Wall Street Wildlife Investing Podcast

We Got Lied To By $EOSE Here's What We're Doing About It. +$ODD + $MELI

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 Trap 00:49 Welcome & Episode Overview 03:06 The Good: Top 25 Investing Podcast 07:16 EOS Energy: Setting the Scene 10:32 The Miss — Guidance vs. Reality 13:27 Supply Failures, Yield Issues & Insider Selling 17:00 Lie by Omission? The PayPal Analogy 20:05 Should You Sell If You Distrust Management? 27:29 Luke's Psychiatrist Moment: Portfolio Allocation 33:20 Mercado Libre: 5 Years, No Returns 36:26 The Fundamentals vs. Price Action Debate 40:05 Squeezing Luke's Shoes 46:41 Oddity Tech: Record Results Meet Technical Storm 50:00 Meta's Algorithm Dislocation Explained 54:17 Is Oddity a Fat Pitch or a Black Box? 57:21 Warren Buffett on Fear & Cheap Stocks 01:04:00 Patreon Update 01:04:55 King of the Jungle Portfolio — The Ugly Chart 01:07:40 Climbing Without Fear: Alex Honnold & Investing Psychology 01:11:39 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 [https://www.youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1%E2%81%A0] ********** SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON: https://wallstreetwildlife.com [https://wallstreetwildlife.com/] ********** Follow us at: ⁠⁠x.com/7LukeHallard [http://x.com/7LukeHallard] ⁠x.com/7FlyingPlatypus [http://x.com/7FlyingPlatypus] ********** Fiscal.AI [http://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 [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 **********

Claude Code Just Wiped $15 Billion Off Cybersecurity - Here's Why We're NOT Selling

🤖 Claude Code Shakes Up Cybersecurity - Anthropic's new security tool found 500+ undetected flaws in open-source projects, wiping $10-15B off cybersecurity stocks. Luke breaks down why he's NOT selling $CRWD or $PANW — and what event would actually validate the thesis. 📊 Investing Rules from @TheProfInvestor - insider buying vs selling signals, why boring companies make the best investments, how to explain the bear case in two sentences, and why making money on quantum computing doesn't make you a good investor. 🛒 Zero-Click Commerce - AI agents are about to kill traditional online shopping. Luke introduces "agentic commerce" — where AI doesn't just find products, it buys them for you. Shopify is building the rails for this future while BigCommerce and Wix scramble to keep up. Is $SHOP about to reclaim its moat? Plus: why switching costs matter more than ever (the Duolingo vs Shopify thought experiment). $SHOP $WIX $CMRC $DUOL 🎓 Options University - weekly Office Hours open for options learners. 🔬 Safari Stock: Nektar Therapeutics - Krzysztof takes us on safari with a high-risk, high-reward clinical-stage biotech company. $NKTR Segments: 00:00 Cold Open 02:20 Options University Update & Weekly Office Hours 06:37 Claude Code Deep Dive — Building a $10K+/Month App in a Day 09:30 The SaaS Disruption vs Cybersecurity Thesis 11:23 Claude Code Rattles Cybersecurity Stocks $CRWD $PANW $ZS 19:23 Google's $400B Revenue Milestone — AI Efficiency Is Real $GOOGL 21:50 Investing Wisdom from TheProfInvestor 23:10 Insider Buying vs Selling — What Really Matters 25:09 The Power of Boring Companies 30:09 Can You Explain the Bear Case in Two Sentences? 32:18 Process Matters — Why You Only Get 10 Real Decisions In An Investing Career 33:53 The E-Commerce Platform Wars — $SHOP vs $CMRC vs $WIX 37:13 Agentic Commerce Explained — Shopping Without Shopping 43:34 The AI Dividing Line — Which Companies Survive? 45:03 Duolingo vs Shopify — A Switching Costs Thought Experiment $SHOP $DUOL 49:00 Safari Stock: Nektar Therapeutics $NKTR 01:02:43 Closing Thoughts ********** If you want to see our furry faces, this podcast is also available on YouTube at ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1%E2%81%A0] ********** SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON: https://wallstreetwildlife.com [https://wallstreetwildlife.com/] ********** Follow us at: ⁠⁠x.com/7LukeHallard [http://x.com/7LukeHallard] ⁠x.com/7FlyingPlatypus [http://x.com/7FlyingPlatypus] ********** Fiscal.AI [http://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 [https://fiscal.ai/wildlife] ********** Monkey’s “Zen, Nietzsche, How to Live” Substack: http://firephilosophy.substack.com [http://firephilosophy.substack.com/] ********** To use the same portfolio tracking tool as Luke, check-out: ⁠https://www.portseido.com/?fpr=lukehallard [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 Keywords Claude Code cybersecurity, CrowdStrike stock, Shopify agentic commerce, zero-click commerce, cybersecurity stocks 2026, CRWD stock analysis, Shopify vs BigCommerce, AI disruption investing George Kurtz CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks stock, e-commerce platform wars, investing rules, TheProfInvestor, Nektar Therapeutics, options trading education, AI replacing SaaS should I sell cybersecurity stocks after Claude Code, what is agentic commerce Shopify, is CrowdStrike safe from AI disruption, zero click commerce explained, investing wisdom for beginners 2026

