T Bill's Plain Market Talk
210 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsHey everyone. It’s Bill Thompson, T Bill, and welcome to Plain Market Talk, where I will provide a straight-forward interpretation and analysis of current market news based on my experience as a retired Wall Street Stockbroker with almost 50 years of experience and I will also provide business lessons to help you become much more successful with your personal finance, trading, and investments.
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8/10/21 - AMC’s Earnings Call and the Triumph of the Individual. The Inflation Reports and Ten Million Jobs. Cryto Mining and Nuclear Energy. A Soft Drink Turning Alcoholic.
August 10, 2021 21:33 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBHello everyone, it’s Bill Thompson – T Bill Some of the things covered on today’s session include: AMC’s earnings call where the stock analysts were almost completely ignored in favor of individual investors. The seven reasons why employers can’t fill their open positions, including some not so obvious ones. The pending Consumer Price Index and the Producer Price Index reports and how are they different. The major soft drink about to go alcoholic. Cryto Miners possibly looking to partn...
8/8/21 - A Rare Reverse Stock Split and Is Coca-Cola Repeating Its Biggest Mistake Ever?
August 08, 2021 23:07 - 19 minutes - 18 MBHello everyone. It’s Bill Thompson, T Bill. Here is what we cover on today’s session. General Electric’s reverse stock split, a rarity for an S&P 500 company, and why reverse stock splits often don’t work. Coca-Cola possibly repeating its biggest mistake ever. Applebee’s benefiting from a new hit song and what company saw a 65% increase in profits from E.T. Amazon offering a $2,000,000 vaccination lottery to its front-line workers. A long-established company changing its ticker symbol due to ...
8/6/21 - Quantitative Easing and a Mortgage Strategy to Become a Millionaire.
August 07, 2021 00:07 - 20 minutes - 19 MBHello everyone. It’s Bill Thompson, T Bill. Here is what we cover on today’s session. The potential pullback of the Federal Reserve’s Quantitative Easing program and what that means for you and your money. A simple strategy to potentially save hundreds of thousands of dollars on a mortgage and potentially make yourself a millionaire in the process. The labor report and the reason behind the markets muted reaction. The inflation focus of the market in coming days.
8/5/21 - Main Street & Wall Street vs. Robinhood and ‘The Short Squeeze.’
August 06, 2021 02:42 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MBHello everyone, it’s Bill Thompson, T Bill. Today, I talk about the recent price movement in Robin Hood stock as well as the talk of Main Street and Wall Street investors possibly coming together to punish the company itself by shorting the stock. I discuss why that may or may not happen and also explain short selling in general, including an explanation of a short squeeze. I also discuss the upcoming labor report and why unemployment numbers are not always what they seem. Bill
8/3/21- Cryptocurrencies, Blockchains, and Crypto Mining explained.
August 06, 2021 02:37 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBHello everyone, It’s Bill Thompson, T Bill. On today’s session, I explain Cryptocurrencies, Blockchains, and Crypto Mining. I also provide some comments on the reinstatement of the federal government debt ceiling as well as why the debt levels of the United States federal government may not be exactly as it first appears. I also make some comments in regards to PepsiCo’s announcement of the sale of its Tropicana and other juice divisions for $3.3 Billion as well as general divestitures in the...
7/31/21 - The $1,000,000 Penny.
July 31, 2021 20:34 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBHello everyone, It’s Bill Thompson, T Bill, and welcome to Plain Market Talk. Today, I talk about a penny than may be going through your pockets that could be worth more than $1,000,000. I also discuss the $1.1 billion infrastructure package about to be passed by Congress, along with six companies that may directly benefit from it, as well as its long-term financial and economic implications. I talk about a new technology to pull carbon out of the atmosphere and how this may be a near and in...
7/30/21 - Inflation and the World’s Largest Company.
July 31, 2021 01:35 - 19 minutes - 18.5 MBHello everyone, On today’s session, I discuss the latest numbers from the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCE), an inflation index looked at by the Federal Reserve, and discuss how it differs from the Consumer Price Index. I also discuss Amazon’s earnings report as well as how close Amazon is to becoming the world’s largest corporation. I also cover how we in the financial world measure a company’s size and provide an easy to comprehend measure of the staggering numbers of the ...
7/29/21 - Black Widow vs. Disney and How Does Robinhood Make Money?
July 29, 2021 19:37 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBHello everyone, On today’s session, I talk about Facebook’s earnings, the Gross Domestic Product report, Robinhood’s IPO, and Scarlett Johansson suing Disney over Black Widow. Here are some insight’s that I provide as part of today’s session. 1. Why did Facebook’s stock decline after a blockbuster earnings report and what often happens to stocks afterwards. 2. What is the Gross Domestic Product and why did the market shrug off less than expected numbers? 3. How does Robinhood make money b...
7/28/21 - The Big Five and The Federal Reserve.
July 28, 2021 21:37 - 16 minutes - 15.7 MBHello everyone, On today's session, I talk about corporate earnings, making reference to the the 'Big Five' of Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon, and also talk about the real reason stocks go up and down and provide some advice on how to trade on earnings. I also talk about the Federal Reserve and the release of today's policy report from the Federal Open Market Committee and its effect on the general relation between the stock, bond, and money markets. ...
T Bill's Plain Market Talk Trailer
July 28, 2021 13:53 - 38 seconds - 608 KBHello everyone. It’s Bill Thompson, T Bill, and welcome to Plain Market Talk, where I will provide a straight-forward interpretation and analysis of current market news based on my background as a retired Wall Street Stockbroker with almost 50 years of experience and I will also provide business lessons to help you become much more successful with your personal finance, trading, and investments. These lessons will be useful for years to come so I would encourage anyone to go back and check ...