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The largest UK fintech is abandoning the London Stock Exchange for the NASDAQ — and Luke thinks it could be an inflection point. This solo deep-dive makes the bull AND bear case on one of his highest-conviction holdings, right before the dual listing goes live. Here's what every investor needs to know before May 11th.💰 Why $WISE is ditching London for the NASDAQ — and what it means for shareholders who already own the UK listing📊 The numbers behind the conviction: 27% volume growth, 22% more active customers, and a take rate that keeps falling on purpose🎓 How Wise actually moves money across borders — the elegant infrastructure trick that lets them undercut every bank on the planet🎯 Luke's reverse DCF breakdown: what growth rate the market is currently pricing in, and whether that's a gift or a trap💀 The bear case we can't hide from: falling take rates + rising costs = a business model that only works if volume growth never stops🤖 Stablecoins and the Genius Act — is crypto a real existential threat to $WISE, or just a question every investor asks and never acts on?🌐 The index inclusion catalyst: why Russell 1000 membership in 2027 could trigger a wave of institutional buying nobody's talking about yetSources:Shooting the Bull with Drowsy and Bear: https://open.spotify.com/show/5qH1zzezA4EnHHGibgzJlb?si=XkN43t9ZRUuAD8Mh2RMvzg&nd=1&dlsi=a7c955266e91477fSegments:00:00:00 Welcome — Solo Episode & What's Coming to WSW00:01:21 What Is Wise and How Does It Actually Work?00:04:08 The NASDAQ Dual Listing: Dates, Mechanics & What Shareholders Need to Do00:09:05 $WISE Key Numbers: Volume Growth, Customers & Take Rate00:11:08 Rising Costs: Investment in Growth or a Warning Sign?00:12:44 $WISE Valuation: Reverse DCF & The Inflection Point Thesis00:14:54 Bear Case #1: The Take Rate Trap00:15:48 Bear Case #2: Stablecoins & Crypto — Real Threat or Overhyped?00:18:11 Luke's Conviction: 4 Years as Customer & Shareholder**********If you want to see our furry faces, this podcast is also available on YouTube at youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1**********SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON:wallstreetwildlife.com**********Follow us at:x.com/7LukeHallardx.com/7FlyingPlatypus**********Fiscal.AI is the Complete Stock Research Platform for fundamental investors. With its beautiful design and institutional-quality data, Fiscal AI is incredibly powerful and easy to use.Get 15% off any premium plan with:fiscal.ai/wildlife**********Monkey’s “Zen, Nietzsche, How to Live” Substack:firephilosophy.substack.com**********To use the same portfolio tracking tool as Luke, check-out:portseido.com/?fpr=lukehallard**********Disclosure: Wall Street Wildlife hosts and guests are not financial advisors, and nothing they say on this show is formal advice or a recommendation**********Fed up with the stock market giving you a hard time?- Invest like seasoned pros with over 40 years in the game- Discover the world's leading companies- Sharpen your best investing practices and ditch the worst- Learn how to start investing- Essential investing principles to boost your returnsKeywords:$WISE, Wise PLC, NASDAQ dual listing, fintech investing, cross-border payments, stablecoins, Genius Act, take rate, reverse DCF, index inclusion, Russell 1000, Wise platform, fintech stock, London Stock Exchange, UK fintech, free cash flow, institutional buying, crypto vs fintech, position sizing, high conviction investing, compounding moat, growth investing, Luke Hallard, Wall Street Wildlife

