The 7investing Podcast

Episode 2, in which we discuss episode 1's beaming reviews and why we changed the name from Investing with Two Honest Poker Players to No Limit with Krzystztof and Luke. Hint: polygraph tests were involved. We also talked about how marriage might change Krzysztof’s investing framework, Luke’s self-analysis of his skills as a husband, the recent wave of cheating in poker, chess, life and in the stock market. And if that’s not enough, there’s also the Metaverse, its current limitations, and the secret driver behind technology--it’s probably not what you think. The two end with the 'Three Conversations' game, in which Krzysztof goes all deep and dark when a simple answer would have sufficed. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Subscribe to Zacks "Profit from the Pros" newsletter for more insights: https://www.zacks.com/7investingpodcast Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

The semiconductor industry has been abuzz this past year. We've seen the market get pumped up about how custom chips will be needed to power AI, and that boosted chip stock valuations during early 2021. Yet we've also seen that optimism fade in recent months, as many chipmakers are cutting their forecasts and reporting weaker customer demand. We already know the semiconductor industry is cyclical, but it's also a $600 billion global market. Is the recent selloff providing opportunities that long-term investors should capitalize on? To answer that question, 7investing CEO Simon Erickson recently interviewed Chip Stock Investor founder and host Nick Rossolillo about three of his favorite companies in the semiconductor space. The two discuss why Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) could be an overlooked and undervalued opportunity, why NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) has plenty of future growth opportunities, and why ARM Holding's upcoming IPO could be worthy of your investing attention. Publicly-traded companies mentioned in this podcast include Qualcomm, NVIDIA, AMD, and Taiwan Semiconductor. 7investing's advisors and/or its guests may have positions in the companies that are mentioned. Have you seen our announcement about our 7investing Strong Buy Portfolio? We've recently identified our 20 highest-conviction ideas and have compiled them into a single portfolio. To see 3 of our actual stock positions, please click here to join our free 7investing email list! Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Start a free YCharts trial: https://ycharts.com/store/start_trial_register?utm_source=7Investing&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=2022+7Investing Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Stocks have been selling off...so it time to go buying? The market's recent volatility has sent several institutions fleeing to safety -- replacing higher-risk equities for more defensive alternatives. As individual investors, should we follow suit? Should we similarly look for more stable, less-volatile stocks that will provide a smoother ride in a turbulent macro? Or is now the time to buy riskier growth stocks, who have been unfairly sold off and now have quite attractive valuations? We wanted to answer those questions by having some fun, bringing in our partners from Chit Chat Money to play the "Stockpickers' Market" game. On today's podcast, 7investing CEO Simon Erickson spots CCM's Brett Schafer and Ryan Henderson up with three head-to-head stock matchups with the following themes: "Stocks Down More than 90%": Peloton (Nasdaq: PTON) vs Upstart (Nasdaq: UPST) "Fallen Pandemic Winners": Roku (Nasdaq: ROKU) vs Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) "Stocks That are Actually Up During the Past Year": Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) vs Costco (Nasdaq: COST) In the game, Brett and Ryan share their thoughts about each of the companies and then give each a score from 1-10 on how bullish (or bearish) they are about investing in them today. They reveal the winner of each matchup, as well as the stock that ultimately received the highest average score in the game. Want more content like this? 7investing and Chit Chat Money have a partnership to dive deep into companies and promote a long-term investing mindset. Any users who sign up with 7investing using promo code "MONEY" will receive a 25% discount to our annual membership. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

What happens when two poker-playing veteran investors discuss all things loosely related to the stock market? Luke Hallard and Krzysztof Piekarski wanted to record a podcast about the most interesting ideas and happenings in the world of investing. In this introductory episode, we talk about running with our favorite podcasts, being an optimist, Zen, stoicism and the difference between the three; Artificial Intelligence and its limitations; the Turing test; an AI Elon Musk chat robot that will answer your questions and the difference between a bad beat and a sad outcome. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Subscribe to Zacks "Profit from the Pros" newsletter for more insights: https://www.zacks.com/7investingpodcast Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

