MI232: Understanding Quantitative Easing w/ A...

In today's episode, Kyle Grieve and Shawn O’Malley discuss whether Airbnb’s recent slowdown was a warning sign or just building the groundwork for its next growth phase. They explore how a company that owns no homes built one of travel’s strongest brands, and why AI agents could ...  Show more

Shawn O’Malley and Daniel Mahncke revisit Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP) fifteen months after Shawn pitched it, called it one of the best businesses they’d ever studied, and recommended passing on the stock at around $80 per share. Since then, the stock has nearly doubled, gross merchand ...  Show more

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 02:09 - Why Banks are at serious risk of losing deposits. 09:25 - Why the ECB is changing its tune on monetary policy. 17:01 - The recent Fed meeting. 39:46 - The underlying risk with pension funds using interest rate swaps. 58:44 - Expectations for ...  Show more

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:48 - Steven's quick lesson on the bond market. 07:17 - How should people think about the securitization of lending? 14:20 - How banks are dependent on credit duration on their balance sheet. 24:53 - Steven's opinions on what to expect from the FE ...  Show more

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:22 - The numbers around federal interest expense and rising interest rates. 23:58 - Mike's thoughts on the broad money supply being the best way to measure inflation. 28:36 - A comparison between now and 2007. 34:51 - Explaining reverse repo in a ...  Show more