Luke sold two stocks this week. Not because earnings disappointed or guidance missed — but because he ran the numbers on what AI actually does to software valuations, and the math got uncomfortable fast. Meanwhile, Krzysztof turned a 70% options loss into a breakeven exit... then watched the stock moon another 60%... then crater 50% — all in the same week. This is what investing in the AI era actually feels like.💀 Monkey's $POET call option went from genius to idiot to genius in 7 days — a masterclass in what NOT to do with options, and the one trading rule that could have saved him🎓 Badger breaks down the DCF concept most investors ignore: why a 5% annual "AI death probability" can slash a company's fair value by nearly 50% — and why that math should terrify SaaS investors🤖 "It's not that AI will build a better ServiceNow — it's that you won't NEED ServiceNow" — the Kodak fallacy hiding in plain sight across your portfolio🎯 Luke sold $CRM and $ZS this week — hear exactly why, and whether $CRWD is next on the chopping block🧠 The ostrich investor, anchoring bias, and why knowing what can go wrong is the most valuable skill in your arsenal right now🌴 Community portfolio 6-month check-in: $WISE up 23%, the overall portfolio down 12% — and why that's not the pointSources:King of the Jungle Spreadsheet: https://www.patreon.com/posts/150190962The Investor's Mirror (iOS App): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/investors-mirror/id6760048070Segments:00:00:00 Cold Open: AI Is Killing Companies — Not Replacing Them00:00:54 Intro + Luke Bought a Motorcycle (Investing Adjacent, We Promise)00:10:57 Monkey's $POET Options Debacle: From 70% Loss to Breakeven to... 50% Drop00:21:43 The SaaS Apocalypse: How AI Rewrites Software Valuations00:33:39 Why ServiceNow Might Not Need a Replacement — It Just Disappears00:41:34 Luke Sold $CRM and $ZS — Here's the Exact Reasoning00:54:52 Is $CRWD Next? The CrowdStrike Question00:57:32 Community Portfolio 6-Month Review: $WISE, $TTD, and What's Next**********If you want to see our furry faces, this podcast is also available on YouTube at youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1**********SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON:wallstreetwildlife.com**********Follow us at:x.com/7LukeHallardx.com/7FlyingPlatypus**********Fiscal.AI is the Complete Stock Research Platform for fundamental investors. With its beautiful design and institutional-quality data, Fiscal AI is incredibly powerful and easy to use.Get 15% off any premium plan with:fiscal.ai/wildlife**********Monkey’s “Zen, Nietzsche, How to Live” Substack:firephilosophy.substack.com**********To use the same portfolio tracking tool as Luke, check-out:portseido.com/?fpr=lukehallard**********Disclosure: Wall Street Wildlife hosts and guests are not financial advisors, and nothing they say on this show is formal advice or a recommendation**********Fed up with the stock market giving you a hard time?- Invest like seasoned pros with over 40 years in the game- Discover the world's leading companies- Sharpen your best investing practices and ditch the worst- Learn how to start investing- Essential investing principles to boost your returnsKeywords:$POET,$CRM,$ZS,$CRWD,$WISE,$TTD,SaaS apocalypse,AI disruption stocks,software valuation,DCF terminal value,options trading mistakes,AI death probability,ServiceNow AI risk,Salesforce disruption,Zscaler analysis,CrowdStrike AI,community portfolio,position sizing,anchoring bias,options psychology,retail investor mistakes,Kelly Criterion,compounder investing,growth stocks 2025,AI investing,$NU,$IREN,$NOW

200 million eczema sufferers. A leading drug that fails more than half of them. A cancer-causing alternative that still projects $5 billion in sales. And a tiny 60-person San Francisco biotech that may have cracked the code — with a Nobel Prize-validated mechanism the market is somehow pricing at near-zero. This week, Krzysztof goes full deep-dive on Nectar Therapeutics ($NKTR), while Luke — self-confessed biotech skeptic — has the options chain open and his wallet ready.📊 Why the world's most common skin disease has NO good cure yet — and why that $50B market opportunity is hiding in plain sight💊 The cancer-warning drug that still projects $3–5B in revenue: what that tells you about how desperate patients really are🎓 Res-peg explained without the jargon: the Nobel Prize-backed immune reset mechanism that makes $NKTR different from every other AD drug on the market💀 The 33% single-day crash that Monkey calls 'borderline irrational' — and why buying that dip may have been one of the most logical trades of the year🎯 Bull, base, and bear: a $240–$320 price target vs. today's ~$82 — and the position sizing rules that keep this from becoming a gamble🧠 Why the market