EPISODE · May 13, 2026 · 5 MIN
Fantastic Beasts of Wall Street: How to Track Bulls, Bears, and Bubbles
from Marauder's Map to Wall Street · host Varnika Kothari
I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.In Episode 6, Varnika takes us beyond the math and deep into the psychology of Wall Street. Why do markets suddenly "pop"? Why does fear spread faster than a Dementor’s shadow? From the tech-fueled greed of the Dot-Com bubble to the systemic collapse of 2008, we explore how the Bull of Optimism and the Bear of Fear drive the global economy.Learn how to ignore the noise of the "Great Hall" and focus on the data footprints—like GDP, Industrial Production, and Consumer Confidence—that signal when a recovery is truly on the horizon.Mischief Managed.
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I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.In Episode 6, Varnika takes us beyond the math and deep into the psychology of Wall Street. Why do markets suddenly "pop"? Why does fear spread faster than a Dementor’s shadow? From the tech-fueled greed of the Dot-Com bubble to the systemic collapse of 2008, we explore how the Bull of Optimism and the Bear of Fear drive the global economy.Learn how to ignore the noise of the "Great Hall" and focus on the data footprints—like GDP, Industrial Production, and Consumer Confidence—that signal when a recovery is truly on the horizon.Mischief Managed.
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