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PSA: The Federal Reserve of The Hobby

PSA just halted all four of its value grading tiers. The hobby is calling it a failure. We're calling it something else. PSA just acted like a central bank. This episode breaks down why PSA controlling the supply of grades is the same lever the Federal Reserve pulls when it controls the supply of money.  We map the full analogy, the dual mandate between volume and grade integrity, and where it breaks down in a way every collector should understand. Then we run the backtest. PSA did this exact move in 2021, and the data tells us what comes next.  Supply structure, grade inflation, and what to watch over the next two quarters. Weekly Newsletter Signup: Slabnomics.com [https://slabnomics.com/] 🎥Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/@Slabnomics] 📸Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/slabnomics/]

Mangos, Messi, and Market Cap: The Hidden Math of Card Prices

Sports card investing through a Wall Street lens. Matthew Worley breaks down supply, demand, and market cap mechanics using three Messi Prizm World Cup Silvers (2014, 2018, 2022). Learn float vs pop report, gem rate math, why hypermodern oversupply breaks and vintage tightens, and how to time entry points. Data-driven card investing from Slabnomics.  Weekly Newsletter Signup: Slabnomics.com [https://slabnomics.com/] 🎥Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/@Slabnomics] 📸Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/slabnomics/]

Don't Buy New Card Releases!

Here's why it's a bad investment every time.  Only on Slabnomics. Weekly Newsletter Signup: Slabnomics.com [https://slabnomics.com/] 🎥Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/@Slabnomics] 📸Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/slabnomics/]

Modern Cards Are Overvalued (Value vs. Growth)

174 of my own card flips:  Vintage won 62.7% of the time. Modern won 40.7%.  Value Premium, What cards are most like value stocks and growth stocks, and how to tilt a portfolio. Weekly Newsletter Signup: Slabnomics.com [https://slabnomics.com/] 🎥Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/@Slabnomics] 📸Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/slabnomics/]

How To Read the Card Market Like a Wall Street Analyst

Seven Card Ladder charts. Three years of price and volume. Seven different cycle stages. This episode applies the Wyckoff Method, the 100-year-old framework finance uses to read market cycles, to the sports card market. The three laws. The four stages. The Composite Operator. Then chart by chart through Low-End, Mid-End, High-End, Baseball, Basketball, Football, and Soccer.  By the end you'll know which segments are still early, which are running hot, which are showing distribution warnings, and what to do about each one in your portfolio. Weekly Newsletter Signup: Slabnomics.com [https://slabnomics.com/] 🎥Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/@Slabnomics] 📸Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/slabnomics/]