can't walk and chew gum: how $NKTR's alopecia data confusion is creating a 'free call option' that most investors are completely missing🌐 The imminent April catalyst that could reprice this stock overnight — and why Monkey says a negative surprise would be the real shockSources:Adam May (biotech investor): https://x.com/A_May_MDSegments:00:00:00 The Disease Affecting 200 Million People With No Real Cure00:05:00 What Is Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema) — And Why It's a $50B Market00:10:00 Why the Best Drug on the Market Only Works for Half of Patients00:15:00 The Cancer-Warning Drug Still Projecting $5B in Sales00:20:00 $NKTR's Res-Peg: The Nobel Prize-Backed Mechanism Explained00:27:00 The Phase 2 Data That Sent $NKTR From $6 to $8000:33:00 The Alopecia Trial Disaster — And Why Monkey Says the Market Overreacted00:43:00 Valuation Deep Dive: Is $NKTR Worth 4x From Here?00:48:00 Upcoming Catalysts: What to Watch in April 2025 and Beyond00:54:00 Position Sizing in Biotech — How Much Is Too Much?01:01:00 Options Strategy for $NKTR: Calls vs. Shares vs. Selling Puts**********If you want to see our furry faces, this podcast is also available on YouTube at youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1**********SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON:wallstreetwildlife.com**********Follow us at:x.com/7LukeHallardx.com/7FlyingPlatypus**********Fiscal.AI is the Complete Stock Research Platform for fundamental investors. With its beautiful design and institutional-quality data, Fiscal AI is incredibly powerful and easy to use.Get 15% off any premium plan with:fiscal.ai/wildlife**********Monkey’s “Zen, Nietzsche, How to Live” Substack:firephilosophy.substack.com**********To use the same portfolio tracking tool as Luke, check-out:portseido.com/?fpr=lukehallard**********Disclosure: Wall Street Wildlife hosts and guests are not financial advisors, and nothing they say on this show is formal advice or a recommendation**********Fed up with the stock market giving you a hard time?- Invest like seasoned pros with over 40 years in the game- Discover the world's leading companies- Sharpen your best investing practices and ditch the worst- Learn how to start investing- Essential investing principles to boost your returnsKeywords:$NKTR, Nectar Therapeutics, atopic dermatitis, eczema investing, biotech stock 2025, res-peg, alopecia treatment, biotech options strategy, small cap biotech, phase 2 clinical trial, biotech position sizing, $KYMR, Dupixent competitor, JAK inhibitors, T regulatory cells, biotech catalyst, Wall Street Wildlife, undervalued biotech, options implied volatility, Kelly Criterion biotech, free call option, clinical trial design, immune system investing, rezpegaldesleukin

The AI arms race is here, and it's shaking up the cybersecurity landscape. Is it time to panic, or is this a buying opportunity? We dive deep into the AI doomsday fears and how it could impact our portfolios.Plus:🧠 Axon's stock-based comp problem: a great company, TERRIBLE stock? $AXON📊 Wise's Nasdaq listing is imminent: what does it mean for investors? $WISE $WIZEY💊 Krzysztof's selling Coherus for a NEW biotech play: $CHRS $NKTR $ABCLSegments:00:00:00 Cold Open00:01:47 Subscriber Growth Slowdown: Are We Boring?00:03:57 Mama Monkey's Patreon Offer00:05:51 Claude Mythos & Cybersecurity Apocalypse?00:11:06 Is AI a Tailwind or Headwind for Cybersecurity Stocks?00:11:46 $CRWD CrowdStrike: Time to Buy?00:22:26 $NKTR Nectar Therapeutics: Krzysztof's New Biotech Pick00:28:05 $AXON Axon Enterprise: Great Company, Terrible Stock?00:30:52 Stock-Based Compensation Explained00:42:37 $WISE Wise PLC: Nasdaq Listing Incoming!00:45:19 Investor's Mirror App Update00:50:54 Closing**********If you want to see our furry faces, this podcast is also available on YouTube at youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1**********SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON:wallstreetwildlife.com**********Follow us at:x.com/7LukeHallardx.com/7FlyingPlatypus**********Fiscal.AI is the Complete Stock Research Platform for fundamental investors. With its beautiful design and institutional-quality data, Fiscal