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The podcast starts with a discussion on StoneCo $STNE, a Brazilian Fintech company that recently enjoyed a 40% gain in share price after releasing their earnings last week. Giro Lino, a member of our Brain Trust from Brazil, analyzes the Brazilian economy and provides outlooks into the risks and opportunities related to investing in the country.Joe and Giro analyze how the increase in digitization globally may empower emerging markets as the cost of collaboration is coming down. Giro argues that Brazil's economy is largely powered through commodity exports and that they are not yet a service-based economy. Joe believes that may change as virtual education continues to unlock the potential of the population in these emerging nations.PJ from the WEquil Capital Brain Trust joins the conversation to discuss the ongoing conflict with Russia and Ukraine and the state of the New World Order. Joe assesses the worldwide response to the crisis and the pressure that the global hivemind has placed on Putin and Xi.The episode ends with a discussion on US markets, and how to determine when there is a trend reversal and the index level. Joe argues that the breadth of impact of the Russia Ukraine crisis and associated supply chain disruptions has not been fully priced in by algorithms that drive much of the prices in markets. This may lead to further downside in the coming weeks. 

Recorded live on Clubhouse on February 14, 2022. We analyze the risks and opportunities with StoneCo $STNE, a stock that has been held by Warren Buffet, Stanley Druckenmiller and Cathie Wood. We also provide an outlook into the accelerating growth of emerging markets and how they are positioned to succeed in the new global, digital, personalized economy. 

Recorded Live on WEquil Capital's Clubhouse on March 15, 2022. Joe McPhail is joined by Brain Trust members, Rishi, Vishal and Junaid to discuss the Death Cross technical indicator and the ongoing correction in equities. They discuss the explanatory power of the Death Cross indicator and its usefulness in predicting previous bear markets. We then discuss the weakness in credit markets and analyze the tools and strategies available to the Fed. 

Recorded live on WEquil Capital's Clubhouse on March 7th, 2022. Bonds have been in a bull market for 42 years... but Joe McPhail sees the bull market coming to an end. Junaid Ackroyd, Mark Jarvis and Tserundede Ejueyitchie join in to discuss the clues that are being provided in the market, and the implications that a breaking bond market will have on other asset classes. 

Recorded live on WEquil Capital's Clubhouse on March 6th, 2022. Joe McPhail and Junaid Ackroyd discuss the impact that the ongoing crisis in Ukraine is having on global financial markets, across various asset classes. 

Recorded live on WEquil Capital's Clubhouse March 6th, 2022. Joe McPhail and Eugene Yankovsky discuss the crisis in Ukraine, and the ways that people can provide help most effectively. 

Recorded live on WEquil Capital's Clubhouse on February 28th, 2022. The team at WEquil Capital sees two main forces driving markets - inflation and innovation. Joe McPhail, Sumay Lu, Rishi Daryanani and Junaid Ackroyd discuss the biggest risks and opportunities to markets given these two major forces. 

Recorded live on WEquil Capital's Clubhouse on February 27th, 2022. Featuring Joe McPhail, Sumay Lu and Junaid Ackroyd. 

Recorded live on WEquil Capital Clubhouse on February 26th, 2022. Joe McPhail provides new investors with guidance on how to begin learning about investing in a way that will actually help them improve their understanding of value creation systems. 

Recorded live on WEquil Capital's Clubhouse on February 25th, 2022. Featuring Joe McPhail, Eugene Yankovsky and Junaid Ackroyd. 

Stocks generally perform better than cash in inflationary environments.FAANGs in the global economy.Brightest minds and innovation. The global talent pool. Learning from leading minds. 

What is wrong with CFA + FRM programs.New investment opportunities are always popping up. NFTs and community. Building versus investing in this environment. Community is the new product.Communities as an asset class. 

Bridgewater expects 4% nominal returns over the next decade. Finding opportunities in the current market. Event-driven strategies. What algorithms don't price into their models. Supply chain disruptions and rising protests.Investors are getting nervous.

How yields affect risk assets. The Bitcoin Trade in 2017Emerging Markets have been ignored for years. Emerging Markets will attract more liquidity as they become easier to buy. 

