MarketRacoon

The deep dives

One money illusion per episode, taken apart properly. Why your bank does not have your money. Why a dividend makes you nothing. Why you pay for your house twice. Contrarian, sourced, and honest about what the evidence does not support.

Explained simply

Baby raccoon takes the ideas everything else is built on and explains them in plain English. Compound interest. Inflation. The stuff nobody sat you down and taught, without the condescension.

All episodes 16

Deep dive

GameStop: You Don't Play By The Same Rules

In January 2021 the buy button stopped working. Not for everyone. You could still sell, you simply could not buy.

Sep 4, 2026

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Your Safest Investment Just Had Its Worst Year Since 1754

A bond makes you the bank rather than the owner. That sounds safe until rates move: 2022 was the worst year for bonds since 1754, and nothing about them was broken.

Sep 1, 2026

Deep dive

97% of Day Traders Lost Everything. The 3% Sell You Courses

Every money video you have watched was made by somebody who won, including this one. Researchers tracked people who day traded for more than 300 days: 97% lost money. The ones who failed simply stopped posting.

Aug 28, 2026

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A 1% Fee Quietly Took $186,877 Out of Your Pocket

An index fund does nothing clever, and that is exactly why it works. It buys the whole market and charges almost nothing to do it, while a 1% fee quietly takes $186,877 out of a lifetime of saving.

Aug 25, 2026

Deep dive

The Bitcoin Energy Argument Was Real. Then the Miners Sold It.

A bitcoin mine switched off 95% of its power in a Texas heatwave and got paid $31 million. Then AI learned the same trick, and the miners sold their flexibility on fifteen year leases.

Aug 21, 2026