AI is incredibly powerful and easy to use.Get 15% off any premium plan with:fiscal.ai/wildlife**********Monkey’s “Zen, Nietzsche, How to Live” Substack:firephilosophy.substack.com**********To use the same portfolio tracking tool as Luke, check-out:portseido.com/?fpr=lukehallard**********Disclosure: Wall Street Wildlife hosts and guests are not financial advisors, and nothing they say on this show is formal advice or a recommendation**********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 returnsKeywords:artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, $CRWD, CrowdStrike, $PANW, Palo Alto Networks, $WISE, Wise PLC, fintech, stock-based compensation, investing psychology, portfolio allocation, biotech, $NKTR, Nectar Therapeutics, value investing, growth investing, investor's mirror, fiscal ai, $ABCL

Are hidden emotions sabotaging your investing returns? This week, Badger and Monkey dissect the subtle ways 'tilt' impacts portfolios, drawing lessons from Vegas, poker, and real-life market turmoil. Are YOU making these mistakes without realizing it? 💀 Are your losses secretly driving your investment decisions? We expose the hidden dangers of revenge trading.🎰 Vegas isn't just about luck. Discover the surprising parallels between poker, investing, and crafting your own odds.🧠 Is your 'investor self' different from your REAL self? We explore the psychology behind knowing what to do vs. actually doing it (try our 'Investor's Mirror' app)📊 Are you tuning out during market downturns? Learn why now is the time to sharpen your skills and find big alpha.🌴 From Vegas to Warsaw? We reveal our plans for a European WSW Beastie meetup in 2027!🌐 Should you invest outside the US? We debate the pros and cons of international diversification.🤖 The future of shopping is HERE. We discuss Amazon's robotaxis, automated warehouses, and the evolution of retail.Sources:The Investor's Mirror (iOS App): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/investors-mirror/id6760048070ADRs article: https://7investing.com/article/how-to-invest-internationally-using-american-depositary-receipts-alternative-title-the-abcs-of-adrs/Segments:00:00:00 Intro: Vegas Recap & Investor Tilt00:03:27 The Vegas Glow-Up: IRL vs. Digital00:06:45 Krzysztof's Near-Tilt Experience00:11:55 Tilt in Poker vs. Investing00:14:05 The Subtle Tilt Investors Don't See00:17:51 Carving Out Your Safe Space (Even in Vegas)00:23:14 The King of the Jungle Poker Challenge00:31:46 Practicing Fear: Lessons from Poker00:32:17 Vegas Tech Tour: Amazon & The Boring Company00:39:13 Zoox Robo Taxi: The Future of Transportation00:42:06 The Sphere: Gimmick or Game-Changer? $SPHR00:46:26 Absinthe: A Night to Remember00:48:16 WSW Does Warsaw: Summer 2027?00:50:52 Introducing the Investor's Mirror App01:02:02 Investing Outside the US: Opportunities & Risks**********SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON:wallstreetwildlife.com**********Follow us at:x.com/7LukeHallardx.com/7FlyingPlatypus**********Fiscal.AI is the Complete Stock Research Platform for fundamental investors. With its beautiful design and institutional-quality data, Fiscal AI is incredibly powerful and easy to use.Get 15% off any premium plan with:fiscal.ai/wildlife**********Monkey’s “Zen, Nietzsche, How to Live” Substack:firephilosophy.substack.com**********To use the same portfolio tracking tool as Luke, check-out:portseido.com/?fpr=lukehallard**********Disclosure: Wall Street Wildlife hosts and guests are not financial advisors, and nothing they say on this show is formal advice or a recommendation**********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

Vegas, baby! We're back from the Vegas Patreon meetup and ready to deal. This week: how poker skills translate to investing success (and failure). Plus, Monkey on the mind-bending challenges that make investing so darn hard. What's at stake? Your portfolio, your sanity, and maybe a little bit of tilt!🎴 Learn which poker skills can make you a better investor (and which will get you rekt).🧠 Discover how your brain is *designed* to trick you into making bad investment decisions.🎯 Position sizing: are you betting too big, or too small? Badger & Monkey debate.💀 Hear about mistakes both hosts have made — and how YOU can avoid them.📊 The Kelly Criterion: what it is, and how to use it to optimize your portfolio.🌴 Why the WSW Patreon is like a "gated community" for smart investors.🚀 $RKLB: Badger admits he may have been over-allocated. Lessons learned.Sources:Investor's Mirror App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/investors-mirror/id6760048070Segments:00:00:00 Intro: Vegas Recap & Episode Overview00:01:15 Poker & Investing: Surprising Parallels00:02:47 Chess vs. Poker: Which is More Like Investing?00:03:54 Good Decisions, Bad Outcomes: The Investor's Dilemma00:05:15 Position Sizing: Don't Get Wiped Out!00:06:45 EOS $EURN: When Conviction Goes Wrong00:07:33 The Kelly Criterion: Optimal Bet Sizing00:10:59 Pot Odds & Expected Value: Risk vs. Reward00:12:44 Avoiding "Tilt": Emotional Investing00:14:26 Knowing When to Fold: Cutting Your Losses00:15:52 $AAPL Apple: A Mistake Badger Regrets00:17:53 Staying Invested: The Power of Nuance00:18:58 Reading the Table: Market Insights00:20:47 Table Selection: Finding Your Edge00:23:05 Key Takeaways: Process Over Outcome00:24:54 Why Investing Is So Hard: Monkey's Perspective00:39:14 Investor's Mirror App — Know Yourself to Outperform the Market**********If you want to see our furry faces, this podcast is also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1**********SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON:https://wallstreetwildlife.com**********Follow us at:x.com/7LukeHallardx.com/7FlyingPlatypus**********Fiscal.AI is the Complete Stock Research Platform for fundamental investors. With its beautiful design and institutional-quality data, Fiscal AI is incredibly powerful and easy to use.Get 15% off any premium plan with:https://fiscal.ai/wildlife**********Monkey’s “Zen, Nietzsche, How to Live” Substack:http://firephilosophy.substack.com**********To use the same portfolio tracking tool as Luke, check-out:https://www.portseido.com/?fpr=lukehallard**********Disclosure: Wall Street Wildlife hosts and guests are not financial advisors, and nothing they say on this show is formal advice or a recommendation**********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

🎰 What happens when two investors hit Vegas with their Patreons? Craps strategies, poker tournaments, and a $50 bounty on Monkey's scalp🧠 The one investing mistake almost everyone makes — and why borrowed conviction will cost you everything when the market turns🃏 Why poker pros keep becoming legendary investors — the David Einhorn, Carl Icahn, and Annie Duke crossover you need to hear⚡ NVIDIA just revealed Vera Rubin — 10x performance per watt and 1.3 million components. The AI infrastructure arms race just escalated💀 We let AI score our stocks on a "Death by Claude" survival scan — $MNDY got 18 months to live, $PATH got a eulogy, and Greggs $GRG is immortal!🔋 Luke decides to sell $BYDDY and buy $CWEN live on air — the "would you buy it today?" test that instantly clarifies every portfolio decision🤖 Jensen Huang calls OpenClaw "the operating system for personal AI" — and Monkey's $INV cooling play just showed up at GTCSources:https://deathbyclawd.com/Timestamps:00:00 Cold Open01:00 Welcome & Subscribe CTA03:09 Vegas Preview — Sphere, Zoox Robotaxis & Amazon Warehouses06:43 Craps Strategy & Poker Stories08:28 When Nothing Works — Poker Patience Meets Market Patience10:21 Institutions Are Buying While Retail Panics11:35 Luke Sells $BYDDY and Buys $CWEN14:42 The "Would You Buy It Today?" Test17:10 Do Not Invest on Borrowed Conviction22:08 Why "Luke Was Wrong" Blocks Your Growth24:48 Monkey's Investor Mirror App Preview28:01 Vegas Presentations — Poker vs Investing34:57 What Makes Investing So Hard?38:09 $NVDA GTC 2026 — Vera Rubin Deep Dive $NVDA42:24 $INV / Accelsius — The Cooling Bottleneck Play44:06 NemoClaw & OpenClaw — The AI Operating System49:53 💀 Death by Claude — SaaS Apocalypse Scanner55:29 Fiscal AI56:19 Close**********If you want to see our furry faces, this podcast is also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1**********SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON:https://wallstreetwildlife.com**********Follow