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Issue #1 | March 5, 2026 This newsletter issue is exclusive to Slabnomics Investor Tier subscribers. ← Back to Newsletter Archive

Released: March 3, 2026 | Duration: 23:01 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode This episode introduces the Slabnomics LCD system — a data framework that treats the sports card market like the S&P 500 by applying Wall Street-level statistics directly to trading cards. The core metric is gem market cap: PSA 10 population multiplied by last … Read more

Issue #7 | February 28, 2026 Comped The Numbers This week the data shows: A continuation of every sports card/TCG trend from last week. –Baseball speculators building their positions ahead of Opening Day.–Basketball small gains, de-accelerating.–Football continues to surprise to the upside–Soccer baby bump–Pokemon a 5-week freight-train-of-gain–One Piece negative again–S&P 500 back into the red–Gold … Read more

Released: June 5, 2025 | Duration: 17:02 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode This episode dives deep into demand side economics for sports cards, exploring why people fundamentally collect, what forms that collecting takes, and which collector archetypes represent the most valuable targets for card valuation and investment decisions. Understanding the demand side is critical because … Read more

Released: June 3, 2025 | Duration: 14:12 Prefer audio-only? About This Episode This episode walks through the history of recent sports card eras to understand supply side economics and how production practices have evolved over time. Each era in sports card history tells a different supply story, from the scarce vintage era when cards were … Read more