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EPISODE · Mar 24, 2026 · 22 MIN

Financial Inertia: What Breaks the Card Market

from Slabnomics · host Matt

Have you ever been right about a card and watched the market ignore you for months? This episode breaks down the hidden architecture driving card prices. Not the surface-level "supply and demand" explanation, but the actual forces underneath: the psychological biases that keep incorrect prices in place far longer than they should, the structural mechanics that used to prop up modern sets but largely don't anymore, and the specific signals that tell you when inertia is about to break (in either direction).The episode closes on the macro demand picture — where the center of gravity in this hobby is actually shifting, why the high-end and low-end are now operating by completely different rules, and what the generational handoff means for which cards have durable long-term appeal versus which ones are consumer products wearing an investment thesis. Weekly Newsletter Signup: Slabnomics.com🎥Youtube📸Instagram

Have you ever been right about a card and watched the market ignore you for months? This episode breaks down the hidden architecture driving card prices. Not the surface-level "supply and demand" explanation, but the actual forces underneath: the psychological biases that keep incorrect prices in place far longer than they should, the structural mechanics that used to prop up modern sets but largely don't anymore, and the specific signals that tell you when inertia is about to break (in...

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