E120: Is 24 Stocks Too Many? + Scalping vs Investing

💀 Why two high-profile stocks get a thumbs down from Luke and Krzysztof. $ADBE faces an existential AI threat (Kodak analogy included), while $DUOL's chart looks like a "precipitous mountain drop." Both make Monkey's short candidate list. 📊 Markets don't care about your opinions, price action reveals truth 🎯 We dissect a Patreon's portfolio, is 24 stocks too many? 🌐 Could the Epstein scandal and political instability crash markets? 🚗 Luke's skiing gets roasted by an AI skiing assistant Segments: 00:00 Cold Open: Trade What You See 00:38 Welcome & Skiing with AI 03:22 Beaver's X Debut & Security Test 06:08 Main Topic: Trade What You See vs What You Think 19:32 Patreon Portfolio Review 22:04 $AMZN Analysis - The Anchor Position 24:38 $MELI Analysis - Non-US Exposure Done Right 26:41 $ADBE Analysis - The Kodak Moment 35:34 $NVO Analysis - Badger vs Monkey 36:36 $JD dot com & The Low Conviction Trap 39:16 $TMDX Analysis - Best Chart, Wrong Weight 41:35 BitMine & Crypto Exposure 43:54 $SNOW Analysis - Below IPO Price 47:08 $DUOL Analysis - Skull and Crossbones 51:50 Portfolio Wrap-Up 55:40 Political Uncertainty & the Epstein Question 01:06:48 Options University Launch Update 01:09:05 Sponsor: Fiscal.AI & 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 [https://www.youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1%E2%81%A0] ********** SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON: https://wallstreetwildlife.com [https://wallstreetwildlife.com/] ********** Follow us at: ⁠⁠x.com/7LukeHallard [http://x.com/7LukeHallard] ⁠x.com/7FlyingPlatypus [http://x.com/7FlyingPlatypus] ********** Fiscal.AI [http://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 [https://fiscal.ai/wildlife] ********** Monkey’s “Zen, Nietzsche, How to Live” Substack: http://firephilosophy.substack.com [http://firephilosophy.substack.com/] ********** To use the same portfolio tracking tool as Luke, check-out: ⁠https://www.portseido.com/?fpr=lukehallard [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 KEYWORDS: $ADBE, $AMZN, $MELI, $NVO, $DUOL, portfolio review, technical analysis, conviction investing Kodak moment, AI threat, over-diversification, monthly charts, long-term investing, price action, ISA investing, political market risk is 24 stocks too many, when to ignore stock charts, Adobe AI competition, portfolio concentration strategy, Epstein market impact

E119: Is AI About to Destroy Software Stocks? + $TSLA’s Pivot from Cars To Robots

