Wall Street Wildlife Investing Podcast

🎰 The Degeneracy Trap – Is the economy forcing investors into a casino mindset? We dissect the viral debate on "financial nihilism" and why the pressure to get rich quick is destroying portfolios.

💪 Skills vs Luck – The antidote to social media envy. Why compounding your skillset is the only reliable hedge against inflation, stagnant wages, and the housing crisis.

📊 The P/E Ratio Myth – Why looking at historical P/E ratios might be costing you money. We break down how accounting rule changes and stock-based comp have distorted the "market is overvalued" narrative.

⚡ Selling Winners? – Luke explains the painful but necessary decision to trim his Axon position. A deep dive into Price-to-Gross-Profit reveals why a 32x multiple signaled it was time to take chips off the table.

💄 Oddity: The New King of the Jungle – Krzysztof unveils his latest portfolio addition. See how combining patience, technical analysis, and fundamental strength led to the perfect entry point.

📉 Options Mistakes & Lessons – We strip back the ego and discuss our recent losses with Cipher and Quantum Computing. Learn why paying too much for volatility or misjudging the clock can zero out your returns.

🎓 The Alpha Strategy – A sneak peek into the upcoming Patreon Options Course. Krzysztof reveals advanced strategies, including how to sell calls against purchased options to lower your cost basis.

💊 Novo Nordisk's Pivot – The community portfolio's top pick is up 34%, but the run might just be starting. We discuss the massive implications of weight-loss drugs moving from injections to oral pills.

Sources:

Degeneracy Post and Response:
https://x.com/systematicls/status/2004900241745883205
https://x.com/JaredKubin/status/2006028297688297475

The Broken Yardstick, why historical Price-to-Earnings (P/E) comparisons are fundamentally flawed:
https://manuinvests.substack.com/p/the-broken-yardstick-why-your-historic

Segments:
00:00 Introduction: Patience vs Degeneracy
02:11 Krzysztof's Options Course Marathon
03:30 Ski Season Begins & One Battle After Another
07:22 Degeneracy Debate: Are We Becoming Gamblers?
11:47 The Case for Compounding Skills
16:50 Rejecting Social Media Comparison Culture
20:23 Asset Bubbles & Historical Context
24:25 PE Ratios: Why Historical Comparisons Fail
34:38 Axon Enterprise Valuation Analysis
42:16 Oddity: Monkey's Latest Addition
50:20 Combining Fundamentals with Technicals
51:59 Options Timing: The Critical Variable
56:10 Cipher Options Error & Strategy Missed
01:00:47 Options Course Beta Testing Announcement
01:03:23 Novo Nordisk & Oral Weight Loss Drugs

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Keywords
Investing Psychology, Financial Nihilism, Stock Market Gambling, Axon Enterprise Stock Analysis, ODD Stock, Oddity Tech, Novo Nordisk Stock, PE Ratio Explained, Is the Market Overvalued, Options Trading Mistakes, Technical Analysis Strategy, Compounding Wealth, Wall Street Wildlife

This week, we dust off the crystal ball to deliver a "big banger" of an episode entirely focused on predictions for 2026. From the AI revolution to the future of the Magnificent Seven, we're putting our reputations on the line.

In this episode:

🤖 AI's Next Big Move: We debate which industries will benefit most from AI adoption, with a focus on manufacturing, logistics, and the surprise contender: insurance.
📉 Mag 7 Shakeup: A controversial take on why Apple might lose its dominant position by 2030.
🔮 The 2026 Crypto & Commodity Play: A heated debate on where to park value—will it be Uranium, Gold, or is Bitcoin destined to crush Silver?
🦁 WallStreetBets vs. The Wildlife: We review a Reddit poll on the "Best Stock of 2026" and give our verdict on their top picks, including ASTS and Reddit itself.
🚀 Portfolio Wars: Which of our personal holdings will see the biggest gains? We make the bull case for Rocket Lab, UiPath, and Coherus.
🛰️ The Space Race: Will ASTS make a commercial call before Starlink? Plus, will Rocket Lab's Neutron finally reach orbit?
🎰 Vegas Bound: Details on the upcoming Wall Street Wildlife Patreon meetup in Las Vegas!

Segments:
00:00 Introduction & Christmas Recap
03:25 2026 Predictions Overview
05:10 Which Industry Benefits Most from AI? $SYM $LMND $OSCR
08:10 Who Wins the AI Agents Race? $PATH $GOOG
10:50 Magnificent Seven Shake-Up: Who Falls & Who Replaces Them? $AAPL $META
13:30 Tesla Robotaxis in Texas - Reality Check $TSLA
16:55 Most Valuable Company by Year-End $GOOG #SpaceX
19:17 Commodities Battle: Bitcoin, Gold, Silver, or Uranium? $BTC
23:40 Will the 10-Year Yield Exceed 6%?
26:40 Dollar Decline vs. Safe Havens $BTC $USD
29:20 Sovereign Debt Crisis - Will G7 Countries Survive?
33:35 Wall Street Bets Stock Picks - Best & Worst $PATH $DUOL $RKLB $RDDT $MELI
41:49 Most Overhyped Stocks $NVO $MMED $LLY $QUBT $RGTI $GOOG $IBM
46:52 Geopolitical Portfolio Positioning - Defense & Energy #Anduril $CEG $ONDS
51:32 Biggest M&A Deal of 2026 $RLAY $PRCT $LYFT
54:37 Highest Gainer in Our Portfolios $EOSE $MELI $CHRS
58:10 Broken Thesis in Our Portfolios $SLNH $GNS
01:02:14 Chainlink & Tier-1 Banks $LINK
01:05:40 ASTS vs. Starlink: First Commercial Call $ASTS #SpaceX
01:11:22 Rocket Lab: Neutron to Orbit? $RKLB
01:12:00 CEOs Citing Prediction Markets $COIN
01:15:43 Rapid Fire: Homes vs. Data Centers
01:16:34 Rapid Fire: Verified Human Tier
01:18:04 Rapid Fire: Tokenized Real Estate
01:19:00 Rapid Fire: AI Crime & Lawsuits
01:21:53 Badger vs. Greggs Sausage Rolls $GRG
01:23:11 Most Improbable Las Vegas Meetup Prediction
01:24:12 Portfolio Performance Battle
01:26:45 Predictions Wrap-Up
01:27:32 Market Bottlenecks in 2026
01:30:40 Las Vegas Meetup Update

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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

Keywords:
Stock Market Predictions 2026, Best Stocks to Buy 2026, 10x Stocks 2026, Stock Market Crash 2026, WallStreetBets Picks 2026, High Risk Investing, RKLB Stock, ASTS SpaceMobile, Tesla Robotaxi, Bitcoin Prediction 2026, AI Stocks to Buy, Mag 7 Shakeup, Crypto vs Gold, Space Investing, Sovereign Debt Crisis, Uranium Squeeze, Top Growth Stocks 2026, Chainlink CCIP, SpaceX IPO, GlP-1 Bubble, $RKLB, $ASTS, $TSLA, $PATH, $LMND, $SYM, $BTC, $GOOG, $MELI, $RDDT, $LINK, $EOSE, $CHRS

Happy New Year, Beasties! Welcome to 2026! 🎉
In this special New Year’s Day episode, Monkey (Krzysztof) and Badger (Luke) kick off the year with a massive reveal. While Badger was navigating the chaos of London at 4am, Monkey was deep in the lab engineering a game-changing tool for the community.
Welcome to "The Laws of the Options Jungle." 🌿
For too long, retail investors have been told that options are just dangerous gambling tickets for the reckless. Today, Monkey flips the script entirely. He unveils a new educational blueprint designed to teach the "Wall Street Wildlife way" of using options: stop being the gambler and start being the insurance company.
Badger steps up as the "guinea pig" for a live demo of this new framework. Together, they break down why the market is neutral, how to master your own psychology, and why even long-term investors need these tools in their arsenal.

In this episode, we cover:

🦁 The Reveal: Monkey debuts his secret project: a comprehensive, safety-first options course built specifically for the Wall Street Wildlife community.
⚖️ The First Law: "The jungle is neutral. It feeds the prepared and eats the impulsive." We explain what this means for your money.
🧠 Psychology First: Why monitoring greed and avoiding revenge trading are your primary defense against the market.
🛡️ Options as Insurance: Using puts and calls to be the "House" rather than the player.
📐 The Mechanics: We peel back the curtain on the Black-Scholes-Merton model and Implied Volatility (IV) without the headache.

📢 Patreon Exclusive: We are opening a limited beta run of this course for our Dolphin Tier and above members. We are looking for ~20 dedicated beasties to join the first cohort, provide feedback, and help us iterate.

👉 Join the Tribe & Apply for the Beta here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/e113-laws-of-why-147220247

Segments:
00:00 Intro & New Year's Banter
02:15 "Time is the Only Currency"
05:18 Introducing the Options Course
08:54 Who is This Course For?
10:22 Luke’s Experience: Gambling vs. Strategy
13:54 Live Demo: The Blueprint Website
21:58 The Laws of the Jungle: Monitor Greed
26:17 How to "Be The House" (Insurance)
28:48 No Revenge Trading & Framing Risk
35:11 Portfolio Size: How Much Do You Need?
37:32 The Greeks & Implied Volatility
42:14 Can Beginners Use Options?
44:55 How to Join the Beta Cohort

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Get 15% off any premium plan with:
https://fiscal.ai/wildlife
**********
Monkey’s “Zen, Nietzsche, How to Live” Substack:
http://firephilosophy.substack.com
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To use the same portfolio tracking tool as Luke, check-out:
⁠https://www.portseido.com/?fpr=lukehallard
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Disclosure: Wall Street Wildlife hosts and guests are not financial advisors, and nothing they say on this show is formal advice or a recommendation
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Fed up with the stock market giving you a hard time?
- Invest like seasoned pros with over 40 years in the game
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- Sharpen your best investing practices and ditch the worst
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Keywords:
Options Trading for Beginners, Risk Management Strategy, Portfolio Insurance, Black-Scholes Model Explained, Implied Volatility, Stock Market 2026, Investing Psychology, Wall Street Wildlife, Hedging Strategies, Selling Options vs Buying Options, Financial Education, Krzysztof and Luke

The Chaos Before Christmas: Join us this week for a wild holiday livestream featuring live cocktail crafting, questionable gift exchanges, and an unfiltered, boozy review of our predictions for 2025.

🍌 The Gilded Banana: Witness the unveiling of the ultimate cocktail guide and the "dirty monkey" whiskey tasting. Watch the boys try to mix drinks without ruining the studio equipment.

🔮 Prediction Reality Check: We let an AI analyze our January predictions. From S&P 500 targets to small-cap rotation dreams—did we beat the market, or did the market beat us?

🚀 The Future is Now: From Tesla Robotaxis hitting Austin to AST SpaceMobile’s critical launch—the autonomous revolution is accelerating faster than we thought. $TSLA $ASTS

📉 The Chainlink Heartbreak: Krzysztof breaks down his highest conviction crypto play that didn't go to plan, plus the "inverted reality" of our best and worst stock picks for each other. $LINK

🎰 Vegas 2026 Announced: We are taking the jungle to the strip! Get the details on our first ever Patreon gathering and poker tournament in Las Vegas.

🧠 Mind Over Matter: A deep dive into Neuralink’s progress with Brain-Computer Interfaces—arguably the most emotional and human segment of the year.

