Perimeter Desk
Perimeter Listening / Markets
The main roundtable puts Josh Brown and Michael Batnick in conversation with a changing group of investors, analysts, and financial writers. Discussion moves between market developments, individual companies, economic questions, and investor behavior. The feed also carries related Compound segments, so episode formats vary. It works well for hearing practitioners compare views, especially when you already recognize the financial terms and companies under discussion.
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The show
Market roundtable with rotating guests · The Compound
The Desk’s listening note
Use the guest list to choose a discussion, then separate the durable portfolio lessons from that week’s market opinions.
Who it’s for
Investors who follow market news and want an informal discussion of competing explanations, with practical observations from advisers and professional investors.
A useful place to start
Choose a recent episode explicitly labeled The Compound and Friends with a guest whose specialty interests you, and use its topic list to follow the discussion.
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The people behind the microphone
Josh Brown and Michael Batnick lead the main roundtable. The shared show feed also includes What Are Your Thoughts? and other segments with different participants.
CEO, Ritholtz Wealth Management; The Compound and Friends co-host
Josh Brown is chief executive of Ritholtz Wealth Management, which he co-founded in 2013. He co-hosts The Compound and Friends and What Are Your Thoughts? with Michael Batnick. His public conversations draw on his work helping people invest and manage portfolios, combining market commentary with observations about investor behavior, company developments, and financial advice.
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Managing partner, Ritholtz Wealth Management
Michael Batnick is a managing partner at Ritholtz Wealth Management and co-host of Animal Spirits with Ben Carlson. He writes The Irrelevant Investor and also appears on The Compound and Friends and What Are Your Thoughts? His book, Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments, studies costly errors made by prominent investors and the lessons they offer. Batnick’s work connects professional investing, financial writing and conversations about markets and everyday life.
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Profile checked September 18, 2026. Editorial notes are Perimeter’s interpretation.