Josh Brown here - Michael Batnick and I return with an all new What Are Your Thoughts! Today's topics:* What technologies that we use now that will soon be obsolete? * Why bother worrying about manufacturing data when consumer data is what drives the economy? * 75 million Amazon customers are watching shows on Prime Video - what the hell are they watching? * Where does Once Upon a Time in Hollywood rank in the Tarantino pantheon? * Is Chipotle the greatest consumer turnaround story of our time? What lessons can investors take from its comeback? * Why is the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates for the first time in almost 4,000 days? * Esports - how can we make money from this? * Was the Wall Street Journal too harsh on the CFP Board? As always, we love your feedback and ideas, so let us know what you think about these topics below! Check out the corresponding video on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Co78bh5ANg&t=316s1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here:http://ritholtzwealth.com/ Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer:https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Once upon a time, quality financial advice was only available for millionaires and the sophisticated investors who had the expertise to find the right advisors and understand exactly what they were getting. Non-millionaires and younger investors were ignored by traditional Wall Street brokerage firms, left to fend for themselves or, worse, to be preyed upon by unscrupulous brokers and insurance salesmen with skewed incentives.  But times have changed, thanks to an innovative wave of new advisory firms, new services from large institutions and disruptive technology. Now, quality investment advice is available to everyone. Automated asset management services and robo-advisors unleashed a storm of creativity and progress, and now human advisors are adopting these technologies to incorporate into their practices, serving a new customer that they otherwise would not have been able to reach and help. We built Liftoff as a way to serve young investors and those who do not meet the minimum asset levels of traditional wealth management firms. Rather than send our fans and friends away to figure things out for themselves, we wanted to be able to help them ourselves, which led to years of development and evolution. Liftoff is a collaboration between Ritholtz Wealth Management and Betterment, combining what we believe is best in class asset allocation technology with the human touch of certified financial planners and advisors. We'd love for you to try us out and see what it's all about!You can learn more at https://liftoffinvest.com/ right now!1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here:http://ritholtzwealth.com/ Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer:https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This isn't a financial business. It's a communications business. The sooner people get this through their heads, the better equipped they'll be to serve clients. In an all-hands meeting, Josh discusses the primacy of empathy and caring over everything else. 1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here:http://ritholtzwealth.com/ Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer:https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FAQ: What are the seven deadly sins of investing? Many of the questions we get from investors revolve around one of these seven mistakes that, if left unchecked, could doom a long-term investing portfolio or retirement plan. Lust!Gluttony!Envy!Pride!Wrath!Greed!Sloth!Michael Batnick, Ben Carlson and Downtown Josh Brown weigh in on each of these sins and why they can be so destructive to investors who aren't aware of them. 1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here: https://ritholtzwealth.com/ Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer: https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Student debt has negatively impacted many American’s lives, but it’s not a crisis that I believe warrants an expansion of the government balance sheet to the tune of multiple trillions of dollars. Like anytime the government puts their thumb on the proverbial scale, actions have repercussions and should be carefully weighted ahead of time.”Andrew Thrasher (@andrewthrasher) blogs at Thrasher Analytics is an active participant on Financial Twitter. Tadas got Andrew on the phone to talk about a recent post of his entitled “Student Loans Are Not a National Crisis” where he writes about the many issues surrounding recent talk about modifying or outright cancelling student loan debt in America.You can read more at Anrew’s blog Thrasher Analytics: http://www.athrasher.com/student-loans-are-not-a-national-crisis/1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here: https://ritholtzwealth.com/ Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer: https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Where investing as a hobby might be sensible is with a small amount of your assets that you can afford to lose, and that you can handle psychologically. Being under the illusion that diving into investing in a meaningful way will result in above average performance is dangerous and likely to end poorly based on historical studies.” David Schawel (@davidschawel) is the CIO of Family Management Corporation and is a veteran observer of the financial markets. Tadas got David on the phone to talk about a recent post of his entitled “Investing as a Hobby” where he writes about what a hobby is and why investing is likely not a worthwhile hobby for most. You can read more at David’s blog: https://medium.com/@DavidSchawel/investing-as-a-hobby-8d048d5d98bd1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here: https://ritholtzwealth.com/ Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer: https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are two types of authenticity and both are important to clients and potential clients of any business. Josh breaks it down, Live from the Compound Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“As with most things in life you are in charge of your own stuff. If you want to drive a new luxury vehicle, more power to you. Just realize that there are financial (and environmental) trade-offs involved. But don’t be under the illusion that anyone really cares what car you are driving.” Ben Carlson recently got Tadas Viskanta, Director of Investor Education at Ritholtz Wealth Management, on the phone Skype to talk about a recent post of his entitled “Why Your Luxury Car is Unlikely to Materially Boost Your Happiness” where he writes about the high financial costs of driving a new, luxury vehicle. You can read more at Tadas' blog: https://abnormalreturns.com/2019/06/25/luxury-car-unlikely-happiness-boost/1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here: https://ritholtzwealth.com/ Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer: https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast appSubscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or SpotifyEnable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!"Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here:http://ritholtzwealth.com/Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer:https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“The moral of this story is obvious. We all do better when we have something to aim at. That’s why proper benchmarking is so important. In the investment world, it means a standard or measure that can be used to analyze the allocation, risk, and return of a given portfolio.”Robert Seawright (@rpseawright) who blogs at Above the Market is a long-established figure in the investment blogosphere. Tadas got Bob on the phone to talk about a recent post of his entitled “How’s Your Aim?” where he writes about the importance of having well-structured benchmarks against which we can measure our investment performance.You can read more at Bob’s blog Above the Market: https://rpseawright.wordpress.com/2019/06/18/hows-your-aim/1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here: https://ritholtzwealth.com/ Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer: https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices