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The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
When the bull market stumbles, most investors panic. Lucas and Luna spend each episode of The Bear Market Podcast inside the numbers, the history, and the strategy of surviving downturns — not with generic advice, but with specific cases and data. They examine drawdowns from 1973-74, 2000-02, 2008, and 2022, comparing recovery paths, sector rotations, and the actual returns of buying the dip in different time frames. Lucas brings the journalist's instinct for what the macro data is saying —…
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The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term ResilienceThe Russell 2000 Is Crushing the Nasdaq Right Now
The Russell 2000 is up 3.1% in the past week while the Nasdaq has slipped 0.2%. Lucas and Luna dig into what's driving this small-cap outperformance —…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How the Russell 2000 Is Beating the Nasdaq Right Now
Lucas and Luna break down the surprising divergence between the Nasdaq-100 and the Russell 2000, using live data from June 13, 2026. The S&P 500 is up 0.3%…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
SpaceX IPO and the Retail Allocation Reality
In this episode of The Bear Market Podcast, Lucas and Luna unpack the SpaceX IPO's retail allocation — currently in the low 20% range — and what that…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
What SpaceXs IPO Means for Retail Investors
SpaceX is preparing for its record-setting IPO, with a market cap expected to exceed $2 trillion. In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down what the IPO means…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
Why the Yield Curve Uninversion Matters for Your Portfolio
Episode 46 of The Bear Market Podcast dives into the recent yield curve uninversion and what it historically signals for markets. As of June 12, 2026, the…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
The Yield Curve Uninversion What History Says Next
Episode 45 of The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna drill into a quiet but significant market signal: the yield curve has been positively sloped…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How to Read the Russell 2000 Small-Cap Divergence
The Russell 2000 is down 2.3% in five days while the S&P 500 barely budges. Lucas and Luna dig into why this small-cap selloff matters more than headline…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
Why the Russell 2000 Divergence Is the Real Risk Signal
The Nasdaq is down 5.6% in five days and the VIX has spiked to 21.7, but the Russell 2000 is barely off its highs. Lucas and Luna dig into why small-cap stocks…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
Why the Russell 2000 Divergence Is the Real Risk Signal
The S&P 500 sits at 7,387, the Nasdaq at 25,679, and the VIX has jumped 23.7% in five days to 19.87. But Lucas and Luna dig into a quieter signal: the Russell…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How the Nasdaq Rout Differs From the S&P 500 Selloff
The Nasdaq has dropped 6.6 percent in five days while the S&P 500 is down 3.8 percent — a divergence that tells a specific story about what's driving this…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
What the 10-Year Yield at 4.55 Means for Your Portfolio
With the 10-year Treasury yield hitting 4.55 percent on June 5, 2026—up from 4.47 the week before—Lucas and Luna break down what this move means for stocks…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How the VIX Term Structure Predicts the Next Market Move
Lucas and Luna examine the VIX futures curve in June 2026, where the front-month VIX at 18.54 sits below longer-dated contracts—a classic contango. But with…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
What the VIX at 21 Means When the VVIX Is 102
With the VIX jumping 34% in a week to 21.51 and the VVIX at 102, Lucas and Luna break down why the gap between these two volatility measures matters more than…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
Buy the Dip in a Top-Heavy Nasdaq The Data Says Wait
The Nasdaq is down more than 5 percent in a week and the VIX is spiking above 21. But this sell-off looks different from past corrections because the index is…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
The Nasdaq Is Down 5 Percent in a Week Here's What That Usually Means Next
The Nasdaq composite fell 5.1% in the past five trading days through June 7, 2026, while the S&P 500 dropped 2.8% and the Russell 2000 slid 2.5%. Lucas and…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
The Index Diversification Myth in a Top-Heavy Market
Episode 35 of The Bear Market Podcast examines why the S&P 500's concentration in its top ten stocks — now over 35% — makes traditional index…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
Why the Nasdaq Correction Is Different This Time
The Nasdaq has dropped more than 5 percent in a week, entering correction territory while the Dow barely budged. Lucas and Luna unpack what's really…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
Why AI Super-Apps Could Reshape Your Portfolio in 2026
China is aggressively poaching AI talent from the U.S. to build the next super-app—a unified platform combining messaging, payments, e-commerce, and AI…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
What the VVIX Spike Tells You That the VIX Hides
The VIX sits at 15.40 on June 5, 2026 — low enough that most investors assume markets are calm. But the VVIX, which measures volatility of volatility, has…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How Prediction Markets Are Going Wall Street in 2026
Today Lucas and Luna dive into prediction markets' unexpected migration from political betting to Wall Street. They examine Kalshi's reported plan to…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
Why the VIX Volatility Smile Is Smirking at You
Episode 30 of The Bear Market Podcast. Lucas and Luna unpick the VIX volatility smile — why options traders are pricing in tail risk even as the VIX sits at…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
Morgan Stanley Is Opening Wealth Management to AI Agents
Morgan Stanley plans to let AI agents access its trillion-dollar wealth management infrastructure, allowing automated systems to execute trades and manage…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
Goldman CEO Says Markets in Greed Mode What That Means for You
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon recently told CNBC that markets are in 'greed' mode as AI companies seek billions. Lucas and Luna unpack what that…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How Prediction Markets Are Going Wall Street in 2026
Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are moving from retail speculation to institutional acceptance. Lucas and Luna break down the first block trade…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
Berkshires Greg Abel Makes His First Big Deal as CEO
Greg Abel just completed his first major acquisition as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, buying a stake in a homebuilding company for $1.2 billion. Lucas and Luna…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
Why the VIX at 16 Is Misleading Investors
The VIX sits at 15.97, near three-year lows, but the VVIX—the VIX of the VIX—is elevated at 90 and rising. Lucas and Luna explore this divergence and what it…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How Berkshire Hathaways Housing Bet Signals Market Shift
In this episode, hosts Lucas and Luna dissect Berkshire Hathaway's $6.8 billion acquisition of homebuilder Taylor Morrison, announced June 1, 2026. They…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How the VVIX Reveals Hidden Market Fear Beneath Calm Markets
The VIX is low, but the VVIX — the volatility of the VIX itself — is still elevated at 86. That gap signals something unusual: options traders are pricing in…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How the 10Y-2Y Spread Steepening Reshapes Portfolios in Late 2026
On this episode of The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into the 10-year to 2-year Treasury yield spread, now at 47 basis points after…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How the SpaceX IPO Is Reshaping Retail ETF Access
Today, Lucas and Luna dig into a specific number that just landed: two months and $2.6 billion. That's the amount that poured into the NASA ETF, a fund…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How Fed Governor Bowman Is Fighting a Rate Hike
This episode of The Bear Market Podcast dives into Fed Governor Michelle Bowman's rare public warning against hiking interest rates in response to an…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
Why the VIX Is Quiet but the VVIX Is Still Elevated
When the VIX drops to 15, most investors breathe a sigh of relief. But Lucas and Luna drill into a number that's telling a different story: the VVIX, or…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
Why the Yield Curve Steepening Isnt a Recession Signal This Time
The yield curve has steepened to 46 basis points, but Lucas and Luna argue this time is different. They break down why the 10-year minus 2-year spread is…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
The Hidden Tax in Your Mutual Fund Expense Ratio
Lucas and Luna break down the real cost of mutual fund expense ratios in 2026. Using an example from a typical large-cap fund, they show how a seemingly small…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How the Yield Curve Steepening Changes Your Bond Strategy
The yield curve has steepened sharply in 2026—the 10-year Treasury now yields 4.50% while the 2-year sits at 4.01%, giving a spread of 49 basis points. Lucas…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How Jamie Dimon's 20 Billion Deal Signal Changes M&A Playbook
Lucas and Luna break down Jamie Dimon's comment that JPMorgan could spend $20 billion on acquisitions. They explore what this signal means for the M&A…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How China Profit Surge Reshapes Emerging Markets Investing
China industrial profits jumped 24.7% in April 2026, the fastest growth in over two years. Lucas and Luna explore what this means for emerging market ETFs…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How Small Caps Are Leading While Big Tech Sits Out
The Russell 2000 is up 6.2% in the last five days while the S&P 500 has gained just 2.1%. Lucas and Luna dig into what this small-cap outperformance really…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How the Russell 2000 Rally Signals a Broader Economic Shift
In episode 12 of The Bear Market Podcast, Lucas and Luna examine the small-cap rally that has pushed the Russell 2000 up 3.4% in the last five days…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
Why the Russell 2000 Rally Has Room to Run in Late 2026
With the Russell 2000 up 3.4% in the last five days and the VIX falling to 16.59, Lucas and Luna dig into why small-cap stocks are finally getting their…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
Why the Russell 2000 Rally Could Keep Going in 2026
The Russell 2000 is up 3.4% in the past five days, nearly double the S&P 500's gain. Lucas and Luna dig into what's driving the small-cap rally —…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How the Russell 2000 Is Outperforming the S&P 500 in 2026
The Russell 2000 is up 3.4 percent in the past five days, while the S&P 500 has gained just 1 percent. Lucas and Luna explore why small-cap stocks are leading…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
Why the Small-Cap Rally in 2026 Has Room to Run
The Russell 2000 has surged 3.4% in the last five days while the S&P 500 gained just 1%. Lucas and Luna dig into the small-cap rally of May 2026 — why…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How the Yield Spread Is Flashing a Subtle Warning
The yield curve is no longer inverted, but the 10-year minus 2-year spread has narrowed to 43 basis points as of May 2026. Lucas and Luna dig into what this…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How the VIX Drop Signals a Market Regime Change
With the VIX falling to 16.70 and the Russell 2000 surging 3.4% in a week, Lucas and Luna unpack what this divergence means for investors. They explore whether…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
Why Kevin Warsh Could Reshape the Fed From Inside Wall Street
Lucas and Luna dig into a fascinating CNBC headline about Kevin Warsh, the former Fed governor, and what a 'real regime change inside Wall Street's…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How GDP Growth Masks Market Stress in 2026
Lucas and Luna examine the disconnect between solid GDP growth and elevated market uncertainty in May 2026. With the S&P 500 near 7,400 and the VIX still above…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
How Retail Investors Are Buying SpaceX Ahead of the IPO
SpaceX isn't public yet, but this week major brokerages started offering retail investors direct access to the company's shares through pre-IPO…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
What the Yield Curve Is Saying About the Economy Right Now
The yield curve has been a hot topic ever since it inverted back in 2022. But now that it has steepened sharply and the 10-year Treasury is yielding 4.67…
- The Bear Market Podcast with Fexingo: Surviving Downturns, Buying the Dip, and Long-Term Resilience
The VIX Jump and the Bull Capitulation Signal
In the debut episode of The Bear Market Podcast, Lucas and Luna break down the May 19 market sell-off that has the S&P 500 at 7,355 and the VIX spiking to 18…