John Collison
Matt and Katie talk with their first guest, John Collison, the co-founder and president of Stripe, about the financial services business, why payments are hard, what's good about crypto, why IPOs don't matter and how to fly planes.
Technically a Horse: ETF, ETF, ETF
Katie and Matt discuss large ponies, small horses, puzzle hunts, portfolio trading, Jane Street’s lack of a CEO, tax deferral, covered calls and yieldmaxxing.
Men's Haircuts: SATS, FLUT, APO
Katie and Matt discuss bond haircuts, literal haircuts, sports gambling, single-stock 0dte gambling and private assets in retirement accounts.
Money Has No Meaning: OpenAI, AIWB, WWJD
Katie and Matt discuss nonprofits, capped-profits, for-profits, chatbot brokers, chatbot ETFs and biblically responsible investing.
Modular Cat Trees: A Mailbag Episode
Katie and Matt answer reader questions about private markets being the new public markets, SEC fines, writing big stories, Icahn/Ackman activism, anti-leveraged ETFs, fake M&A, cat-based businesses, broker-dealers, naked shorts and our families' Money Stuff consumption.
Calm Knuckles: SEC, ETF, SPOT
Katie and Matt discuss SEC cell phone location data, private credit ETFs, and having robots make fake songs for the streaming revenue.
Fruitcakes and Nutcases: ETF, ATIC, DJT
Katie and Matt discuss single-stock leveraged ETFs, insurance for taxis and Florida real estate, the Trump Media lockup, and whether there are more readers of Money Stuff or Truth Social. Also, there will be a mailbag episode so we want good mailbag questions.
Pick Up the Phone: Shorts, PSUS, BLS
Katie and Matt discuss short selling disclaimers, how to sell a closed-end fund and calling up the government to get payroll revisions.
Hurt People Hurt People: SBUX, LMEs, BofA
A between-vacations episode in which Katie and Matt discuss Starbucks's new CEO, the capital solutions business, banking hours and being a horse.
Guy on Twitter: PSUS, Left, ETFs
Matt and Katie discuss Pershing Square USA's IPO, Citron Research's short-and-distort charges, bond market liquidity, and Katie's trip to Paris to watch running.