Episode 49: The Discoverable Market: Why Cards Aren’t Like Stocks

Released: April 14, 2026 | Duration: 26:40 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode There's a 50-year academic finance debate that asks one simple question: is it even possible to beat the market? One side, Eugene Fama's efficient market hypothesis, says prices already reflect all information — so no. The other side, Burton Malkiel's random walk argument, … Read more

Here’s How to Compare Topps & Panini

Issue #13 | April 11, 2026 Comped The Numbers Second straight all-green week We go from our first all-green week in Slabnomics history last week, to a second straight historical week – You love to see it. –Baseball nice lift after some listless weeks–Basketball on a 6-week heater👇–Football small gain is just me buying Topps … Read more

Pokemon Bear Market Coming??

Issue #12 | April 4, 2026 Comped The Numbers first all-green week in Comped history! This week the data shows [all green, baby]: –Baseball still largely trendless as of the last few weeks–Basketball Up trend continues for the 5th straight week–Football flat, but an optimistic kind of flat–Soccer World Cup in 67 days–Pokemon 12 straight … Read more

Episode 47: Diving into Liquidity: 3 Types and How To Exit the Pool

Released: March 31, 2026 | Duration: 13:33 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode A Messi PSA 10 sells at auction. The number hits CardLadder, gets screenshotted, posted on Instagram with rocket emojis. Within 24 hours, three collectors reprice their buy-it-now listings upward based on that single sale. That's not price discovery. That's one transaction in a … Read more

Buying Rumors, Selling News

Issue #11 | March 28, 2026 Comped The Numbers Charizard for President This week the data shows: –Baseball surprisingly no Opening Day bump–Basketball 4 week uptrend–Football up with combine and draft day hype–Soccer World Cup in 74 days–Pokemon 11 straight weeks of gains–One Piece after previous consolidation a few weeks ago, OP has been on … Read more

Comped Investor Preview: Investor Only Buy Recommendation

March 26, 2026   Comped InvestorPreview What I’m Benchmarking It’s been a bit of a wild week with my house flooding and getting into an accident as a Lyft passenger yesterday. Next week I promise there will be more I’m working on for you. The first series for rookie valuations is up on Instagram (here … Read more

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