On episode 212 of The Compound and Friends, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Downtown Josh Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are joined by ⁠Scott Nations,⁠ Author and president of Nations Indexes, Inc., the world's leading independent developer of volatility indexes and option strategy indexes to discuss: market bubbles, retail's big moment, massive volume in quantum names, the return of meme stocks, the first cracks in credit, and much more! This episode is sponsored by Grayscale. Find out more about Grayscale by visiting: ⁠⁠https://www.grayscale.com/ More from Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottnations/ ►00:00 - Cold Open ►09:27 - Intro ►10:07 - Chicago Mercantile Exchange ►16:13 - Retail is Having a Moment ►21:21 - Speculation and Leverage ►32:03 - Retail is Buying ►47:36 - Robinhood and Schwab ►58:28 - Private Credit ►01:10:46 - Gold, Bitcoin, and All Time Highs Everywhere ►01:16:03 - Delta’s Premium Cabin’s ►01:18:29 - Looking Ahead 👕 Check out The Compound shop: https://www.idontshop.com 🎙️Listen to our podcasts: TCAF: https://podcasts.thecompoundnews.com/show/TCAF/ Animal Spirits: https://podcasts.thecompoundnews.com/show/animalspirits/ Ask The Compound: https://podcasts.thecompoundnews.com/show/ATC/ The Compound Newsletter: https://www.thecompoundnews.com/subscribe Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-compound-media/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecompoundnews Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecompoundnews Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thecompoundnews Investing involves the risk of loss. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be or regarded as personalized investment advice or relied upon for investment decisions. Josh Brown and Michael Batnick are employees of Ritholtz Wealth Management and may maintain positions in the securities discussed in this video. All opinions expressed by them are solely their own opinion and do not reflect the opinion of Ritholtz Wealth Management. See our disclosures here: https://ritholtzwealth.com/podcast-youtube-disclosures/ The Compound Media, Incorporated, an affiliate of Ritholtz Wealth Management, receives payment from various entities for advertisements in affiliated podcasts, blogs and emails. Inclusion of such advertisements does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof, or any affiliation therewith, by the Content Creator or by Ritholtz Wealth Management or any of its employees. For additional advertisement disclaimers see here https://ritholtzwealth.com/advertising-disclaimers. #thecompound #investing #stockmarket #stocks