminal trial. There are over 50 million US crypto wallets. Monkey thinks crypto philosophy runs deep and that crypto policies will strongly influence the upcoming US elections. Badger is sceptical.50% or more invested in one holding: we revisit the principl...

How much should macroeconomic data matter to investors? Do the prices of McDonald’s hamburgers tell us something about the state of the economy? Badger badgers his friend with a 50% portfolio allocation to $NVDA pre-earnings — was he right to do so? Mentioned: risk management, resulting, Monkey’s own violations of risk principles and their consequences, the law of investing gravity. What is passiv...

In this special episode, Monkey comes back from a Zen retreat and advises Badger on all the ways he needs to get his life in order. Along the way, we discuss the pitfalls of short-term trading, and why doing less is often more when it comes to investing returns. Most importantly, Monkey challenges Badger to see if he can put away all his tech toys for his week-long retreat: listen to all the creat...

OpenAI's latest GPT-4 upgrade has Monkey and Badger both amazed and a little concerned. We dive into the mind-blowing new features: human-like voices, lightning-fast responses, and conversations that flow like never before. If you’re a math student or a science student, great news! Your life has just gotten way easier and potentially more optimized if you learn how to use this tool correctly!...

Remember the Telescope Investing podcast? Hosts Luke and Albert are back for a special reunion episode! While Krzysztof is taking a well-deserved break, Luke and Albert have plenty to catch up on since their last show in 2022. They'll discuss how investing fueled their early retirement, the lessons learned from pandemic-era stock picks (both the wins and the losses!), and the exciting new comp...

In Episode 25, Luke reflects on his magnum-opus 50-day portfolio review on X, including selling $AMZN “too early” to buy a couple of cars. We debate whether that was a mistake or using money appropriately to live fully? https://twitter.com/7LukeHallard/status/1781627421243908513 Monkey wonders how Luke got through 2008 beating the market by double-digits: was it luck in owning $ISRG at the right t...

This week's podcast is a repost from the 7investing podcast feed, where Luke & Krzysztof are Lead Advisors. --- If you’ve ever travelled abroad or tried to send money across international borders, hidden fees and unfair exchange rates have no doubt been a massive and expensive headache. In this week's episode of the 7investing podcast, Lead Advisors Luke Hallard & Krzysztof Piekars...

The wildlife are getting restless - Badger’s motorcycle has been stolen! He's making up the cost by ensuring he's invested in the world's greatest companies, and in today's episode, we discuss the first of his investing desirables: does the company align with powerful trends that are shaping the future? Are ethics and doing good for the world part of that requirement? How does a co...

Is fear stopping you from investing and building your wealth? Investing is risky and fear-inducing, but is also one of the most direct paths to living the life you want. There are many obstacles, one of the biggest of which is fear. On today’s special Owl’s Nest episode, we define fear and suggest ways to become more intimate with it. Badger and Monkey discuss the merits and drawbacks of paper tra...

Before returning to the UK, Badger paid his pal Monkey a visit in Austin. Shenanigans ensued, including, but not limited to: A trip to the Apple $AAPL store to try the Vision Pro headset. Was the demo experience enough to convince Luke to drop Android and buy into Apple’s metaverse aspirations? Since the Wise $WIZEY Austin headquarters were nearby, we were graciously able to take a tour of the com...

Monkey badgers Badger about his portfolio review and the insights he's gained thus far. Why did he invest in Sea Limited $SE? What metrics about Cloudflare $NET are giving him pause? Would he buy more now if he didn't own any already? How did knowing Wise as a customer influence his confidence in being a shareholder? $WIZEY “Money won is ten times sweeter than money earned.” Is investing s...

Investing that will make you wealthy is as much about your own psychology as it is about the companies you invest in. If you skip the “know thyself” step, you will make terrible mistakes that could have been avoided. Do you think you’re smarter than everyone else? Do you invest for the short or long term? Is your portfolio resilient? Are you susceptible to FOMO? Krzysztof “Monkey” Piekarski and Lu...

Is AI a sustainable investing trend? Should AI ethics matter for investors? The newly crowned Best Picture, Oppenheimer, alerts us about how humanity's obsession with science made blowing up the world a non-zero reality. Nvidia $NVDA is a company enabling the next great revolution in technology, but is it too much too quickly? We discuss whether it has gotten too far ahead of itself in terms o...

Is Google $GOOGL a bear, a bull or a dodo? Badger buys more, Monkey screeches Be Careful! Meta $META was in a similar position not too long ago, but it has an impenetrable social network moat. Can the same thing be said of Google’s data in a time of AI with companies building language models from the ground up and redefining search? Monkey explains this quandary is what the “too hard bucket” is fo...