The break in the S&P 500 after the strongest bull run in history. High valuations and the reach for yield.Economic growth is not pushing yields this time. QE and Inflation.Zombie companies and the inability to refinance. Tipping point for junk bonds is now. Algo Efficient Markets are slowly driving down credit markets. Junk bonds and leveraged loans are in trouble. 

After reviewing sentiment and valuations pertaining to $ARKK's growth stocks our Brain Trust suggests that these asset classes may have reached a bottom. The team also goes more in-depth and explores the many styles in which one can approach investing into different asset classes.   For example, the Algo Efficient Market Hypothesis is useful for determining mispricings in securities because Machine Learning Models are unable to fully appreciate the value of companies that are developing new technologies like $NVTA. Gauging sentiment is also an important factor when it comes to determining shorter-term price movements. Many companies with lots of growth potential oftentimes may not have these realities reflected in their balance sheets, so investors need to look at other factors to find deep value, and also make sure to be fully diversified when creating their portfolio. Nothing that we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. Please do your own due diligence. 

Deep Learning with the Brain Trust (DLBT) Episode 3.Recorded during the WEquil Capital Happy Hour on February 10th, 2022.The Brain Trust explores the nuances and risks of options trading and how investors can select the appropriate strike prices, expiration dates for options within the context of their portfolios. WEquil Capital's Portfolio Manager, Joe McPhail, stresses the importance of selecting a basket of securities for an effective shorting strategy, and discusses how he identified asymmetric trade opportunities through shorting specific securities tied to bonds such as $JNK and $BKLN. We also discuss where the market is mis-pricing potential catastrophic risks relating to the start of a Fourth Turning. Nothing that we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. Please do your own due diligence.

Deep Learning with the Brain Trust (DLBT) Episode 2.Recorded during the WEquil Capital Happy Hour on February 10th, 2022.This episode starts with a discussion on the potential of a recession in 2022 and the macroeconomic risks in the United States such as inflation and a breakdown of the correlation regime. The Brain Trust analyzes why there is no single strategy that one can use to succeed at investing. We also explore ways to achieve True Diversification across asset classes, currencies and global markets and why target retirement funds don't provide sufficient diversification benefits. Nothing that we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. Please do your own due diligence. 

Deep Learning with the Brain Trust (DLBT) Episode 1.Recorded during the WEquil Capital Happy Hour on February 10th, 2022.This episode provides insights into the limitations of many new investors that entered the markets since the COVID19 pandemic and the value of understanding what goes into security pricing models. We provide suggestions on how investors can grow by writing and applying the scientific method to measure their progress. Nothing that we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. Please do your own due diligence.

Originally aired on 1/18/2022.Joe McPhail discusses his journey that led him to dive deeply into inflation research back in 2015, at the beginning of the earnings recession. The aftermath of this event led many countries in Europe to adopt negative interest rate policies. This sent shockwaves to many economists - how could governments get paid to borrow money?McPhail was fascinated by this situation and went down a rabbit hole where he spent tremendous amounts of time reading and writing to get answers. This livestream goes over many of the insights from his research and how they apply to our economy today. 

Key topics discussed in this podcast: Trend break in SPY and QQQOpportunities in disruptive technologyEmerging markets showing strength YTDPsychology of new investors who have never experienced a correctionGlobal market capitalization is dominated by US stocks  - will this last?The crypto ecosystem: Bitcoin, Ethereum and other blockchainsInflationary risks are worseningWhy target retirement funds are not truly diversifiedHow to construct a truly diversified portfolioStock-bond correlations and their impact on institutional modelsEthereum's total addressable marketWhat performs well in an inflationary environment?Why WEquil Capital's flagship fund will include disruptive technologySilver and it's role as an inflationary hedge and a key metal in electrificationThe $VICE ETF and the importance of recession proof industriesMarijuana, Alcohol, Tobacco, and GamingThe importance of a Hive Mind and a collaborative fund in this complex environment

Joe McPhail, CEO of WEquil Group, goes into detail discussing inflationary risks that put global financial markets at risk. He goes into the history of the CPI, the factors that drive inflation, long term debt cycles and much more. 

