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? ------ ✨ BECOME A BANKLESS CITIZEN ✨ https://www.bankless.com?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=ChannelLinks&utm_campaign=Website!  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/kraken  🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap  👻 PHANTOM | FRIENDLY MULTICHAIN WALLET https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ------ 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 ------ Resources: 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  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Financial expert Itay Vinik discusses investing strategies, debunking myths, and the role of the Federal Reserve in a globalized economy. They explore macroeconomic indicators, alternative asset investment, the history of the US dollar as the global reserve currency, and the debate between passive and active investing. They also dive into long-term real estate investing and strategies, such as the BIR method.