Rigatoni Capital Podcast

Colin Santucci
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Helping retail investors grow wealth through long-term, buy-and-hold investing in stocks, index funds, and Bitcoin. Subscribe to the Rigatoni Capital Substack newsletter for weekly analysis, market insights, and portfolio updates.

  1. 18h ago

    Ken Griffin Has the Pulse of the Market, and He Sees Dead People

    Ken Griffin of Citadel thinks we are almost certainly in an AI bubble even as he stays bullish on where the technology ends up, and his own view has swung from calling AI garbage in January to depressed by spring to a golden era now. He says the market is finally asking which names earn the economic rents and which are just riding the build-out. My pushback that AI is not creating any real GDP growth is that so far we are seeing real margin expansion in certain sectors of the economy. The bull case is that we have been seeing real productivity showing up in software and in Meta’s earnings (for example), but the fear that the build-out got ahead of itself is one I also share. So I see both points of view. Both the bulls and the bears have been making some great points. So I keep leaning toward caution and a bigger cash cushion for my portfolio. You all will be the first to know if or when I decide to sell or buy anything. I am still a long-term buy and hold investor at heart, and I just want to be ready for any pullback that turns into a real reset. I walk through the fresh Anthropic S-1, where the losses and the enormous non-cancellable compute commitments are exactly why I trimmed ahead of the IPO, and why I think the LLMs still look like a commodity today. Then I run through the earnings that matter, Lockheed Martin, Texas Instruments, Meta, Tesla, and my still-core Lam Research, and close with why a younger investor buying on the way down has nothing to fear. Rigatoni Capital is a podcast for long-term, buy-and-hold investors. You can find every episode on Substack, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio. This is not a show for short-term traders or people looking for quick wins. I cover the most important headlines in finance, markets, and macro, and call out fake narratives in the financial media so you know what deserves your attention and what to ignore. Subscribe to Rigatoni Capital on Substack: https://rigatonicapital.substack.com Timestamps:0:00 - Intro & Market Overview1:20 - Semiconductor & Industrial Pullback3:26 - Earnings Roundup: Meta, SpaceX, Tesla, Lockheed Martin4:05 - Ken Griffin’s AI Bubble Warning7:19 - Portfolio Breakdown & Margin Risk9:07 - Ken Griffin Clip & Analysis11:30 - Anthropic Financials: Revenue vs. Losses14:47 - CapEx Return on Investment Debate15:53 - Anthropic & OpenAI: Commodity LLMs?17:51 - Griffin’s Evolving AI Views19:41 - Larry Fink’s Counterargument20:43 - Preparing Your Portfolio22:50 - Meta Earnings & CapEx Spending24:41 - Tesla, SpaceX & Defense Stocks27:34 - Wrap-Up & Advice for Younger Investors Disclaimer: This blog is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. All opinions are my own, and I am not a financial advisor. The information provided reflects my personal views and is intended to encourage discussion and thought among readers. Investments involve risk, including the loss of principal, and past performance is not indicative of future results. Always conduct your own research or consult with a qualified professional before making any financial decisions. #investing #stocks #finance #wallstreet #stockmarket #investor #investing101 #personalfinance #wealthbuilding #financialfreedom #passiveincome #dividends #compounding #longterminvesting #buyandhold #valueinvesting #portfoliomanagement #bitcoin #crypto #macro #KenGriffin #Citadel #AIbubble #Anthropic #OpenAI #LarryFink #BlackRock #semiconductors #LamResearch #Meta #Tesla #LockheedMartin #TexasInstruments #Nasdaq #QQQ #RigatoniCapital $NVDA $QQQ $IBIT $LRCX $CAT $META $TSLA $LMT $TXN $RTX $SMH $SOXL $TQQQ $BLK

