IFB216: How to Find Beaten Down or Out of Favor Companies to Analyze?
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss: *How to find good, profitable companies that we can invest in for the longer term? *How to use Malcolm Gladwell’s Ten Thousand Hours idea to learn more about a sector or industry, and how that knowledge compounds *Andrew shares a list of great […]
IFB215: ETFs and Stock Price Impacts, Plus Stock Spinoffs
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss: *Diving deeper into ETF construction, and how they match the markets they mimic *Does the movement of individual stocks affect the overall ETF? *How spinoffs work, and some thoughts on the upcoming spinoff of AT&T and Warner Media For more insight like this […]
IFB214: Shorting – How to Handle When Your Company is Shorted, And What To Do
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss: *What shorting a stock is, and how investors use it to earn returns *How to determine whether your company has a big short position *What to do if your company has a large short position For more insight like this into investing and […]
IFB213: Intrinsic Value for Beginners
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss: *The importance and differences between intrinsic value and how to determine one for a company *How to use ratios like P/E and PEG to value companies *How to think about relative valuation and use it to the best benefit. For more insight like […]
IFB212: Investing in “Safer” Investments, Picking ETFs and Individual Stocks, and Bond ETFs
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss: *How to find investments that pay 3-5% returns or safer returns that lower the volatility *How to think about investing in ETFs and picking different stocks that might be in the ETF *How to think about investing in Dividend Aristocrats and others that […]
IFB211: Brokers, Index Funds, and Cash Flow Statements
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss: *Finding and choosing the best brokerage account for you, especially ones that offer no fees, partial share purchasing, and DRIP options *The different options to build a portfolio using ETFs and some of the important details to look for when choosing different ETFs […]
IFB210: Student Debt, TQQQ, and DCFs
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss: *Some ideas of how to handle a student loan debt of 500k and whether investing in the market to pay down the debt is a good idea. *How to handle investing in a brokerage account after maxing out your Roth IRA. *Some of […]
IFB209: Investing the Fantasy Football Pot, Thoughts on Stock Advisor Services
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss: *How to save money over a short period of time with zero volatility *How taxes work for a brokerage account, and other styles of brokerage accounts such as a solo 401k *Things to consider when looking to invest in real estate *Deciding what […]
IFB208: ETFs and Dividends/Fees, Plus How to Navigate Changes in Financials
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss: *How expense fees and dividend yields work for ETFS, and whether they change over time. *An example of a set it and forget it type investment portfolio using ETFs *How to examine financials for irregularities or any other changes from the past to […]
IFB207: Using a ReFi to Invest, Mutual Fund Questions, and Covid Impacts on Certain Industries
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss: *The pros and cons of using a ReFi to invest in the stock market *How mutual funds work, and what kinds of returns you can expect from them *Looking at different industries and how COVID has impacted them, questions to think through when […]