The world's largest tech companies are driving forward with important new projects. And they're obsessive about designing custom chips to make them happen. We see examples of this in products that we use every day. Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) has designed its own chip so that Alexa can understand the questions you're asking and then respond with accurate answers. Meta Platforms (Nasdaq: META) has designed chips for image recognition and is designing new ones to power the Metaverse. Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) has designed custom chips so its self-driving cars can understand their surroundings react to them autonomously. These projects are massive in scope and can cost hundreds of millions of dollars to implement. Where's the opportunity in this for investors? In today's 7investing podcast, 7investing lead advisors Anirban Mahanti and Simon Erickson take a closer look at the process that goes into custom chip design and manufacturing. The two look at several consumer-facing companies -- including Amazon, Meta, Tesla, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), and Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOGL) -- and analyze the specific chip designers and manufacturers they work with to make these projects into a reality. There's big money up for grabs, for investors who are a step ahead in deciphering which direction the industry is heading. Anirban and Simon recorded this episode of the 7investing Podcast in front of a live audience on Monday, September 19th. If you would like to attend future live recordings of our podcast, we invite you to sign up for free on our new 7investing Events page. Publicly-traded companies mentioned in this interview include Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Broadcom, Intel, Meta Platforms, Qualcomm, Samsung, and Taiwan Semiconductor. 7investing’s advisors or its guests may have positions in the companies mentioned. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Most of us don't need any more reminders that 2022 has been a rough year for us as investors. But more intriguingly, would it have been possible to see the downturn? For years, researchers and analysts have looked to predictive indicators as a way to foresee broader market selloffs in advance. While the market does often exhibit cyclical behavior, it's hard to say that history perfectly repeats itself. Each economic cycle is unique, making it difficult to compare apples-to-apples to those before it. However, perhaps there are indeed a few warning flags that investors could benefit from tracking. And those are exactly what we went hunting for in today's 7investing podcast. In today's show, 7investing CEO Simon Erickson speaks with YCharts Director of Product Marketing Connor Kitko. YCharts recently published a white paper entitled Which Leading Indicators Best Predict Market Declines? In it, Connor takes a closer look at seven indicators that have been used to predict stock market selloffs: S&P 500's P/E Ratio S&P 500's cyclically-adjusted P/E Ratio S&P 500's Earnings Growth "Tobin's Q" Score 10-2 Year Yield Spread 10 Year - 3 Month Yield Spread The "Buffett Indicator" In the conversation, Simon asks Connor to describe each of the seven indicators and to comment on their relative accuracy. The two also discuss where the stock market currently stands with regard to each indicator, and what takeaways investors should know about the market's status quo. 7investing and YCharts have a partnership, which offers new subscribers a 20% discount. To set up your free initial trial with YCharts and to use our promotional 7investing rate, please visit this link. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Start a free YCharts trial: https://ycharts.com/store/start_trial_register?utm_source=7Investing&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=2022+7Investing Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Upstart Holdings (Nasdaq: UPST) has given investors quite a wild ride during these past two years. The consumer loan tech platform went public in December 2020 at $20 per share and immediately skyrocketed twenty-fold to $400 per share within its very first year in the public markets! Yet concerns about how lending might be impacted by a challenging macroeconomic environment have sent shares back down to Earth. Now selling at $21, Upstart is right back to where it traded during its initial IPO. Yet ignoring its volatile stock price, Upstart the business is making solid progress. It's ingesting more data with each new loan it approves, which it uses to continually refine its AI algorithms and improve its accuracy. Its two-sided network -- serving both borrowing consumers and lending banks -- is expanding as it signs on new partners each month. So where does that leave things for investors? Is Upstart a short-term, unloved stock that is attached to a long-term, outperforming business? Or are there flaws with Upstart's decision-making process that could lead to even larger problems down the road? In today's 7investing podcast, 7investing lead advisors Anirban Mahanti and Simon Erickson take a closer look at what's up with Upstart. The two dive deep into the business, how it's deriving its revenue, and why its innovative approach is gaining popularity with banking partners. They also discuss what Upstart's 41% short interest means, and what its expansion into the auto and mortgage markets could mean for investors. Anirban and Simon recorded this episode of the 7investing Podcast in front of a live audience on Thursday, September 15th. If you would like to attend future live recordings of our podcast, we invite you to sign up for free on our new 7investing Events page. Publicly-traded companies mentioned in this interview include Upstart Holdings. 7investing’s advisors or its guests may have positions in the companies mentioned. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Snap, Inc (NYSE: SNAP) has been snapping lately. And we don't mean that in the good way of making music with your fingers -- but rather that it's showing serious signs of breaking as a business. Snap reported slowing growth and disappointing guidance in its recent third quarter report, which prompted a rather significant restructuring of the entire company. CEO Evan Spiegel announced Snap would be laying off 20% of its workforce and sunsetting several of its growth initiatives in order to prioritize free cash flow generation. Among the programs that are getting cut is its 'Snap Originals content', its 'Pixy' flying camera, and its 'Minis & Games' entertainment. The question that's now facing investors is whether these problems are company-specific. Is this an issue with Snap having a bloated internal structure? Or is it an indication of more serious problems brewing in the digital advertising industry? In today's 7investing podcast, 7investing lead advisors Anirban Mahanti and Simon Erickson dig into Snap's recent woes. They take a closer look at its underperforming programs, its leadership decisions, and its stock-based compensation -- while also discussing external factors that are impacting the tech industry. They also discuss whether Snap's 75% year-to-date in 2022 is an opportunity or a falling-knife for investors. Anirban and Simon recorded this episode of the 7investing podcast live. If you would like to attend future live recordings of our podcast -- including our upcoming discussion on September 21st about Big Tech embracing custom chips -- you can sign up for free at our new 7investing Events page. Publicly-traded companies mentioned in this interview include Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Snap, Inc. 7investing’s advisors or its guests may have positions in the companies mentioned. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Start a free YCharts trial: https://ycharts.com/store/start_trial_register?utm_source=7Investing&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=2022+7Investing Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Retailers felt the pinch from myriad directions this year, from inflation taking a bite out of consumer wallets and supply chain constraints to rapidly changing consumer spending habits. Many stocks have taken a hit through this turmoil, even as they've navigated these tricky waters reasonably well. Joining 7investing lead advisor Matthew Cochrane to discuss how some of the largest and best operators are doing in the retail space is Daniel Kline, managing editor of The Street. Cochrane and Kline discuss the state of the American consumer from a high-level view before diving deeper and taking a closer look at Walmart (NYSE:WMT), Target (NYSE:TGT), Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE), and Dollar General (NYSE:DG). Though all four of these retailers have a history of outperforming the S&P 500, only Dollar General has given shareholders a positive return over the past year. Has the market left behind these former darlings, or should shareholders hold on to these companies as they attempt to right the ship? Kline gives his answers, believing these companies' management teams have made the best of a bad situation, even as they've made unforced errors along the way. At the end of the interview, Cochrane asks Kline seven questions in lightning round-fashion that touches on ESPN, Starbucks' new CEO, a dying big box retailer, how cruises are looking to differentiate themselves in a post-COVID world, and the movie industry. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