us at:x.com/7LukeHallardx.com/7FlyingPlatypus**********Fiscal.AI is the Complete Stock Research Platform for fundamental investors. With its beautiful design and institutional-quality data, Fiscal AI is incredibly powerful and easy to use.Get 15% off any premium plan with:https://fiscal.ai/wildlife**********Monkey’s “Zen, Nietzsche, How to Live” Substack:http://firephilosophy.substack.com**********To use the same portfolio tracking tool as Luke, check-out:https://www.portseido.com/?fpr=lukehallard**********Disclosure: Wall Street Wildlife hosts and guests are not financial advisors, and nothing they say on this show is formal advice or a recommendation**********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 returnsKeywords:investing conviction, borrowed conviction, NVIDIA GTC 2026, Vera Rubin, poker investing, Las Vegas investing, growth investing, portfolio management, Death by Claude, SaaS disruption, OpenClaw, NemoClaw, Monday.com AI, clearway energy, CWEN stock, BYD stock, options university, Wall Street Wildlife, stock market podcast, investing psychology, what makes investing hard, poker skills investing, AI replacing SaaS, NVDA stock, INV stock, retail investors

🎂 Jensen's Five-Layer AI Cake — NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang lays out his framework for how AI is built, from energy and chips to infrastructure, models, and applications. What does this roadmap mean for investors, and are our portfolios actually aligned with the tidal wave?🌊 Catching the AI Tidal Wave — Luke and Krzysztof map their own portfolios against Jensen's five layers, discovering that the new AI era looks a lot more physical than the SaaS era — satellites, batteries, data centers, and power lines, not just software.🐕 Is AI Actually Curing Cancer? — A viral story about an Australian tech entrepreneur who used ChatGPT and AlphaFold to design a custom mRNA vaccine for his dog's cancer sparks a bigger conversation: are we at the beginning of an AI-driven biotech revolution, and what does regulation need to look like?⚡ DGXX Deep Dive: The Trials of Small Cap Investing — Krzysztof walks through his thesis on Digi Power X (ticker: DGXX) — a micro-cap data center and energy play with a pristine balance sheet and first AI revenue expected in April. Then the weekend drama: a 22% stock drop, insider equity controversy, and how a galvanized investor community forced management to clarify the record.🗡️ Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword — Small cap investing means turbulence. Krzysztof reflects on the emotional rollercoaster of micro caps and the pattern across EOS, Oddity, and DGXX — massive drops, management questions, and the decision to hold or fold.🏔️ The Valley of Death Framework — Luke revisits the US DOE's technology readiness chart from last week and applies it to the portfolio debate: why would you invest in an earlier-stage company rather than a later one? The question is left open — join the conversation in the YouTube comments!🦁 Community Shoutouts — A big thank-you to Patreon members Steven (who built an impressive custom portfolio tracker) and Eric (sharing his AI research prompts and outputs). The Wall Street Wildlife community is leveling up.Sources:US DOE Building Technologies Office framework: https://www.energy.gov/cmei/buildings/technology-marketSegments:00:00 Cold Open01:11 Intro: Jensen's AI layer cake, AI curing cancer, DGXX deep dive04:27 Identity-driven investing06:16 Jensen Huang's 5-Layer AI Cake framework08:37 Catching inevitable waves — internet parallels to AI11:35 Jensen: "We are still early" — trillions of infrastructure still to build16:24 Mapping our holdings to the AI layer cake24:29 Direct alignment vs adjacent — should you own non-aligned stocks?26:07 AI curing cancer?30:16 Regulatory bottleneck — approvals take longer than the actual science35:40 Medical tourism 2.0 — "Turkey teeth" to cancer treatment?37:33 Safari Stock: $DGXX (Digi Power X)44:56 $DGXX community revolt forces management clarification via 8-K50:17 How retail investor communities enforce transparency53:54 The Valley of Death framework — US DOE technology adoption curve56:53 Why invest