The Take Down
Issue #013: Co-hosting with Eric Jackson, a double-shoot Monday, and the day technology turned on me
Hi, it’s Caroline.
This issue is coming to you a little more buttoned up than usual, because I actually scheduled it ahead of time. I know. Growth. Here’s what we made for you this week.
The big one: Barry Ritholtz on the biggest mistakes investors make
Thursday’s episode is one I think everyone should watch, whether you’ve been investing for thirty years or thirty days. Jon sat down with Barry Ritholtz to break down the biggest mistakes investors make. The ones that quietly cost you money for years without you ever noticing. It’s the kind of conversation that makes you want to open your portfolio and take a hard look. Watch it here.
AI Under the Hood: SK Hynix comes to the Nasdaq
Monday’s AI Under the Hood was all about SK Hynix listing on the Nasdaq. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because I picked it as my favorite stock for 2026, back when you needed a Korean brokerage account to buy it. Now it’s a ticker away. I break down what the listing means and why this company sits at the center of the AI memory story. Watch it here.
And a tease
Monday we had Eric Jackson in the studio. All I’ll say is: it’s going to be a good one. Keep an eye out.
The Week
Monday. Kickboxing at dawn, home, showered, and camera-ready in record time, because we had Eric Jackson arriving at the studio. I was pulling double duty: on camera hosting with Jon, and running camera and sound.
Then Jon headed off to a big shoot at Global X in the afternoon, with a bunch of fun new videos coming out of it soon. Meanwhile, I filmed and edited this week’s AI Under the Hood, which is when the technology decided it did not love me back. More on that in Losses. Somewhere in there, a long call with my sister about our childhood. The good kind of long call.
Tuesday. Skin appointment first thing. Gotta keep this face camera ready. Picked up healthy breakfast bowls for the girls and delivered a reminder to clean their rooms. The clothes piles were becoming their own characters in our home. Then an ortho consult for our youngest, two work calls (the Globe and Mail, and a new accountant, which sounds boring but is actually thrilling because it means I won’t be doing a lot of it anymore), and a contractor came by to look at adding a shower. Our current layout could use some work.
Wednesday. Kickboxing, a YouTube meeting, and our weekly asset handover to BNN Bloomberg. If you’re new here, BNN Bloomberg is our partner, and every week we hand over our videos and articles to run on their digital properties.
Thursday. A call with our agent, and the Ritholtz episode dropped at 4.
Friday. A catch up call with our lead sponsor, Global X. Organizing, errands, and getting ahead on next week. Hence the scheduled newsletter.
Jon’s AM vs. Caroline’s PM
Jon’s AM: markets open, headlines, an Eric Jackson shoot, and straight to Global X for the afternoon.
Caroline’s PM: hosting, editing, troubleshooting, and keeping this whole operation moving.
The Wins This Week
Co-hosting the Eric Jackson shoot, a Barry Ritholtz episode I’m genuinely proud of, a new accountant, and a scheduled newsletter that proves I can, in fact, plan ahead.
The Losses This Week
Monday was not my day, technologically speaking. First the SanDisk card in the Sony glitched out and had to be reformatted, after triple checking nothing was lost. Then CapCut ate my AI Under the Hood project. A GPU graphics glitch, apparently. Two hours of troubleshooting later, the project reappeared like nothing happened. Everything was recovered. My blood pressure has not commented.
The takeaway
Back up your work. Then back it up again. The two hours you spend troubleshooting are always the two hours you didn’t have.
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