Brian Feroldi Discusses the Importance of Quality and Valuation
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we chat with Brian Feroldi about finding quality companies and the importance of valuation: *What he sees in the markets today *How to profit from investments in a way that you can use today. *The quality filters he uses to find great investments *The Importance […]
IFB237: The Impact of Proxy Voting and Investing in Money Losing Companies
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we answer some great listener questions: *How do we feel about investing in companies with ESG concerns? *What are our thoughts of investing in precious metals or metals? *How does the Proxy statement work, and voting for our values *How do we deal with companies […]
Discussing Dividends with DivGro, A Dividend Growth Investor
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we chat with Ferdi from the DivGro: *How did he get started in dividend investing, and why dividend growth investing? *How does he finds companies to buy, and what his criteria for investments are based on? *The differences between Dividend Aristocrats and Dividend Kings *What […]
Bird’s Eye View of IBM
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we take a bird’s eye view of IBM: *We talk about the top line or revenue growth of the company *Next, we discuss the operating margins of IBM *Andrew and I talk about the different margins of companies, ie. Visa and Costco *We look at […]
Nick Maggiulli Joins Us to Talk About Just Keep Buying
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we chat with Nick Maggiulli, author Of Dollars and Data and the new book, Just Keep Buying: *What drew him to dollars and data, and why did he start his blog, Of Dollars and Data? *The impact of fees on long-term results *How to improve […]
IFB236: Differences Between ETFs and Mutual Funds, and Investing in Companies Beyond Their Fair Value
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we answer three great listener questions: *The differences between investing in mutual funds and ETFs *Why we advocate for investing in individual stocks *How to deal with dollar cost averaging into a company that has grown beyond its fair value *How to start building your […]
David Stein from Money For the Rest of Us Podcast Discusses Closed-End Funds and Commodities
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we chat with David Stein of Money for the Rest of Us podcast, and the book of the same name: *David explains Closed-End Funds to us *Differences between open and closed-end funds and ETFs *The best strategy to invest in closed-end funds *Good resources to […]
IFB235: Static Dividend Payers and Risk-Free Rates in Valuation
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss: *What is an average investor or beginner? *What are our thoughts on Robo-advisors? *Thoughts on companies that pay a static dividend? *How do you approach the risk-free rates for valuation models For more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, […]
Vitaliy Katsenelson Discusses Having Soul in the Game and the Importance of Habits
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we chat with Vitaliy Katsenelson about his new book, Soul in the Game: The Art of a Meaningful Life. *We ask Vitaliy if he is an investor who writes or a writer who invests. *What drove him to write this new book? *Why everyone should […]
Talking About the Importance of KPIs with Braden Dennis of Stratosphere
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we chat with Braden Dennis of Stratosphere.io: *Braden talks about what excites him in the markets currently, including focusing on KPIs (Key Performance Indicators). *The ability to get started and how much easier today than it was five years ago, with lower fees, better products, […]