in early-stage vs late-stage companies?57:39 Community spotlight: Steven's portfolio tracker, Eric's research prompts59:41 Listener call to action: share your tools and techniques01:02:15 Close**********If you want to see our furry faces, this podcast is also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1**********SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON:https://wallstreetwildlife.com**********Follow us at:x.com/7LukeHallardx.com/7FlyingPlatypus**********Fiscal.AI is the Complete Stock Research Platform for fundamental investors. With its beautiful design and institutional-quality data, Fiscal AI is incredibly powerful and easy to use.Get 15% off any premium plan with:https://fiscal.ai/wildlife**********Disclosure: Wall Street Wildlife hosts and guests are not financial advisors, and nothing they say on this show is formal advice or a recommendation**********

Do your stocks own YOU — or do you own them? This week we tackle identity-driven investing, with a Thomas Chua quote that should make every investor uncomfortable.Monkey walks through his complete $ODD (Oddity Tech) investment process — from first nibble at $36, to options at the lows, to literally unboxing Spoiled Child collagen live on air. It's classic Peter Lynch meets beauty influencer.Plus: Gold smashes through $5,150 while Bitcoin bleeds. VIX at 32 — why Monkey sees opportunity when everyone else sees chaos. An 18-year trendline break that questions US exceptionalism. And a YouTube troll who accidentally gave us great content.Key topics:- Options selling in high-VIX environments- $ODD full investment process: fundamentals to technicals to options to becoming a customer- Thomas Chua: "Some investors don't own a stock — the stock owns them"- Gold vs Bitcoin vs Bonds vs Property: is there ANY store of value?- 18-year US vs Rest of World trend break- YouTube troll response: why holding contradictory views is the point- Spoiled Child product unboxingSources:Thomas Chua (@SteadyCompound): https://x.com/i/status/2030833466506682776Tickers: $ODD $LINK $BTC $TSLA $GOOGL $AMZN $EOSE $PLTRSegments:00:00 Cold Open01:07 Intro: Bear Markets, Oddity, Gold $5,150 & Is US Exceptionalism Over?02:34 Vegas Meetup Update & Monkey's Secret Project03:44 OpenClaw Migration: Mac Mini Weekend from Hell04:47 Geopolitical Chaos: What Does It Mean for Investors?05:09 VIX at 32: Why Monkey Gets EXCITED When Markets Crash07:00 Badger's Cash Buffer Strategy (20%+ Cash Position)08:01 Bitcoin vs Gold: Where Do You Run for Safety?11:45 Is There ANY True Store of Value?13:54 Chainlink Deep Dive: Is Monkey an Ostrich?17:31 Thomas Chua: "Some Investors Don't Own a Stock — The Stock Owns Them"21:15 Badger's Shopify Confession: When the Thesis Changes22:04 Could Monkey Be the $EOSE Guy? Self-Awareness Check24:11 The Palantir Identity Trap26:19 YouTube Troll Response: Contradiction is the Point30:38 Is This the End of US Exceptionalism? (18-Year Trend Break)33:13 Has Badger Only Beaten the Market Because of US Tailwinds?35:28 China, India & AI as a Global Equalizer39:35 $ODD YouTube Comment: "What Happened to the Technical Trading?"44:34 Oddity Crash: Meta Algorithm Mismatch Explained47:18 Monkey's Oddity Playbook: Nibble > Wait > Strike51:40 Becoming a Customer: $ODD Spoiled Child Unboxing (Live!)56:11 Aggressive Marketing Tactics: Good Sign or Red Flag?58:42 Preview: Valleys of Death Framework01:02:09 Close**********If you want to see our furry faces, this podcast is also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1**********SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON:https://wallstreetwildlife.com**********Fiscal.AI is the Complete Stock Research Platform for fundamental investors. With its beautiful design and institutional-quality data, Fiscal AI is incredibly powerful and easy to use.Get 15% off any premium plan with:https://fiscal.ai/wildlife**********Monkey’s “Zen, Nietzsche, How to Live” Substack:http://firephilosophy.substack.com**********To use the same portfolio tracking tool as Luke, check-out:https://www.portseido.com/?fpr=lukehallard**********Disclosure: Wall Street Wildlife hosts and guests are not financial advisors, and nothing they say on this show is formal advice or a recommendation**********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 returnsKEYWORDS:Oddity Tech stock, ODD stock analysis, gold vs bitcoin 2026, VIX volatility options, US exceptionalism, technical analysis explained, Peter Lynch investing, options selling volatility, store of value debate, Spoiled Child review

