Thematic Signals
15 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEach week on the Thematic Signals podcast, we look to distill everyday noise into clear investing signals using our thematic lens and our 10 investing themes. On each episode, we not only discuss key events that are shaping the stock market, but we also look at key sign posts for the changing economic, demographic, psychographic, and technological landscapes that are driving the structural changes occurring around us. Hosted by Chief Investment Officer Chris Versace, this new podcast from Tematica Research replaces the previously published Cocktail Investing Podcast.
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Ep 15: Trump and Trade, Apple event thoughts and Volkswagen swings at Tesla
September 12, 2019 17:39 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBOn this episode of the Thematic Signals podcast, Tematica’s Chris Versace breaks down the latest trade developments (including why he doesn’t think a two-step deal is likely) and discusses the European Central Bank rate cut before shares his thoughts on the continued plight of brick & mortar retail as Forever 21 is slated to file bankruptcy this weekend. We see no slowdown in the Digital Lifestyle tailwind that is a headwind for those like Forever 21. Chris then moves to why he was nonplused...
Ep 14: A Fixed Income View on the Current Market
September 05, 2019 15:46 - 39 minutes - 36 MBOn this episode of the Thematic Signals podcast, host Chris Versace is joined by Peter Tchir, who is the Head of Macro Strategy at Academy Securities. While Chris has a thematic focus, Peter’s is from the fixed income vantage point, which means he tends to focus on credit and risk. Despite the different approaches, the two discuss the US-China trade war, the swath of recent economic data and prospects for further monetary policy stimulus from both the European Central Bank and the Federal Re...
Ep 13 Cleaner Living Solutions with the Degree of Green
August 21, 2019 07:30 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBOn this episode of the Thematic Signals podcast, host Chris Versace digs more into Tematica’s Cleaner Livinginvesting theme with Andrew Pace of Degree of Green. Degree of Green was started back in 2007 as a rating system to educate consumers and retailers about the different facets of green. But today, Degree of Green is an educational portal to teach people how to build healthy AND green. On this week's podcast, you’ll learn how many chemicals dwell inside your home and where there t...
Ep 12 Keys to July Retail Sales and Walmart results, plus the big threat to German Auto Industry
August 16, 2019 09:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBOn this episode of the Thematic Signals podcast, we’re digging into the July Retail Sales and quarterly earnings results from Walmart as both confirm the hard-blowing tailwinds associated with our Digital Lifestyle, Middle-Class Squeeze, Aging of the Population and Cleaner Living Investing themes. We also breakdown a recent article in The Wall Street Journal that discusses how one aspect of our Cleaner Living investing theme — electric vehicles — could threaten the German economy. It’s the...
Ep 11. Think that’s clean water you’re drinking? Guess again.
August 06, 2019 10:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBOn this episode of the Thematic Signals podcast, we’re tackling an aspect of our Cleaner Living investing theme that most people tend to take for granted – clean water. To dig into the subject, we speak with Dr. Roy Speiser of water and air filtration company CWR Environmental Products, who for over 35 years has championed the cause to mitigate air and waterborne toxins. As you’ll hear, because of environmental abuse, industrial greed and governmental neglect, the harsh reality is our wa...
Ep 10 Beyond Meat – The Next Tesla or the Next Palm?
July 31, 2019 12:58 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBWe are just back from vacation and hitting the ground running during arguably one of the busiest weeks of the year. In addition to the usual end of the month, start of the month economic data, we’ve got more than 1,000 companies reporting quarterly earnings; the Fed’s next FOMC meeting; and the next Democratic presidential debate. And that’s what we know about. We dig into all and share where we think the market could be capped if the trend in earnings continues. We also share our though...
Ep 9. How the Tapestry of Earnings is Coming Together
July 19, 2019 13:15 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBOn this episode of the Thematic Signals podcast, we find ourselves in the thick of earnings season and Tematica’s Chris Versace not only provides an overview for how all of these reports are coming together to form a larger picture, he shares a thematic look at what’s moving several stocks, including Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), International Airlines Group (ICAGY), IBM (IBM), Netflix (NFLX), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) and the impact of spending on cybersecurity. In thematic speak, it's the D...
