
On episode 261 of The Compound and Friends, Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick are joined by Jonathan Boyar of Boyar Asset Management to discuss why stock picking has gotten so difficult, the dangers of buy-and-hold investing, market concentration, AI-driven stock selloffs, and where value investors are finding opportunities today. They get into Uber, Broadridge, Booking Holdings and Airbnb, Pool Corp, Burger King, Comcast, MGM and the casino business, the pressure on sports betting stocks, plus why seemingly great companies can still be terrible investments at the wrong valuation. This episode is sponsored by Grayscale. To learn more, visit https://www.grayscale.com ►00:00 - Start ►00:44 - Intro ►02:21 - Jonathan Boyar ►04:20 - How Difficult Stock-picking is ►15:13 - Price Signals ►16:58 - The Current Environment ►22:16 - Basket Trading ►27:51 - Stock and Market Opportunities ►36:30 - Broadridge ►40:45 - Booking.com ►47:54 - Pool Corp ►52:48 - Burger King ►56:52 - Comcast To learn more about Fresh Looks: https://boyarvaluegroup.com/fresh 👕 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