
Private Credit's Clock is Ticking w/ Glenn Schorr & Ken Worthington | The Real Eisman Playbook Ep 72
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On episode 72 of The Real Eisman Playbook, Steve Eisman sits down with Glenn Schorr of Evercore and Ken Worthington of JP Morgan for a sweeping deep dive into the ticking time bomb in private credit software loans, agentic AI's impact on retail brokers, crypto use cases and Bitcoin's fading relevance, and a summary of bank earnings.
00:00 - Intro
03:12 - Retail Brokers, Cash, Agentic AI, & Banks
15:00 - Private Equity & Private Credit
28:15 - Crypto
36:06 - Stablecoins
42:21 - The Big Banks Reported
44:59 - Outro
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Aug 10
50 min

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On this episode of The Weekly Wrap, Steve Eisman breaks down the week in markets, including SpaceX's highly anticipated earnings, the growing impact of AI spending on free cash flow, and why Meta continues to struggle while Palantir, Microsoft, and Amazon tell a different story. He also examines the collapse of the Situational Awareness hedge fund, private credit, and the biggest earnings reports of the week. Plus, Steve shares his personal TV recommendations.
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00:00 - Intro
02:36 - Iran War Updates
02:28 - The Demise of the Situational Awareness Hedge Fund
06:35 - Capex & Free Cash Flow
07:35 - Private Credit
08:13 - Palantir
09:55 - Apollo
10:30 - Caterpillar
10:56 - SpaceX
13:05 - Lilly & Novo
13:30 - Arista
14:31 - AMD
14:50 - Disney
15:16 - TV Recommendations
16:51 - Outro
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Aug 7
21 min

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On episode 71 of The Real Eisman Playbook, Steve Eisman sits down with Adrian Wooldridge, journalist and co-author of Capitalism in America with Alan Greenspan, to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence with a sweeping tour of U.S. economic history, from the Hamilton vs. Jefferson debate that shaped the country's trajectory, to the causes of the Great Depression and the Great Financial Crisis.
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00:00 - Intro
01:36 - Adrian's Background
04:58 - Writing with Alan Greenspan
07:21- The First Economic Debate of the United States
14:58 - The Impact of the Railroad & AI Parallels
22:56 - Crashes Before The Great Depression
25:58 - Robber Barons
34:26 - The Great Depression
37:56 - The Great Financial Crisis
46:00 - Major Lessons
49:16 - Outro
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Aug 3
51 min

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On this episode of The Weekly Wrap, Steve Eisman covers a massive earnings week headlined by Microsoft posting 30% EPS growth while Meta saw EPS fall 13%. Steve also covers results from Visa, Quanta, Bloom Energy, and Starbucks, a disappointment from Apple, a brutal week for FICO, and much more. He also takes a mailbag question about the history of the K-shaped economy.
00:00 - Intro
01:47 - I'm Selling Charter
03:41 - Iran Update
03:50 - The Fed
04:09 - The AI Debate
10:17 - Earnings: Visa, PayPal, Microsoft, Meta, Starbucks, Robinhood, & More
20:09 - Situational Awareness
21:20 - Mailbag: The K-Shaped Economy
22:57 - Outro
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Jul 31
27 min

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On episode 70 of The Real Eisman Playbook, Steve Eisman sits down with Dan Ives and Gil Luria for a wide-ranging debate on the most important question in markets right now: has the AI trade fundamentally changed, and what does that mean for the stocks that dominate most portfolios? They discuss where we stand with AI compared to where we were a year ago, how specific companies like Google & Oracle have faired, and how the political pressure surrounding data centers has factored in.
00:00 - Intro
02:11 - Where We Stand with AI Right Now
07:04 - Counterarguments Against AI
16:51 - Palantir
19:09 - Google
22:50 - Apple
24:52 - Oracle
30:16 - Winners & Losers
44:28 - Data Centers & Politics
48:40 - Outro
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Jul 27
54 min

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On this episode of The Weekly Wrap, Steve Eisman covers a pivotal week in markets. Google raised its AI capex to $205 billion, posted negative free cash flow, and saw its stock fall 7%, while Tesla was also down 14.5%. Steve also covers results from GE Vernova, Lockheed Martin, Moody's, Blackstone, and ServiceNow. He closes with two mailbags: One on whether banks belong in a portfolio that's already full of AI exposure, and one explaining the mechanics of the funding short.
00:00 - Intro
02:39 - Iran War Updates
03:00 - Moonshot Launches Kimi
03:25 - SpaceX
03:35 - Domino's & the K-Shaped Economy
04:24 - Equifax
06:18 - GM
06:50 - Northrop Grumman & Lockheed Martin
07:51 - GE Vernova
09:12 - Moody's
09:58 - Google
10:54 - Tesla
11:38 - IBM
12:27 - ServiceNow
13:29 - Blackstone
14:38 - The AI Story Has Shifted
15:56 - Intel
16:13 - Mailbag: Bank Stocks
18:06 - Mailbag: Shorting a Stock
19:25 - Outro
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Jul 24
23 min

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On episode 69 of The Real Eisman Playbook, Steve Eisman sits down with Ben Callo, sustainable energy and mobility analyst at Baird, to explore what may be the most important and least understood constraint on the entire AI trade: the U.S. power grid, which needs to add roughly 30 gigawatts of new capacity per year over the next decade. Ben walks through his top picks in the space, including GE Vernova and Tesla, where the autonomous vehicle and energy storage businesses are the real long-term story despite years of Elon's unkept promises.
00:00 - Intro
01:50 - The Grid Problem
06:45 - Data Centers
10:42 - GE Vernova
14:55 - Nuclear Power
18:00 - Electronic Vehicles
24:10 - Tesla, Self-Driving Cars, & SpaceX Going Public
34:50 - Solar Power
39:53 - Back to Electronic Vehicles
46:34 - Outro
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Jul 21
46 min

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On this episode of The Weekly Wrap, Steve Eisman breaks down a strong start to the bank earnings season, with JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup all reporting results that were better than feared. Steve also covers IBM's disastrous quarter, PayPal's potential sale, and reports for Netflix, Elevance, UH, and GE Aerospace. He closes with a mailbag regarding his favorite graphic novels.
00:00 - Intro
02:48 - Iran War Updates
03:04 - Circle & Stablecoin
05:55 - PayPal Might Be For Sale
06:44 - IBM's Disastrous Quarter
09:16 - Elevance, UH, GE Aerospace, & Netflix Reported
11:36 - Banks Reported
19:18 - Mailbag: Graphic Novels
22:46 - Outro
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Jul 17
26 min

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On episode 68 of The Real Eisman Playbook, Steve Eisman sits down with Torsten Slok, Chief Economist at Apollo, to break down just how dependent the U.S. economy has become on AI. Torsten walks through the K-shaped economy in detail, explaining why the top third of American consumers are doing fine while the bottom two-thirds are under severe and growing stress. They also discuss the Fed's impossible position, why Jerome Powell is unlikely to cut rates anytime soon, and what a slowdown in AI spending would mean for an economy that has become singularly dependent on it.
00:00 - Intro
01:30 - The Health & State of the US Economy
05:45 - The Fed Are Not Going to Cut Rates
07:56 - The AI Story is Dramatically Changing
14:00 - The K-Shaped Economy
22:02 - Private Credit
30:04 - Employment, AI, & Europe
41:25 - The U.S. Deficit
48:33 - China
49:47 - The Biggest Risks in the Market
53:15 - Outro
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Jul 13
57 min

On this episode of The Weekly Wrap, Steve Eisman makes the case that diversification in today's market is largely an illusion and that the entire market has effectively become a single bet on AI. Steve also covers the collapse of Circle and Nike's uninspiring quarter. He also closes with two mailbags: one on his personal investment portfolio, and one on book recommendations.
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00:00 - Intro
02:36 - Iran War News
02:54 - Circle & Stablecoins
03:45 - Nike Stock Stays Flat
04:29 - GDP Growth & Dependence on AI
06:22 - Diversification No Longer Exists
07:27 - AI Arguments & Measuring the Risks
14:15 - Mailbag: My Investment Portfolio
15:34 - Mailbag: Book Recommendations
19:33 - Outro
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Jul 10
23 min
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