Challenging Trades: Recent Episodes
Chris Abouraad and DrewCast
Two different traders that can hardly agree on where to put their money connect on a weekly basis to discuss everything and anything investing.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Challenging Trades takes on the current state of affairs in the world and in the market with a few laughs along the way!
In this Episode:
- Trade Challenge - Closing out February and starting the next one!
- News - Russia, The Market Uptrend, Fed Rate Hike Talks
- Big Topic - Cryptocurrency and how it impacts the sanctions imposed on Russia
- Crypto News
- Looking ahead - What should we expect for investors next week?
Stay tuned as we continue to unpack the market news and events as things continue in 2022!
Chris and Drew get into some hard hitting questions this week and talk about the big topics in our world from an investor's perspective to help you make the right investing decisions.
Week in Review
- Fed Meeting Minutes
- Interest Rate Potential Increase
- Cathy Wood's Zoom Blunder
Big Topic
- Russia, Russian Oil, and Where to Put Your Money
Crypto News
- BTC and ETH Movement
- Highest Gaining Coin
- Canada Trucker Protest and Funding
Challenging Trades is back for another week of gains, losses, and fun. This episode covers everything from current news, the olympics, inflation, fed interest rate hikes, and as always, crypto to finish things up.
News
- Inflation up 7.5% YOY
- S&P 500 Down
- NASDAQ Down
Big Story
- Inflation and the Fed rate hikes coming up
Crypto News
- BTC up for the week. Sits at 42.3K
- ETH down this week. Sits at 2.9K
Challenging Trades is back! Chris and Drew discuss an upturn in the market for the first time since mid November 202 as well the big waves made in tech from companies like Meta, Amazon, and Snap. We discuss the situation in China and finally (as always moving forward) wrap up with some crypto news.
Big Topic: China and how it affects our economy
Stay tuned for more content and reach out to us at @challengingtrades on Facebook!
On this episode of Challenging Trades, Chris and Drew breakdown the VIX index, what this volatility spike actually is, how retail investors can survive and thrive in this market and so much more.
Notable Points
- GME 1 Year Anniversary
- New Trade Challenge!
- Crypto News Segment Added
- Main Discussion - 2 Parts!
- Part 1 - Breakdown the current inflation / volatility
- Part 2 - Discussion on the new retail investors and how they can prosper even in a bear market
Challenging Trades is back after a wild week in the market! This episode Chris and Drew go over what is going on with this downtrending market, where potential victories could lie for traders, Microsoft purchasing Activision and what that means for the upcoming metaverse movement, and so much more. The big topic this week is around the housing market - will it crash or will it soar as we move forward into 2022? We also have a good chat about the 5G rollout in the USA and what to look forward to in the upcoming week.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Your two favorite traders are back! We have lots to talk about from the up's and (mostly) down's from the week in trading, GameStop NFT news, and what to trade as the market cools off quickly from the highs last year.
Main Story - Bitcoin / Crypto
Chris Abouraad and Drew H take on the market as we start out 2022. Listen in for takes on cryptocurrency moves, an in-depth discussion on where biotech is going, China's impact on the market, and one VERY bold bet.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chris and Drew discuss the Santa Clause rally from this week, some market headlines about inflation and the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 pandemic, Meme stocks and what to look for in 2022, and close out the year on a high note.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chris and Drew discuss the ongoing market volatility, Black Swan events, YoutubeTV and Peloton's market blunders, and how to wrap up before the holiday.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
With only 3 weeks left in the year and the market in seemingly complete turmoil do we finally start to stabilize and rally or do we continue this downward trend of doom until 2022? We discuss this, crypto, Peloton news, and more.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our very first episode. We get real about where we put our money, what just happened to our portfolios, why it happened, and where do we go from here?
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.