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly — EOS Energy misses massively, Oddity Tech loses 49% in a day, and Mercado Libre goes nowhere for five years. We dig into three portfolio battle scars and what every investor can learn from them. Plus: WSW hits #19 on Pod Ranker's Top 25 investing podcasts, and an Alex Honnold-inspired lesson on managing fear as an investor.📉 The Good, The Bad & The Ugly — EOS Energy misses massively, Oddity Tech loses 49% in a day, and Mercado Libre goes nowhere for five years. Luke and Krzysztof dig into three portfolio battle scars and what every investor can learn from them.💥 EOS Energy: Betrayal or Gray Area? — Monkey breaks down the emotional rollercoaster after EOS missed guidance by 30-40%, supply failures, yield problems, and insider selling. Was this management fraud, or an ethical gray area? Should you stay or sell?📊 Mercado Libre: 5 Years, Zero Gains — MELI has delivered great fundamentals — revenue up 400%+ — but the stock price is down ~6% over five years. Luke defends the long-term thesis while Krzysztof challenges whether "feeling good" about a company is enough when the price says otherwise.💄 Oddity Tech: Black Swan or Fat Pitch? — A Meta algorithm shift wrecked Oddity's customer acquisition model overnight, sending the stock down nearly 70% from its highs. Krzysztof makes the case that a company trading near its cash balance, with 25% revenue growth and 70% repeat customers, might be a rare, asymmetric opportunity.🧠 Managing Fear Like a Free Climber — a powerful insight from Alex Honnold's interview on Diary of a CEO: the goal isn't to eliminate fear — it's to develop a relationship with it so you can act rationally when it creeps in. A must-listen for any investor navigating volatility.⚖️ Portfolio Allocation: The Bear Trap You Set for Yourself — Luke delivers some tough love: if a single stock's earnings can leave you emotionally wrecked, your allocation is too high. Hard limits, tax tail, and house money fallacies all get unpacked.🏆 We Made the Top 25! — Wall Street Wildlife lands at #19 on Pod Ranker's list of the best investing podcasts in the world, alongside We Study Billionaires, Motley Fool Money, and Invest Like the Best. The jungle is growing.Segments:00:00 Cold Open — The Bear Trap00:49 Welcome & Episode Overview03:06 The Good: Top 25 Investing Podcast07:16 EOS Energy: Setting the Scene10:32 The Miss — Guidance vs. Reality13:27 Supply Failures, Yield Issues & Insider Selling17:00 Lie by Omission? The PayPal Analogy20:05 Should You Sell If You Distrust Management?27:29 Luke's Psychiatrist Moment: Portfolio Allocation33:20 Mercado Libre: 5 Years, No Returns36:26 The Fundamentals vs. Price Action Debate40:05 Squeezing Luke's Shoes46:41 Oddity Tech: Record Results Meet Technical Storm50:00 Meta's Algorithm Dislocation Explained54:17 Is Oddity a Fat Pitch or a Black Box?57:21 Warren Buffett on Fear & Cheap Stocks01:04:00 Patreon Update01:04:55 King of the Jungle Portfolio — The Ugly Chart01:07:40 Climbing Without Fear: Alex Honnold & Investing Psychology01:11:39 Wrapping Up — Three Investing Ideas: EOSE, ODD, MELI**********If you want to see our furry faces, this podcast is also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1**********SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON:https://wallstreetwildlife.com**********Follow us at:x.com/7LukeHallardx.com/7FlyingPlatypus**********Fiscal.AI is the Complete Stock Research Platform for fundamental investors. With its beautiful design and institutional-quality data, Fiscal AI is incredibly powerful and easy to use.Get 15% off any premium plan with:https://fiscal.ai/wildlife**********Disclosure: Wall Street Wildlife hosts and guests are not financial advisors, and nothing they say on this show is formal advice or a recommendation**********