  2. 1d ago

    Cash Is a Position: Trimming Before the Anthropic IPO

    I spend most of my time preaching long-term buy and hold, so raising a big cash pile probably sounds off-brand. But a professional buy the dipper without cash is not really a buy the dipper. I continue to watch the AI infrastructure trade get beaten up, we see Anthropic’s S-1 reveal just how much these companies are promising to spend, and I think dry powder on the sideline is extremely important right now. Ken Griffin of Citadel said this week we are almost certainly in an AI bubble while staying bullish on the long-term potential, and if that’s at all a possibility, you absolutely should have cash as a position. We go through my Substack post last night, going through all my sells. I trimmed Netflix, Palantir, and MSTR-Strategy, and cleared out a handful of smaller positions. At the same time I leaned into the two beaten-up sectors I am still bullish on, defense and aerospace alongside semiconductors, entering into ITA as a top holding and SOXL since I already own the SMH. I also get into why this pullback looks like a reasonable place for a younger investor to start a buy the dip journey. In other words, it doesn’t make sense for everyone to be concerned and raising cash right now. My situation is different than the younger investor that just started a full-time job. That’s why they call it “personal” finance. Rigatoni Capital is a podcast for long-term, buy-and-hold investors. You can find every episode on Substack, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio. This is not a show for short-term traders or people looking for quick wins. I cover the most important headlines in finance, markets, and macro, and call out fake narratives in the financial media so you know what deserves your attention and what to ignore. Subscribe to Rigatoni Capital on Substack: https://rigatonicapital.substack.com Timestamps:0:00 - Welcome & Market Overview0:54 - Market Breadth & Beaten-Up Sectors1:39 - Portfolio Strategy & Raising Cash5:06 - Selling Bitcoin In Coinbase for Cash6:38 - Anthropic S-1 & AI Spending Concerns8:22 - AI Bubble Risk & Commoditization9:30 - What I Sold: Netflix, BWXT & More12:22 - Selling Hims & Hers, Applovin, Broadcom, Cava13:16 - Trimming Palantir16:15 - MicroStrategy Concerns & Fed Hiking19:06 - Defense & Semiconductor Buys21:51 - Advice for New Investors24:59 - RTX Earnings & Defense Scorecard28:03 - Ken Griffin on AI Bubble & Cash Is a Position30:07 - Netflix Content & Streaming Wars32:16 - Top 20 Holdings Review35:47 - Outro & Guest Disclaimer: This blog is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. All opinions are my own, and I am not a financial advisor. The information provided reflects my personal views and is intended to encourage discussion and thought among readers. Investments involve risk, including the loss of principal, and past performance is not indicative of future results. Always conduct your own research or consult with a qualified professional before making any financial decisions. #investing #stocks #finance #wallstreet #stockmarket #investor #investing101 #personalfinance #wealthbuilding #financialfreedom #passiveincome #dividends #compounding #longterminvesting #buyandhold #valueinvesting #portfoliomanagement #bitcoin #crypto #macro #AIbubble #Anthropic #KenGriffin #defensestocks #aerospace #semiconductors #RTX #Palantir #Netflix #MicroStrategy #cashisaposition #Nasdaq #QQQ #RigatoniCapital $QQQ $NVDA $IBIT $ITA $SMH $SOXL $TQQQ $RTX $PLTR $NFLX $MSTR $AVGO $BWXT $HIMS $APP $CAVA $NEE $BX $LHX $GE $LMT $CAT $LRCX $COF $CB