7investing and CryptoEQ recently announced a partnership, to help investors get a better consolidated view of the opportunities in both equities and in cryptocurrencies. 7investing provides its top seven stock market recommendations every month, while CryptoEQ provides its top-rated cryptocurrencies. The two companies are now joining forces and publishing a monthly Collision Course conversation, where they discuss important recent developments and the impact they'll have on both equities and crypto. This month, our teams dive into Ethereum's upcoming merge, which will convert it from using a Proof of Work mechanism to one that is based upon Proof of Stake. This change appears to have broad-based support from the cryptocurrency investing community, though because the mining will require significantly less computation it might reduce the future demand for processors sold by NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) and others that have traditionally been used for that mining. The teams also checked in on Biden's executive order on cryptocurrencies from March of this year. A closer look reveals that the White House could potentially have an option to ban Bitcoin mining altogether within the country. While this is unlikely (the US has actually been quite supportive of the evolution of its cryptocurrency industry), it's important for investors to keep an eye on regulatory developments that are impacting this space. Reddit is now allowing collectible avatars to be purchased on its site and then sold using the OpenSea NFT marketplace. We believe this is a "markety" story, though it also shows how crypto is being embraced by websites who generate significant traffic volumes. And finally, the teams discussed discussed the recent partnership between Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) and Blackrock (NYSE: BLK), which is enabling institutions and wealth managers to branch out into cryptocurrency assets as a risk mitigation or portfolio management strategy. We've made this month's Collision Course conversation free for everyone! We always publish each of our video conversations -- and also the complete transcripts --  for 7investing subscribers as monthly Advisor Updates. CryptoEQ publishes a written recap of the conversations in their monthly subscriber email newsletter, which you can subscribe for using this link. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing