The Market Runup

The Market Runup is a premium financial podcast at the intersection of macro, markets, and modern wealth creation.Hosted by The Blonde Broker, the show delivers high-level market intelligence with the confidence, clarity, and cultural relevance of a new generation of finance leaders. Each episode blends sharp solo analysis with exclusive conversations featuring some of the most respected market analysts, fund managers, and financial experts across traditional finance and crypto.

The Market Runup is a business podcast hosted by The Blonde Broker, with 32 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

The Blonde Broker hosts The Market Runup, a business show with 32 episodes published.

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  What Happens When There’s an ETF for Almost Everything? | Eva Gold

  Sep 28, 202634 min

  Evan Gold joins The Market Runup to discuss how the ETF market is evolving, why artificial intelligence may still be early in its buildout, and how investors are navigating higher interest rates, technology valuations, and new investment opportunities. ETFs were once associated primarily with simple index investing. Today, the market includes thematic strategies, leveraged single-stock exposure, income products, private-company investments, and new ways to access international markets. Evan explains why he believes the growth of ETF innovation could create new opportunities for investors and why choosing ETFs may offer a different approach to trying to outperform through individual stock picking. We also examine whether the AI trade is becoming overcrowded, why much of the data center buildout has yet to come online, and how semiconductors, energy, autonomous vehicles, and robotics could shape the next phase of AI adoption. Evan shares his long term Nvidia thesis, why he's positioning for a world where the biggest technology companies could continue getting bigger, and why being first isn't always what determines which ETF products ultimately succeed. Timestamps 00:00 Fed Policy, Rates and a Resilient Market 03:00 When Do Higher Yields Become a Problem? 04:19 Housing, Inflation and the U.S. Consumer 06:01 Why Yields May Be a Symptom, Not the Problem 07:24 How AI Is Changing Everyday Work 08:20 Is the AI Trade Getting Overcrowded? 09:21 Why the AI Buildout May Still Be Early 10:42 Evan’s Long-Term Nvidia Thesis 12:05 Learning to Invest With Small Amounts 13:00 Erin’s Early Investing Mistakes 15:04 Building Wolf and Playing the Long Game 18:03 Inside the Future Proof Conference 20:32 What’s Happening in the ETF Industry? 22:03 Why Evan Starts With Risk, Not Reward 22:25 How ETFs Became More Innovative 25:08 ETFs vs. Picking Individual Stocks 26:18 Why Evan Is Betting on Big Tech 27:02 Does Being First Matter for an ETF? 28:47 Building Financial Media That Helps Investors ▫️ Follow Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) https://x.com/theblondebroker?lang=en https://www.instagram.com/blondebrokerofficial/?hl=en ▫️Follow Evan https://www.linkedin.com/in/stockmktnewz/ https://x.com/StockMKTNewz The Market Runup is powered by Synthetix the infrastructure powering the next generation of onchain perpetual markets. Learn more at synthetix.io ➡️ Note: This podcast is for informational purposes only. Views shared are opinions, not financial advice. The host or guests may have financial interests in discussed content. #ETFs #Investing #StockMarket #AI #Nvidia #TheMarketRunup

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  How Corgi Is Disrupting the ETF Industry | Jeff Weniger

  Sep 21, 202638 min

  The ETF industry has exploded into thousands of products, but Jeff Weniger believes parts of the business are still operating with a decades-old playbook. Jeff Weniger, Chief Investment Strategist at Corgi Invest, joins Erin Gambrel on The Market Runup to explain why he made the move to Corgi, how the company plans to compete in an increasingly crowded ETF market, and why cost could be one of its biggest advantages against established asset managers. They explore the rise of thematic and highly targeted ETFs, from AI and semiconductors to cybersecurity and other increasingly specific market exposures, and ask whether investors are moving from simply “buying the market” toward building exactly the exposure they want. Jeff Weniger also breaks down the debate over whether there are too many ETFs, why increased competition can benefit investors, and how asset managers are increasingly using media, charts and financial education as distribution. Timestamps 04:20 — Why Jeff Weniger Joined Corgi 06:53 — How Corgi Burst Onto the ETF Scene 07:45 — What's Outdated About the ETF Industry? 11:07 — Corgi's Biggest Competitive Advantage 13:58 — From “Buy the Market” to Custom Exposure 16:53 — Are There Too Many ETFs? 18:42 — Does More Choice Help Investors? 21:37 — How ETF Issuers Find the Next Big Theme 24:20 — AI's Second-Order Investment Opportunities 25:52 — AI Risk and the Cybersecurity Trade 29:17 — Why Asset Managers Need to Become Media Companies 35:08 — Are Shorts Changing Our Attention Spans? 39:00 — Career Advice That Changed Jeff's Approach 43:33 — The Long Game of Building an Audience Follow Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) https://x.com/theblondebroker?lang=en https://www.instagram.com/blondebrokerofficial/?hl=en Follow Jeff Weniger https://x.com/JeffWeniger https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffweniger The Market Runup is powered by Synthetix — the infrastructure powering the next generation of onchain perpetual markets. Learn more at synthetix.io Note: This podcast is for informational purposes only. Views shared are opinions, not financial advice. The host or guests may have financial interests in discussed content.

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  How Tech Dollar Is Unlocking Private Equity

  Sep 14, 202629 min

  Private tech employees can be worth millions on paper while having limited access to that wealth in practice. Terence McMenamin joins Erin Gambrel on The Market Runup to explain the liquidity problem facing employees, founders and investors whose wealth is tied up in private-company equity, and how Tech Dollar is building credit infrastructure around late-stage frontier technology assets. They explore how AI, robotics, defense and other emerging technology sectors could evolve from speculative venture investments into foundational financial assets and why borrowing against private equity could eventually become an alternative to selling it. The conversation also examines stablecoins as global dollar and settlement infrastructure, whether digital dollars could extend US dollar dominance, the growing connection between stablecoin issuers and US Treasuries, and why banks could eventually become major distributors of digital-dollar technology. Terence shares his take on AI agents and programmable money, tokenized assets and a future financial system where more assets can be sent, borrowed against and used without selling. What happens when private equity becomes as financially usable as traditional assets? Timestamps 00:10 Introducing Tech Dollar 00:29 Why Private Tech Equity Needs Credit 02:00 Rich on Paper, Broke in Practice 03:10 Are Stablecoins Becoming Dollar Infrastructure? 04:56 Where Tech Dollar Fits in the Financial System 06:49 Who Will Use Tech Dollar? 08:33 Could Stablecoins Extend Dollar Dominance? 09:59 Where Global Stablecoin Demand Is Coming From 10:56 Digital Dollars in Emerging Markets 12:47 Is Physical Money Becoming Obsolete? 14:13 Are We Underestimating Digital Dollarization? 16:08 Stablecoins and US Treasury Demand 17:40 Will Stablecoins Replace Traditional Savings? 20:53 Will Banks Distribute Stablecoins? 22:32 When Consumers Stop Noticing Stablecoins 23:12 Do AI Agents Need Programmable Money? 25:51 What Will Finance Look Like in 2030? 28:01 What Happens When Every Asset Becomes Borrowable? 28:21 The Legacy Terence Wants to Leave 28:35 Why Selling Private Equity Can Be So Expensive Follow Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) https://x.com/theblondebroker?lang=en https://www.instagram.com/blondebrokerofficial/?hl=en Follow Terence McMenamin https://x.com/terrry The Market Runup is powered by Synthetix — the infrastructure powering the next generation of onchain perpetual markets. Learn more at synthetix.io Note: This podcast is for informational purposes only. Views shared are opinions, not financial advice. The host or guests may have financial interests in discussed content

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  Why Banks Are Finally Taking Stablecoins Seriously

  Sep 7, 202630 min

  Stablecoins are quickly moving beyond crypto trading and into the center of banking, global payments and financial infrastructure. Brian Consolvo joins Erin Gambrel on The Market Runup to explain how stablecoins could reshape the way money moves around the world, why financial institutions are taking digital assets more seriously, and what growing stablecoin adoption could mean for banks and the US dollar. They explore the GENIUS Act, stablecoin reserves and US Treasury demand, cross-border payments, institutional adoption, tokenized deposits and the challenges financial institutions face when integrating digital assets. The conversation also looks ahead to tokenized securities, 24/7 financial markets and whether today's blockchain infrastructure can actually handle the transaction volume required by traditional financial markets. As stablecoins and tokenization move deeper into finance, could blockchain eventually become infrastructure consumers use without even realizing it? Timestamps 00:10 Why Stablecoins Are Becoming a Macro Story 01:18 How the GENIUS Act Changed Stablecoins 02:59 Could Stablecoins Strengthen the US Dollar? 03:45 Stablecoins vs Traditional Bank Wires 05:50 Do Policymakers Understand Stablecoins? 07:04 Stablecoins and US Treasury Demand 10:02 Will Stablecoins Compete With Banks? 12:48 Should Banks Issue Their Own Stablecoins? 14:16 Why Banks Are Still Early to Crypto 15:56 What's Slowing Stablecoin Adoption? 19:18 Crypto's Remaining Trust Problem 20:33 Are 24/7 Tokenized Markets Coming? 23:25 Can Blockchain Handle Wall Street? 26:00 What Will Wall Street Look Like in 2030? 28:50 When Tokenization Becomes Invisible 29:10 Brian's Career Advice 29:30 The Legacy Brian Wants to Leave Follow Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) https://x.com/theblondebroker?lang=en https://www.instagram.com/blondebrokerofficial/?hl=en Follow Brian Consolvo https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-consolvo-b7aa144 The Market Runup is powered by Synthetix — the infrastructure powering the next generation of onchain perpetual markets. Learn more at synthetix.io Note: This podcast is for informational purposes only. Views shared are opinions, not financial advice. The host or guests may have financial interests in discussed content.

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  How Wall Street Is Changing Bitcoin's Market Cycle

  Aug 31, 202641 min

  Bitcoin has just experienced one of its strongest weeks in recent history, raising the question: is this the beginning of a sustained rally or a more complex market shift? In this episode of The Market Runup, John joins Erin Gambrel to analyze Bitcoin’s recent surge, discussing his perspective on why the traditional four-year cycle may be losing relevance and how institutional involvement is reshaping the landscape. The discussion delves into the primary drivers of current Bitcoin demand, including the influence of ETFs, financial advisors, and rising concerns regarding inflation and monetary debasement. John also highlights why, rather than a single macroeconomic event, the most significant risk to Bitcoin’s near-term performance may be the impact of inflated market expectations. The conversation goes beyond Bitcoin, exploring the future of Wall Street, tokenization, and the state of global crypto adoption specifically why regions like Japan, the UAE, Singapore, and Hong Kong are making strides while the US faces ongoing regulatory uncertainty. Additionally, John offers insights from world-class investors on the importance of information curation and shares strategies for maintaining focus during periods of market volatility. Timestamps 00:20 Bitcoin Surges More Than 20% 01:28 Why Bitcoin Is a “Coiled Spring” 05:23 Is Bitcoin's 4-Year Cycle Becoming Obsolete? 07:22 What Replaces the Bitcoin Halving Cycle? 09:11 Monetary Debasement and Bitcoin Demand 11:32 Who Is Driving Institutional Bitcoin Demand? 15:05 Is Bitcoin Becoming a Normal Portfolio Asset? 17:42 The Biggest Risk to Bitcoin's Rally 21:43 Why Less Information Can Make Better Investors 24:22 Lessons From World-Class Investors 27:29 Erin Accidentally Learns Japanese 28:36 Global Bitcoin Adoption and Japan 31:52 Will Crypto Transform Wall Street? 34:32 The Future of Crypto Prime Brokerage 35:29 Staying Balanced During Hot Markets 38:00 Erin's Next Chapter Follow Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) https://x.com/theblondebroker?lang=en https://www.instagram.com/blondebrokerofficial/?hl=en Follow John D'Agostino https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnjdagostino1 https://x.com/johnjdagostino?lang=en The Market Runup is powered by Synthetix — the infrastructure powering the next generation of onchain perpetual markets. Learn more at synthetix.io Note: This podcast is for informational purposes only. Views shared are opinions, not financial advice. The host or guests may have financial interests in discussed content.

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