Clips From Today’s Halftime Report

Alphabet has potential to outperform most Nasdaq large cap stocks in 2022, says Josh Brown from CNBC. Wells Fargo upgraded to Overweight at Atlantic Equities from CNBC. What are the best dividend plays? #AskHalftime from CNBC. Final Trades: Caterpillar, United Health, Dutch Bros & more from CNBC.

decentralization

Very few of history’s most well known collapsed Ponzi schemes began deliberately. This is also true of many famous securities-related frauds. Men are drawn into this by degrees. What typically happens is that a fund or a deal begins in good faith but there are setbacks. These setbacks threaten the money-raising efforts of the people…

It’s Crypto Winter Again

Welcome to the latest episode of The Compound & Friends, a new podcast from your favorite financial and investing commentators. This week, Michael Batnick, Packy McCormack, and Josh Brown discuss:

“Financial Conditions”

The Fed will be focused on “financial conditions” to the extent that they impact the outlook for employment and prices. What does that mean? What “financial conditions” are they watching for? In the simplest terms, bonds and stocks. The bond market is a hundred trillion dollars. The stock market is thirty five trillion dollars. Problems…