Bull Trap or the Real Thing? Plus, Dana Mattioli on Amazon, Coinbase Joins the S&P 500, China Tariffs LOL

The Compound and Friends

Josh Brown

News, Business, Business News, Investing

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 109 minutes

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On this TCAF Tuesday, Downtown Josh Brown sits down with Dana Mattioli of The WSJ to discuss her new book "The Everything War" and Amazon's plan to stay on top forever. Then at 42:00, hear an all-new episode of What Are Your Thoughts with ⁠⁠Josh Brown and ⁠⁠Michael Batnick⁠⁠! This episode is sponsored by Public. Fund your account in five minutes or less and earn up to $10,000 when you transfer your investments by visiting: https://public.com/WAYT Sign up for ⁠⁠The Compound Newsletter⁠⁠ and never miss out! Instagram: ⁠⁠https://instagram.com/thecompoundnews⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/thecompoundnews⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-compound-media/⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thecompoundnews⁠⁠ Public Disclosure: All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC. *Rate as of 3/5/25. APY is variable and subject to change. **Terms and Conditions apply. 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. Michael Batnick and Josh Brown 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. 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. Investments in securities involve the risk of loss. Any mention of a particular security and related performance data is not a recommendation to buy or sell that security. The information provided on this website (including any information that may be accessed through this website) is not directed at any investor or category of investors and is provided solely as general information. Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. See our disclosures here: ⁠⁠https://ritholtzwealth.com/podcast-youtube-disclosures/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the compound and friends.
0:03.0	It is Tuesday, May 13th.
0:04.7	We have an action-packed show for you this evening.
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1:04.6	in the podcast description. Okay, we talked to Dana Madioli this week. Dana won a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on big tech.
1:15.7	Specifically, she is the Amazon Beat reporter at the Wall Street Journal, and she's out
1:22.0	with a new book called The Everything War.
1:24.9	She's conducted hundreds and hundreds of interviews, current employees at
1:30.1	Amazon, former employees of Amazon, suppliers, competitors, vendors. She's got internal documents.
1:38.6	She just spent years of her life writing this epic story of how Amazon became Amazon. And I think you're absolutely
1:46.8	going to love checking out the book. But you can also listen to us, discuss it. And we talk a
1:52.7	little bit about meta and some of the other things happening in large cap tech. And Dana is
1:57.9	just terrific. So I think you'll love that. And then in the B block,
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