The Macro Environment and the Overview of What Led to Bank Failures

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Not all alt are created equal. There is a huge difference between the top 5% 10% of outperformers and the bottom of the pile. The biggest question again is, do the bank failures actually make the Fed pivot? As of the last few weeks, at least, it seems like the market is convinced that that is the case. We'll talk about the positioning in the current economic environment, some of the future of the banking system.

Itay Vinik is the Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Equi, an alternative investment platform that brings investment strategies to accredited investors.

Today, Itay returns to the pod to answer the question: can the Fed thread the needle between inflation and recession?

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------ Topics Covered

0:00 Intro 6:00 Itay Returns 8:00 Reflecting on 2022 12:04 Equi Portfolio 15:35 Threading the Needle 19:10 Destroying Wealth 26:45 Accelerating Chaos 29:10 Inflation and Monetary Supply 38:30 The Fed is Bleeding 43:30 Small Cap Stocks 46:00 Will the Fed Pivot? 55:14 Economic Recession 1:01:14 Recession Indicators 1:02:59 Hopium 1:06:24 The US Banking System 1:09:44 How to Analyze the Economy

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Itay Vinik https://twitter.com/VinikItay?s=20

Equi https://www.equi.com/

Links to our recent macro series https://youtu.be/pP_HHE0kFhA https://youtu.be/E8lxrsF29u0 https://youtu.be/-DzY_pCFGbI. https://youtube.com/live/eregdZPLYjg. https://youtu.be/5sNCrPAwt6w

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