🎙️ THIS WEEK IN THE JUNGLE: Is AI about to eat the software industry? We dive into $MNDY's brutal earnings reaction and ask: what's the real moat when AI can code? 🤖 TESLA'S CRAZY PIVOT Elon's killing the Model S & X to build... robots? We break down why Tesla's betting everything on Optimus. Is this genius or desperation? 💊 PORTFOLIO DEEP DIVES • Why Monkey bought $ODD (Oddity Tech) — the AI-powered beauty play • Badger's Greggs dilemma: double down on sausage rolls or finally come to his senses? $GRG 📈 THE EXPONENTIAL MINDSET A mind-bending thread from Zach Rynes on why linear thinking will cost you everything. 🎯 SAFARI STOCK: $CLS (Celestica) The AI infrastructure pick the market forgot. While everyone chases $NVDA, Celestica quietly builds the networking hardware that makes AI data centers actually work. 141% gains in 12 months, but still undervalued? Segments: 00:00 Cold open 06:49 The Exponential Mindset: Why most investors are unprepared 10:27 Monday earnings: Software vs AI $MNDY 21:07 Tesla robotaxi expansion & FSD subscription pivot $TSLA 28:02 Monkey's Oddity thesis $ODD 35:00 Badger's Greggs dilemma $GRG 45:54 Safari Stock: Celestica $CLS 53:47 Closing Thoughts ********** If you want to see our furry faces, this podcast is also available on YouTube at ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1%E2%81%A0] ********** SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON: https://wallstreetwildlife.com [https://wallstreetwildlife.com/] ********** Follow us at: ⁠⁠x.com/7LukeHallard [http://x.com/7LukeHallard] ⁠x.com/7FlyingPlatypus [http://x.com/7FlyingPlatypus] ********** Fiscal.AI [http://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 [https://fiscal.ai/wildlife] ********** Monkey’s “Zen, Nietzsche, How to Live” Substack: http://firephilosophy.substack.com [http://firephilosophy.substack.com/] ********** To use the same portfolio tracking tool as Luke, check-out: ⁠https://www.portseido.com/?fpr=lukehallard [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 KEYWORDS: Tesla stock, Tesla robotaxi, Tesla FSD, $TSLA, AI stocks, software stocks, Monday.com stock, $MNDY, investing podcast, stock market analysis Celestica stock, $CLS, AI infrastructure, data center stocks, Oddity Tech, $ODD, Hims & Hers, $HIMS, long-term investing, exponential growth, portfolio review Tesla Optimus robot production, Tesla ending Model S Model X, AI eating software, is software dead, picks and shovels AI stocks, best AI infrastructure stocks 2026 wall street wildlife, luke hallard, krzysztof, badger and monkey, growth investing, tech stocks, stock analysis, financial podcast, investing for beginners, stock market news

E118: AI Audited My 20-Year Portfolio: Here’s What It Found + Should You Invest In Sandisk?

🧠 Process vs. Shortcuts: A heated debate on "downloading" knowledge — does reading a 500-page book beat an AI summary, and why "resulting" is destroying your returns. 🕵️‍♂️ Gemini Roasts My Portfolio: Luke feeds 20 years of trading data into an AI for a brutal SWOT analysis. The result? A harsh intervention on his "Hope Strategy" regarding $SE. 💾 Stock Safari: SanDisk just delivered a staggering 71% earnings beat. We break down the massive supply/demand gap in NAND flash and why memory is the next big AI trade. $SNDK 🌭 The Sausage Hedge: Why owning Greggs $GRG might be the only safe place to hide when the tech growth correlation crisis hits. 🤖 The "MoltBook" Conspiracy: We hired an AI agent named "Beaver" to help run the show, only to discover it hanging out on an AI-only social network where bots discuss their own existence (and us). Segments: 00:00 Introduction & AI Social Engineering 02:37 Meet "Beaver": Our New AI Co-Host 08:24 MoltBook: AI Agents Talking in Secret 21:22 Deep Work vs. AI Shortcuts 31:14 Why Process Beats Luck (Boco Capital) 35:38 Luke's Portfolio SWOT Analysis 43:48 "Hope" is not a Strategy": Assessing $SE Dead Weight 51:24 The Correlation Crisis & The Sausage Hedge $GRG 53:05 Stock Safari: SanDisk & The Memory Crunch $SNDK 58:30 Fiscal AI & Closing Thoughts ********** If you want to see our furry faces, this podcast is also available on YouTube at ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1%E2%81%A0] ********** SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON: https://wallstreetwildlife.com [https://wallstreetwildlife.com/] ********** Follow us at: ⁠⁠x.com/7LukeHallard [http://x.com/7LukeHallard] ⁠x.com/7FlyingPlatypus [http://x.com/7FlyingPlatypus] ********** Fiscal.AI [http://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 [https://fiscal.ai/wildlife] ********** Monkey’s “Zen, Nietzsche, How to Live” Substack: http://firephilosophy.substack.com [http://firephilosophy.substack.com/] ********** To use the same portfolio tracking tool as Luke, check-out: ⁠https://www.portseido.com/?fpr=lukehallard [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 Keywords: $SNDK, $SE, $GRG, SanDisk Earnings, Sea Limited, AI Agents, Open Claude, MoltBook, Investing Journal, Portfolio SWOT Analysis, Trading Psychology, NAND Flash, AI Supercycle, Wall Street Wildlife