  3. Oct 15

    Just Own the Nasdaq and Chill: Reading the AI Selloff

    Always fun to see investors trying to piece together the same puzzle right now, why the AI infrastructure sell-off is starting?? But there are many reasons, not just one. One important factor is just good ‘ole liquidity, or the potential lack thereof. Joe Duarte of Joe’s Smart Money Passport flagged that the Chicago Fed’s financial conditions index rose last week, a sign the September rate hike is finally working its way into the system and tightening things up, and that scarcity of liquidity is exactly what has traders rethinking AI and semiconductor stocks. You can see it in Caterpillar, Micron, and the whole AI infrastructure complex selling off, with the bears calling the glory days over. As an optimist and a long-term investor, I think it is too soon for them to celebrate. The most exposed corner is the debt-fueled NeoClouds like CoreWeave, because in a higher-rate world the interest on all that debt becomes a real problem, which is the concern Kevin Bagholder laid out on the show last week. Regardless of their debt, I never understood the arbitrage play when you could just own the hyperscalers or Nvidia, and in a future this uncertain, where Meta and Alphabet keep shipping new frontier models and OpenAI and Anthropic risk getting commoditized, I would rather own the Nasdaq 100 and chill. If you want international diversification, the Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF is approaching its 200-day and looks a lot better than a KOSPI that fell another 7%. On earnings, Bank of America looked awful, but I see that as an execution story rather than a macro one, while Goldman, Citi, and JPMorgan held up and BlackRock just keeps expanding margins quarter after quarter. I also give an update on my own margin balance and why I held off selling into yesterday’s crash, break down the narrative behind Micron’s selloff tied to a Chinese memory breakthrough, and share a brilliant Attio commercial that finally makes agentic AI click, along with a little compounding experiment going back to the iPhone launch in 2007. Rigatoni Capital is a daily morning podcast for long term, buy and hold investors. You can find every episode on Substack, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio. This is not a show for short term traders or people looking for quick wins. Every morning I go through the most important headlines in finance, markets, and macro, and call out fake narratives in the financial media so you know what actually deserves your attention and what to ignore. Subscribe to Rigatoni Capital on Substack: https://rigatonicapital.substack.com Timestamps:0:00 Intro & market overview0:29 Margin balance & interest rates2:11 CoreWeave debt & NeoClouds5:28 Taiwan Semi earnings6:21 Economic data & Fed policy7:08 Bank earnings: BofA vs Goldman/JPM9:45 Joe Duarte / NFCI financial conditions11:01 M2 money supply & liquidity11:40 AI infrastructure selloff (Caterpillar, Micron)14:27 BlackRock Q3 earnings16:54 MetaMuse AI market briefings20:28 Attio agentic AI commercial28:24 Outro & sign-off Disclaimer: This blog is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. All opinions are my own, and I am not a financial advisor. The information provided reflects my personal views and is intended to encourage discussion and thought among readers. Investments involve risk, including the loss of principal, and past performance is not indicative of future results. Always conduct your own research or consult with a qualified professional before making any financial decisions. #investing #stocks #finance #wallstreet #stockmarket #investor #investing101 #personalfinance #wealthbuilding #financialfreedom #passiveincome #dividends #compounding #longterminvesting #buyandhold #valueinvesting #portfoliomanagement #bitcoin #crypto #macro #AI #semiconductors #Nvidia #CoreWeave #NeoClouds #Nasdaq #QQQ #Micron #BlackRock #TaiwanSemi #bankearnings $NVDA $CRWV $QQQ $SMH $MU $CAT $TSM $GS $BLK $FRDM

  4. Oct 14

    Hot CPI, Decent Bank Earnings, and My Margin Problem

    September CPI came in hot at 3.7% against a 3.6% estimate, with core running 0.3% versus the 0.2% the street wanted, and the 10-year jumped to 5.3% on the print. Food was part of it, which is exactly what I have been warning about, between a tough year for AG, fertilizer costs, and overall energy-freight costs, I’m almost surprised we aren’t higher. A hotter number like this keeps a December rate hike very much on the table. The bank earnings were better than mixed (in my opinion today). Goldman blew the doors off, and JPMorgan impressed me less on a rare FICC miss but more on its discipline, cutting buybacks from around $7 billion to $1 billion so it can allocate that cash elsewhere. I explain ROTCE, the return-on-tangible-common-equity metric that most investors use to judge a bank, and why JPMorgan at 20% ROTCE is the gold standard. The quarter-over-quarter softness is mostly the SpaceX IPO comp from Q2, and I even make a case for Goldman on this pullback given the AI IPO pipeline coming. Then I get personal about my own margin balance. I have always paid it off monthly so it never compounds against me, but with a possible December hike the math is tightening, so last night I turned off the DRIPs on all my stocks, which stung for someone who preaches compounding. My rate is 5.5% today and when the Fed funds rate changes, so does a broker’s margin rate. I am not anywhere near a margin call, but I do plan on trimming some positions to make the balance affordable to pay off each month. Lastly, we close on Jared Keller of Laser Wars breaking down why laser weapons are the Pentagon’s biggest priority since Reagan’s Star Wars, and why Saudi Arabia wants to bypass the Strait of Hormuz entirely. Rigatoni Capital is a daily morning podcast for long term, buy and hold investors. You can find every episode on Substack, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio. This is not a show for short term traders or people looking for quick wins. Every morning I go through the most important headlines in finance, markets, and macro, and call out fake narratives in the financial media so you know what actually deserves your attention and what to ignore. Subscribe to Rigatoni Capital on Substack: https://rigatonicapital.substack.com Timestamps:0:00 Welcome & Pre-Market Overview0:36 BlackRock & ASML Earnings1:44 Yields Rising Ahead of CPI2:09 September CPI Comes In Hot (3.7%)3:27 Rising Rates Threaten Big Banks6:05 JPMorgan’s Buyback Strategy7:30 What Is ROTCE? (Bank Profitability Metric)10:37 Goldman Sachs: Buy After The Pullback?12:10 Goldman’s Blowout Earnings & SpaceX Fees14:03 Grading Bank Earnings14:55 Personal Portfolio: My Margin Balance19:24 Laser Wars Podcast with Jared Keller19:56 Why Lasers Matter for Investors22:55 Laser Drawbacks & Challenges26:02 Saudi Arabia Bypassing Hormuz & Wrap-Up Disclaimer: This blog is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. All opinions are my own, and I am not a financial advisor. The information provided reflects my personal views and is intended to encourage discussion and thought among readers. Investments involve risk, including the loss of principal, and past performance is not indicative of future results. Always conduct your own research or consult with a qualified professional before making any financial decisions. #investing #stocks #finance #wallstreet #stockmarket #investor #wealth #money #financialfreedom #passiveincome #dividends #compounding #longterminvesting #buyandhold #valueinvesting #portfoliomanagement #bitcoin #crypto #macro #Nasdaq #SPY #QQQ #SP500 #CPI #inflation #bankearnings #JPMorgan #GoldmanSachs #BlackRock #ASML #LaserWars #RigatoniCapital $JPM $GS $C $WFC $BAC $BLK $ASML $AVAV $LMT $PLTR

  5. Oct 13

    Big Bank Earnings: Opening Ceremonies

    Welcome to the opening ceremonies of earnings season. JPMorgan, Citi, Wells Fargo, Goldman, and Morgan Stanley all reported today, with Bank of America tomorrow, and the early read is better than the higher-rate worriers feared. JPMorgan had a rare earnings miss, but the stock bounced after it raised net interest income guidance to $106 billion, and Goldman is up double digits year over year. I would remind you that the quarter-over-quarter numbers may look softer only because last quarter carried the SpaceX IPO, so a weaker sequential print is a one-time comp rather than a crack in the economy. This is a long-term passive investor’s show, so I am not going to pretend to hand you a deep dive on earnings that dropped this morning. I will study the transcripts tonight and come back to them later in the week. What I do want to flag is the flight to quality Goldman is seeing, with investors panic-buying safe, cash-rich balance sheets at a pace we have not seen since COVID while the rest of the market rots, which ties right back to the theme I keep hammering. I also get into the lowest S&P 500 volume in 23 years and why stretched multiples on names like Palantir and Palo Alto keep me patient. In more exciting news, Meta is launching Muse Wonder and Wonderful, its most capable models yet, trained at the gigawatt-scale Prometheus data center and built right into the Muse app I already use every day. It is a big deal, and it is a scary one if you are an investor in OpenAI or Anthropic ahead of those IPOs. I close by walking through my actual portfolio, the trims I have made in Palantir and Lam Research, and why I wish the Nasdaq 100 were half my account instead of a fifth. Rigatoni Capital is a daily morning podcast for long term, buy and hold investors. You can find every episode on Substack, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio. This is not a show for short term traders or people looking for quick wins. Every morning I go through the most important headlines in finance, markets, and macro, and call out fake narratives in the financial media so you know what actually deserves your attention and what to ignore. Subscribe to Rigatoni Capital on Substack: https://rigatonicapital.substack.com Timestamps:0:00 Welcome & Earnings Season Opening0:50 JPMorgan Earnings Recap1:14 Long-Term Passive Investor Approach2:46 Trimming Palantir Profits3:25 Strange Situation in Saudi Arabia4:26 Middle East War Concerns5:19 JPMorgan Earnings & Bitcoin at $83K5:47 Earnings Roundup: UnitedHealth, Domino’s, J&J7:18 JPMorgan FICC Revenue Miss Breakdown8:53 How to Value Bank Stocks10:02 Using fiscal.ai for Earnings Analysis11:27 Lowest S&P 500 Volume in 23 Years14:37 Flight to Quality & Safe Stocks15:32 Meta Launches Muse Wonder AI20:53 My Portfolio Reveal & Holdings Disclaimer: This blog is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. All opinions are my own, and I am not a financial advisor. The information provided reflects my personal views and is intended to encourage discussion and thought among readers. Investments involve risk, including the loss of principal, and past performance is not indicative of future results. Always conduct your own research or consult with a qualified professional before making any financial decisions.

