On episode 266 of The Compound and Friends, Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick are joined by Alex Altmann to discuss: what tactical trading really means, why hedge funds track each other's positioning, the odds of making money in the S&P 500, whether Wall Street is actually bearish on AI, why retail investors keep buying the dip, record household stock ownership versus housing, 401(k) flows and the relentless bid, whether the stock market is now the economy, pod shops and negatively correlated stocks, ServiceNow's earnings crash, Microsoft's $25 billion bond deal, the AI financing squeeze in data center bonds, CoreWeave and the neoclouds, shrinking buybacks and the IPO wave, Intel and Amazon's after-hours plunge, and the $1 trillion AI revenue gap. This episode is sponsored by Grayscale. To learn more, visit https://www.grayscale.com/ 👕 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