Ep 8. Will Fed Chairman Powell reset dovish interest rate expectations
July 09, 2019 21:50 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBOn this episode of the Thematic Signals podcast, Tematica’s Chris Versace gets investors and corporate leaders ready for what Fed Chairman Powell may do at this week’s semi-annual testimony in front of the House Financial Services Committee. In June Powell signaled a more dovish tone with monetary policy citing the slowing global economy, trade-related uncertainty and the lack of inflation. After Independence Day 2019, however, several pieces of new data may give Powell and the Fed some room...
Ep 7. With the G20 in the Rearview Mirror What's Next?
July 02, 2019 23:42 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBOn this episode of the Thematic Signals podcast, Tematica’s Chris Versace digs into what investors should be watching in the month of July. Between the June quarter earnings season, the Fed and the latest economic data, there is no shortage of things investors need to watch. In Chris’s view that’s especially true given the potential for the Fed to NOT cut interest rates at its July monetary policy meeting, and for earnings guidance to be softer than Wall Street is expecting. We’ve also g...
Ep 6. Bracing for the Fallout from the G20 Plus the Launch of the Cleaner Living Index
June 26, 2019 13:28 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBOn this episode of the Thematic Signals podcast, Tematica’s Chris Versace digs into the latest economic data and shares his growing concern over earnings expectations for the second half of 2019 as we get ready for the June quarter earnings season. In his opinion, expectations are ahead of reality given the slowing global economy, existing tariffs and trade talk uncertainty. He also introduces the Tematica Research Cleaner Living Index (CLNR), which focuses on those companies benefitting...
Using Options to Protect Yourself in an Uncertain Market
June 21, 2019 00:33 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBOn this episode of the Thematic Signals podcast, Tematica’s Chris Versace is joined by Bob Lang, founder of and Chief Options Trader at Explosive Options, to talk all options and options strategies, including how an investor can use them to protect themselves in an uncertain stock market. While we focus on thematics, Bob focuses on charts and technical analysis to chart his way for both the market and his options trades. On the podcast, Bob will talk about why he likes options over stocks, s...
What’s Behind the Commodities Rally?
June 18, 2019 19:41 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBWelcome to the Thematic Signals podcast, where we look to distill everyday noise into clear investing signals using our thematic lens and our 10 investing themes. On this episode Chris Versace welcomes Sal Gilbertie, the Chief Investment Officer at Teucrium Trading, back to the podcast. In the past on Tematica’s Cocktail Investing podcast, Chris and Sal have talked about the thematic influences on agricultural commodities, including Tematica’s New Global Middle-class one. They touch on that...
Ep 3. What's Next for ETF's
June 13, 2019 13:17 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBWelcome to the Thematic Signals podcast, where we look to distill everyday noise into clear investing signals using our thematic lens and our 10 investing themes. On this episode, Chris Versace is joined by Mike Akins, founding partner at ETF Action and former head of ETFs at Alps, which when Mike left had roughly $15 billion in assets. With more than 6,500 ETFs worldwide and several thousand in the US alone, Chris and Mike talk about the development of the ETF market and what’s next f...
Ep 2. The G20 Summit Will Determine What the Fed Does Next
June 10, 2019 21:25 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBWelcome to the Thematic Signals podcast, the podcast previously known as Cocktail Investing, where we look to distill everyday noise into clear investing signals using our thematic lens and our 10 investing themes. On this episode, host Chris Versace discusses the sharp June rebound in the stock market that is being fueled by “bad news is good news” with return of Fed related hopium for a rate cut. Recently Federal Reserve Chairman Powell confirmed the Fed is closely watching trade and tar...
Ep 1: The Winners and Losers in the Fight for Consumer Wallet Share
May 29, 2019 14:53 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBWelcome to the Thematic Signals podcast, where we look to distill everyday noise into clear investing signals using our thematic lens and our 10 investing themes. Every week we not only discuss key events that are shaping the stock market, but we also look at key sign posts for the changing economic, demographic, psychographic, and technological landscapes that are driving the structural changes occurring around us. On this episode, with retailer earnings in the spotlight, we dig into whi...