Joe WEquil discusses reasons for increasing portfolio weight of Sigma Labs ($SGLB), a company that is extremely well positioned for strong growth within the additive manufacturing space. Sigma Labs is the leader in quality assurance for metal additive manufacturing. Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup

Joe WEquil delivers a live talk on Twitter to discuss this week's theme across WEquil Group - Games and the Future of Entertainment.The pandemic accelerated a shift in mentality across the world, whereby people are more motivated to lead lives that are more meaningful, enjoyable and fun. This is also seen by the rising number of people who have been quitting their jobs. Increasing digitization, personalization and revolutions in software and education are all forces that will help enable people to be productive in ways that are more fun and entertaining.Joe also discusses the three universal things that human wants - and fun is one of them. For this reason, entertainment is an industry that will always exist and evolve. He also discusses the challenges in defining entertainment and how to find the companies that are best leveraging entertainment to solve challenges.Finally, Joe discusses his vision of the future of entertainment, and it's related to making necessary and productive tasks more enjoyable and fun. Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup

In this episode we explore another valuable use case for Blockchain, which is quickly developing into a dominant form of technology that is already providing us with many useful tools like Smart Contracts and Decentralized Apps. We interviewed a member of our community, Juan Pablo Dulanto, who also works for PleasrDAO, an organization that purchases many valuable NFTs or Digital Works of art and fractionalizes them into securities that are sold to the public. This company successfully bought the original DOGE NFT for $4 million USD and almost had it reach a valuation of $550 million USD after dividing the asset into fractional tokens that would be offered to the public.   For this week's episode the following members of WEquilGroup will be interviewing Juan Pablo Dulanto:  Joseph Mcphail, Vishal Daryanani, Tserundede Ejueyitchie, Ross Hutton and Rishi Daryanani. WEquil Group does not give investing advice. Nothing that we say or write should be interpreted as a recommendation to buy, sell or trade any security or any Blockchain project. Original Date of Recording: October 4th, 2021.Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup   

WEquil Group does not give investing advice. Nothing that we say or write should be interpreted as a recommendation to buy, sell, or trade any security or any Blockchain project. Original Stream Date: October 4th, 2021Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup

Collaboration is free.DAO -Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Blockchain is the focus of tomorrow's podcast. We will prep for our conversations with @JuanPaDulanto at @PleasrDAO on Wednesday.  WEquil Group does not give investing advice. Nothing that we say or write should be interpreted as a recommendation to buy, sell, or trade any security or any Blockchain project. Original Stream Date: September 26th, 2021Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup

Tellor is a permissionless community of token holders, data providers, and validators. They cryptographically secure putting real world data on-chain. Tellor has developed a Decentralized Oracle that uses Poof-of-Work and staking on the Ethereum network. This episode's discussion includes our host Joe WEquil and the executive team of Tellor, Nick Fett, the CTO and Brenda Loya, one of the Co-founders and CEO.   Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroupFollow Tellor on Twitter - @WeAreTellorNothing we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. This is for educational purposes only. 

 Decentralized identity... why relationships built on genetics and proximity are vulnerable to disruption. The new creative digital personalized economy will allow for personalized relationships and communities around shared interests and values.  Original Stream Date:  June 10th, 2021Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup Nothing we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. This is for educational purposes only. 

WEquil.Capital's leadership joins us again to discuss liquidity bubbles. They start off the discussion with a summary of the steps to take to determine whether an asset is in a bubble or not. Then they analyze the effect that the recent rise in liquidity (M2 Money Supply) has had on markets, particularly the S&P 500 and corporate/treasury bonds. The team analyzes the overall landscape and concludes that Disruptive Innovation stocks are currently a safe haven to hedge against a potentially disastrous and painful market crash caused by a bubble of overpriced "value" stocks, and bonds. Original Stream Date: September 6th, 2021 Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup Nothing we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. This is for educational purposes only.  

2ndTechBubble Begins Why we think ARKInvest stocks are heading for a "Mania Phase" over the next 1-3 years. Today [May 11th 2021] marks the beginning of $DOW falling relative to $ARKK $ARKG $PRNT. Original Stream Date: May 11th, 2021 Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup Nothing we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. This is for educational purposes only. 

