How much should macroeconomic data matter to investors? Do the prices of McDonald’s hamburgers tell us something about the state of the economy? Badger badgers his friend with a 50% portfolio allocation to $NVDA pre-earnings — was he right to do so? Mentioned: risk management, resulting, Monkey’s own violations of risk principles and their consequences, the law of investing gravity. What is passive investing? What are ETFs? How are they contributing to a potential massive investing bubble bursting? Mentioned: Andrew Lipstein’s essay in Harper’s Magazine -- 401(k) Doomsday https://harpers.org/archive/2024/06/ Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:45 Nvidia Earnings 00:17:12 Does Macro Matter? --- A humble request to all our listeners: please leave us a review on Apple or Spotify if our Wall Street Wildlife episodes have helped you become a better investor.You can find more episodes of the podcast at ⁠wallstreetwildlife.com⁠, and you can follow us at:⁠X.com/7LukeHallard⁠⁠X.com/7FlyingPlatypus⁠Wall Street Wildlife is also on Instagram and Tiktok @wallstreetwildlife.---Fed up with the stock market giving you a hard time?- Invest like seasoned pros with over 40 years in the game- Discover the world's leading companies- Sharpen your best investing practices and ditch the worst- Learn how to start investing- Essential investing principles to boost your returns---investing in stocks for beginners, stock trading for beginners, stocks and shares for beginners, investing 101, learn how to invest, stock market for dummies