  6. Oct 12

    Houthis Strike Saudi Arabia as Bank Earnings Loom

    The biggest story over the weekend (in my opinion) was the Houthi missile strikes on a Saudi airport, which canceled more than a thousand flights, killed 13 people, and injured over 400. This is the kind of attack that the entire world condemns, and it matters to markets because it likely pulls the United States in deeper given our strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia. Oil is back above $104 on the news, and I would expect a small bounce in defense names today. The 2nd most important story is bank earnings, which kick off Tuesday with JPMorgan, Citi, Wells Fargo, Goldman, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley. But as reminded during the podcast, all six were joint bookrunners on SpaceX’s $85 billion IPO back in June, so their third-quarter profits will likely fall quarter over quarter while still growing YoY, which means a weaker sequential number is a one-time comp rather than a sign of trouble. JPMorgan is the only big bank I would feel comfortable owning, and I will be listening closely to how Bank of America and Citi talk about agentic AI sweeping idle cash out of their zero-yield checking accounts. We also get into why the vanishing equity risk premium has me holding off on buying any dips, selling my small L3Harris position on Friday, why Anthropic’s revenue growth is suddenly slowing as competition heats up, the KOSPI getting hammered, and the sobering gap between US and Chinese shipbuilding that is really one big cold war across AI, energy, and manufacturing. Lastly, please check out my podcast with both Kevin-Bagholder and Nick-CompoundingAlpha. Both podcasts released previously, and I want to thank them for both taking time out of their busy weekend to join the podcast. Rigatoni Capital is a daily morning podcast for long term, buy and hold investors. You can find every episode on Substack, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio. This is not a show for short term traders or people looking for quick wins. Every morning I go through the most important headlines in finance, markets, and macro, and call out fake narratives in the financial media so you know what actually deserves your attention and what to ignore. Subscribe to Rigatoni Capital on Substack: https://rigatonicapital.substack.com Timestamps:0:00 Welcome & Market Overview0:29 Oil & Geopolitical News1:25 Houthi Strikes on Saudi Airport4:02 Why I Came On Today4:58 Bank Earnings Preview6:59 Six Banks & SpaceX IPO8:48 Bank of America & Agentic Commerce10:09 Knox Ridley: Correction Coming First?13:12 Equity Risk Premium & Overpriced Stocks14:09 Selling L3Harris / Defense15:23 Anthropic’s Fake Murder Tip16:53 Anthropic Revenue Growth Slowing20:29 Korea Market Sell-Off22:53 US vs China Navy Shipbuilding25:54 Weekend Podcasts Recap Disclaimer: This blog is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. All opinions are my own, and I am not a financial advisor. The information provided reflects my personal views and is intended to encourage discussion and thought among readers. Investments involve risk, including the loss of principal, and past performance is not indicative of future results. Always conduct your own research or consult with a qualified professional before making any financial decisions. #investing #stocks #finance #wallstreet #stockmarket #investor #wealth #money #financialfreedom #passiveincome #dividends #compounding #longterminvesting #buyandhold #valueinvesting #portfoliomanagement #bitcoin #crypto #macro #Nasdaq #SPY #QQQ #SP500 #Houthis #SaudiArabia #oil #bankearnings #JPMorgan #defensestocks #Anthropic #KOSPI #RigatoniCapital $JPM $BAC $C $WFC $GS $MS $LMT $RTX $ITA $FRDM

  7. Oct 12

    Nubank’s Global Playbook and GameStop’s Growing Cash Pile | Nick Ridenour of CompoundingAlpha

    This week Nick Ridenour of CompoundingAlpha is back for a run through his latest deep dives, starting with Nu Holdings, the SoFi of Latin America, where he lays out why Mexico and Colombia could let Nubank replicate its Brazil playbook and why a global expansion beyond South America is a long-term bull case. From there we dig into GameStop, which is quietly earning yield on a growing pile of Treasuries while building a stake in eBay, and why Nick would rather see GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen turn that cash into a holding company than chase a deal three times the company’s size. We also discuss AppLovin’s slow e-commerce rollout, the Alani Nu cannibalization problem at Celsius, how GTA VI is already priced into Take-Two, TransDigm and the leveraged defense names, Cellebrite’s FedRAMP catalyst, Meta and Muse, why Nick is selectively bullish on software and Palantir, and his upcoming SharkNinja deep dive. Read Nick’s work on Substack: CompoundingAlphaSubscribe to Nick’s new YouTube channel: Nick Ridenour Rigatoni Capital is a daily morning podcast for long term, buy and hold investors. You can find every episode on Substack, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio. This is not a show for short term traders or people looking for quick wins. Every morning I go through the most important headlines in finance, markets, and macro, and call out fake narratives in the financial media so you know what actually deserves your attention and what to ignore. Subscribe to Rigatoni Capital on Substack: https://rigatonicapital.substack.com Timestamps:0:00 Intro Clip0:28 Welcome & Introduction2:24 Nu Holdings (Nubank)8:20 AppLovin13:31 Celsius19:30 GameStop27:53 Take-Two Interactive / GTA VI34:21 TransDigm & Defense Stocks37:27 Cellebrite (CLBT)43:33 Meta & MetaMuse47:22 Software Stocks & Palantir50:38 SharkNinja & Wrap-Up Disclaimer: This blog is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. All opinions are my own, and I am not a financial advisor. The information provided reflects my personal views and is intended to encourage discussion and thought among readers. Investments involve risk, including the loss of principal, and past performance is not indicative of future results. Always conduct your own research or consult with a qualified professional before making any financial decisions. #investing #stocks #finance #wallstreet #stockmarket #investor #wealth #money #financialfreedom #passiveincome #dividends #compounding #longterminvesting #buyandhold #valueinvesting #portfoliomanagement #bitcoin #crypto #macro #Nasdaq #SPY #QQQ #SP500 #NuHoldings #Nubank #GameStop #AppLovin #Celsius #TakeTwo #GTA6 #Cellebrite #Palantir #RigatoniCapital $NU $GME $APP $CELH $TTWO $TDG $CLBT $META $PLTR $SN

