Slabnomics
Finance-Bro turned Card Bird explores the intersection of collecting, investment, and market theory for sports cards.
Think Financial Analyst meets Sports Card Collector.
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Slabnomics
Latest Episodes
PSA: The Federal Reserve of The Hobby
PSA just halted all four of its value grading tiers. The hobby is calling it a failure. We're calling it something else. PSA just acted like a central bank.This episode breaks down why PSA controlling the supply of grades is the same le...
Mangos, Messi, and Market Cap: The Hidden Math of Card Prices
Sports card investing through a Wall Street lens. Matthew Worley breaks down supply, demand, and market cap mechanics using three Messi Prizm World Cup Silvers (2014, 2018, 2022). Learn float vs pop report, gem rate math, why hypermodern ...
Don't Buy New Card Releases!
Here's why it's a bad investment every time. Only on Slabnomics.
Modern Cards Are Overvalued (Value vs. Growth)
174 of my own card flips: Vintage won 62.7% of the time. Modern won 40.7%. Value Premium, What cards are most like value stocks and growth stocks, and how to tilt a portfolio.
How To Read the Card Market Like a Wall Street Analyst
Seven Card Ladder charts. Three years of price and volume. Seven different cycle stages.This episode applies the Wyckoff Method, the 100-year-old framework finance uses to read market cycles, to the sports card market. The three laws. Th...
