E29: NVIDIA's Market Move - from the Yoga Mat to Wall Street

How much should macroeconomic data matter to investors? Do the prices of McDonald’s hamburgers tell us something about the state of the economy? Badger badgers his friend with a 50% portfolio allocation to $NVDA pre-earnings — was he right to do so? Mentioned: risk management, resulting, Monkey’s own violations of risk principles and their consequences, the law of investing gravity. What is passive investing? What are ETFs? How are they contributing to a potential massive investing bubble bursting? Mentioned: Andrew Lipstein’s essay in Harper’s Magazine -- 401(k) Doomsday https://harpers.org/archive/2024/06/ Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:45 Nvidia Earnings 00:17:12 Does Macro Matter? --- A humble request to all our listeners: please leave us a review on Apple or Spotify if our Wall Street Wildlife episodes have helped you become a better investor.You can find more episodes of the podcast at ⁠wallstreetwildlife.com⁠, and you can follow us at:⁠X.com/7LukeHallard⁠⁠X.com/7FlyingPlatypus⁠Wall Street Wildlife is also on Instagram and Tiktok @wallstreetwildlife.---Fed up with the stock market giving you a hard time?- Invest like seasoned pros with over 40 years in the game- Discover the world's leading companies- Sharpen your best investing practices and ditch the worst- Learn how to start investing- Essential investing principles to boost your returns---investing in stocks for beginners, stock trading for beginners, stocks and shares for beginners, investing 101, learn how to invest, stock market for dummies