Join us as we discuss WEquil.Capital's latest prediction on disruptive innovation stocks. Our team believes that by the middle of next month ARK Invest's ETF, ARKK could lead to a potential breakout as market sentiment changes. While ARKK has caught WEquil.Capital's attention, our team believes that ARK's Genomics and 3D Printing holdings will be the real winners of this rotation into growth as the companies in this space are performing extremely well on earnings and are grossly undervalued. Original Stream Date: August 29th, 2021Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup Nothing we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. This is for educational purposes only. 

WEquil Capital's Leadership team discusses the latest in market updates, the current state of Dogecoin, and the beginnings of a new era, the startup boom, a crucial event signaling the emergence of the new Creative Digital Personalized Economy. Other topics include: Elon Musk and the Tesla BotWhen to have conviction for a stock. Original Stream Date:  August 22nd, 2021Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup Nothing we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. This is for educational purposes only. 

Nothing we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. This is for educational purposes only. Original Stream Date:  August 23rd, 2021 Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup Nothing we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. This is for educational purposes only. 

Joe WEquil introduces us to the Decentralized Personalized Digital Global Economy, which will signal a new era for humanity's growth and development. Original Stream Date:  June 7th, 2021Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup Nothing we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. This is for educational purposes only. 

Original Stream Date:  August 19th, 2021Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup Nothing we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. This is for educational purposes only. 

Original Stream Date: July 1st, 2021Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup Nothing we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. This is for educational purposes only. 

In episode 5, leadership discusses WEquil Capital's detailed short strategy. They discuss all aspects of shorting - from the basics of what a short is to risk management techniques and the characteristics of good shorting opportunities. Our team also discusses WEquil Capital's short portfolio and elaborates on the broad disruptive themes that guide their short thesis. 1.) Shorting 101 ... facts and basics. 2.) How to structure a short strategy?  Strategy Loss Limits, Diversification, and Individual Security Rules3.) What are the characteristics of a good short? Negative Skew vs. Positive Skew Companies4.) Disruptive Themes for Short Positions - Oil, Retail, ICE (Internal combustion engine) Vehicles  Original Stream Date:  August 15th, 2021Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup Nothing we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. This is for educational purposes only. 

Our team weighs in on the prevailing narrative that value stocks are a better investment than growth stocks by reviewing the high conviction picks that pertain to the Second Tech Bubble Thesis. Topics of Discussion1.) Weekly Update - Macro Backdrop2.) Prevailing Narrative vs. Cathie Wood and Disruptive Innovation3.) 3D Printing4.) Genomics 5.)  Education Revolution 6.) Decentralized Finance Original Stream Date: August 8th, 2021Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup Nothing we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. This is for educational purposes only. 

This episode's agenda includes a discussion related to the risks associated with Chinese stocks and the usefulness of shorting bonds as a risk management tool for correlation regime changes. In the crypto space, we cover WEquilCapital's recent investment into Defi Tech and the rise of NFTs. 1.)  China's Stock Market Crash2.) Why we bought DeFi Tech 3.) Shorting bonds  to protect against the risk of Correlation Regime Change.4.) NFTs... a religion like Bitcoin.   Original Stream Date: August 1st, 2021Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup Nothing we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. This is for educational purposes only. 

Our team covers a wide array of topics which include the stock market bull run, the future of crypto, and a discussion on the effects of the COVID19 delta variant on financial markets and WEquil Capital's 2nd Tech Bubble thesis.  1.) Why stocks are having the strongest bull market on record.2.) Crypto's Future: Ethereum and DApps vs. Bitcoin as a Currency.3.) What Delta means for asset prices and the 2nd Tech Bubble.  Original Stream Date: July 25th 2021Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup Nothing we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. This is for educational purposes only. 

Our leadership team starts off the first episode of the WEquil Capital podcast with a discussion on correlation regimes and their effects on capital markets and an overview of Machine Learning and its applications in trading and investing.  Original Stream Date:  July 18th, 2021Proud Pillar of WEquil Group - wequil.comCheck out WEquil Capital's Homepage: www.intuitecon.comResearch with Us - Join our Brain Trust Follow us on Twitter - @WEquilCapital                                                    @WEquilGroup Nothing we say or write should be interpreted as investing advice. This is for educational purposes only.