  8. Oct 10

    The Big Banks Are Sitting on Massive Hidden Losses | Bagholder

    This week Kevin, also known as Bagholder, who writes Mytwocent$ on Substack, joins me before bank earnings season kicks off. Bag lays out the bearish case on the big banks. His argument is that the banks loaned out deposits long term at pandemic-era mortgage rates near 2.5%, and with rates now at 7.5%, the market value of those loan books has collapsed to a fraction of what is still carried on the balance sheet. Because they do not have to mark those losses to market, he sees enormous hidden holes (or unrealized losses) at names like Bank of America and Wells Fargo, which in his view leaves them in worse shape than Silicon Valley Bank ever was. From there we get into why true diversification means owning shorts and how shorting works (versus buying puts), his bearish Nvidia thesis tied to hyperscaler capex, why CoreWeave is a cash-bleeding middleman, and a long run through gold, silver, real interest rates, and why central banks are buying record amounts of gold. We close with a flash round on American Express, uranium, Canada, energy, and why fast food is getting crushed. Read Kevin’s work on Substack: Bagholder (Mytwocent$) Rigatoni Capital is a daily morning podcast for long term, buy and hold investors. You can find every episode on Substack, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio. This is not a show for short term traders or people looking for quick wins. Every morning I go through the most important headlines in finance, markets, and macro, and call out fake narratives in the financial media so you know what actually deserves your attention and what to ignore. Subscribe to Rigatoni Capital on Substack: https://rigatonicapital.substack.com Timestamps:0:00 Welcome & Intro0:46 Bearish on the Big Banks2:07 Western Alliance Deep Dive & SVB Comparison5:33 Balance Sheet Holes: BofA, Wells Fargo & More6:27 Banks in Worse Shape Than SVB7:06 AI & Online Banking Competition8:33 Peter Lynch: Bank P/Es and End of Cycle9:44 Yield Curve & What Would Change the Thesis11:12 Bond Market & Government Can’t Sell Treasuries14:10 XLF: Asset Management vs. Commercial Banks16:08 True Diversification Means Having Shorts19:42 How Shorting Works & Risks25:47 Leveraged Short ETFs Will Eat You Alive26:30 NVIDIA Bearish Thesis32:13 CoreWeave: Middleman Bleeding Cash34:54 Micron & Memory Demand38:05 Silver, Gold & Real Interest Rates45:34 Central Banks Buying Record Gold49:00 Flash Round: Amex, Uranium, Canada, Energy & Dutch Bros59:06 Fast Food Getting Crushed & Wrap Up Disclaimer: This blog is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. All opinions are my own, and I am not a financial advisor. The information provided reflects my personal views and is intended to encourage discussion and thought among readers. Investments involve risk, including the loss of principal, and past performance is not indicative of future results. Always conduct your own research or consult with a qualified professional before making any financial decisions. #investing #stocks #finance #wallstreet #stockmarket #investor #wealth #money #financialfreedom #passiveincome #dividends #compounding #longterminvesting #buyandhold #valueinvesting #portfoliomanagement #bitcoin #crypto #macro #Nasdaq #SPY #QQQ #SP500 #banks #shortselling #Nvidia #CoreWeave #gold #silver #uranium #Micron #RigatoniCapital $BAC $WFC $XLF $NVDA $CRWV $MU $GDX $SILJ $CCJ $XOM

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    Colin Santucci
  • Years Active
    2026
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