🛠️ The Investor's Toolkit: A roundup of the specific apps and AI tools we are using to level up our retail investing game for the year ahead.


Segments:
00:00 Cold Open
03:05 Christmas Party Begins
10:17 Gift Exchange - Banana Themed Presents
30:08 Making Cocktails
39:19 Official Start - Moving to Predictions
46:53 2025 Predictions Review Begins
50:28 S&P 500 & Magnificent Seven Performance
55:20 Recession Watch - Did It Happen?
58:59 Bitcoin vs Chainlink - The Disappointment
01:03:19 Space Race & Robotaxi Reality Check
01:27:34 Medical Breakthroughs & Neuralink Progress
01:43:47 The Inverted Reality - Worst Prediction Ever
01:52:55 Leverage Bubble Concerns
01:57:39 Hot Sectors for 2026
01:59:52 Favorite Books & Movies of 2025
02:04:47 Vegas Meetup Plans & Poker Quiz
02:11:00 Closing Thoughts

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If you want to see our furry faces, this podcast is also available on YouTube at ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1⁠
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SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON:
https://wallstreetwildlife.com
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⁠x.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


Keywords:
Wall Street Wildlife, Stock Market 2025, Investing Mistakes, S&P 500 Review, Tesla Robotaxi, AST SpaceMobile, Chainlink Analysis, Crypto 2025, Neuralink Update, Retail Investing Tools, FinChat, TradingView, Dividend Investing, Market Crash Protection

This week, we're back with Daniel Shapiro from Blockworks Research for our annual deep dive into Chainlink $LINK. The partnerships are massive, the tech is cutting-edge, yet the price is flat. We investigate: Is this the "AWS of Finance" moment, or a value trap?
🏦 DeFi vs. The World: Forget the crypto casino. We uncover why the world's largest institutions are racing to move trillions of dollars on-chain, from instant settlements to banking the unbanked.
⚡ The Great Bridge: Chainlink isn't replacing Swift, it’s supercharging it. Discover why partnerships with MasterCard, BlackRock, and the DTCC are the ultimate signal that the "Internet of Contracts" is finally here.
🤖 The Oracle for AI: As autonomous agents rise, they need truth. We explore a futuristic thesis: Could Chainlink become the verification layer for the entire AI economy?
💰 The Investor’s Dilemma: Why do the smartest analysts love LINK while the market ignores it? We tackle the psychology of holding infrastructure plays and whether you should buy the dream or wait for the revenue.
📊 The 2026 Inflection Point: With new regulations (Genius Act, Clarity Act) and the Trump administration support, we map out Sergey Nazarov’s timeline. Is the "show me the money" era finally approaching?
🎯 Trillion Dollar Opportunity: We debate the ultimate bull case: is comparing Chainlink to a 1999 investment in Microsoft and Nvidia valid, or is Krzysztof overdosing on hopium?

You can find more from Daniel Shapiro at: x.com/_dshap

Segments:
00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome
04:08 What is DeFi Really Worth?
10:46 Chainlink's Year of Announcements
20:32 Swift Partnership and CRE Launch
32:19 Market Corruption and Blockchain Transparency
37:29 The Management Question: Trust Without Disclosure
45:26 Comparing Chainlink to Tech Giants
52:15 AI, Consensus Computing, and New Use Cases
01:03:57 Competition and the Layer One Debate
01:13:30 The Investor's Playbook: When to Buy
01:20:15 Final Thoughts and Annual Check-In Tradition

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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/7LukeHallard
⁠x.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

Keywords
Chainlink, LINK token, Real World Assets, RWA Crypto, Tokenization, DeFi 2025, Blockworks Research, Daniel Shapiro, Sergey Nazarov, Swift Blockchain, DTCC Crypto, Crypto Infrastructure, Altcoin Gem, Crypto Investing Strategy, Chainlink Price Prediction, Web3 Oracle, BlackRock Crypto, Institutional Adoption