How to Trade Options: A Beginner’s Guide to the Risks (and Rewards)
Table of Contents [Click to Skip Ahead] Intro to Options The Two Most Basic Options Contracts The Options Killer: Time (Theta) How to Create a Safe Income Stream from Options How to Calculate Potential Profit and Loss on Any Call or Put Other Strategies and Important Risk Management The Martyrs of Options Trading and Their […]
ETF & Index Weighting Schemes
With ETFs and passive investing continuing to grow in popularity, it is important for investors to understand the various index weighting schemes that our trusted ETFs are tracking. These differences in weighting schemes can expose investors to different risk and return potential so it is important to always check “under the hood” what type of […]
How Multifactor Models Can Produce Excess Returns in the Stock Market
If you recently read my post about the different value factors then you’re in the right place to take that knowledge and build on it with some multifactor model discussion from Chapter 16 of ‘What Works on Wall Street’, written by James O’Shaughnessy. If you haven’t yet read that article, then I highly recommend you […]
9 Top Benjamin Graham Quotes on Value Investing
Benjamin Graham is one of the most successful value investors of all time and he also has given us some freaking amazing quotes throughout his life! I have written quite a few posts on Benjamin Graham and maybe you can even call me a bit of a fanboy, so why not keep the train going […]
A History of the DIS Dividend and Where It Could Go From Here
Disney (DIS) recently just rolled out their new online streaming platform, Disney Plus, and it has sparked a huge amount of conversations about the company and their stock price, so why not take a look at the historical DIS Dividend and see if we can take a stance about what might be happening in the […]
IFB126: Learning from 3 Master Investors with Scott A. Chapman, CFA
Announcer: 00:00 You’re tuned in to the Investing for Beginners podcast. Finally, step by step premium investment guidance for beginners, led by Andrew Sather and Dave Ahern. To decode industry jargon, silence crippling confusion, and help you overcome emotions by looking at the number, your path to financial freedom starts now. Scott: 00:36 All right […]
IFB125: Using the Bid-Ask Spread to Buy Zero Commission Stocks (over ETFs)
Announcer: 00:00 You’re tuned in to the Investing for Beginners podcast. Finally, step by step premium investment guidance for beginners led by Andrew Sather and Dave Ahern. To decode industry jargon, silence crippling confusion, and help you overcome emotions by looking at the numbers, your path to financial freedom starts now. Dave: 00:35 All right […]
The Information Ratio – CFA Level 2
An investor’s Information Ratio is a measure of the Active Return that is being achieved per unit of Active Risk. The Information Ratio is important to investors because it is one of the best indicators of the skill level of the portfolio manager or individual retail investor. This article will discuss the calculations of the […]
IFB107: The China Trade News is Killing This Stock… Should I Buy it?
Announcer: 00:00 You’re tuned in to the Investing for Beginners podcast. Finally, step by step premium investment guidance for beginners led by Andrew Sather and Dave Ahern to decode industry jargon, silence crippling confusion and help you overcome emotions by looking at the numbers, your path to financial freedom starts now. Dave: 00:36 All right, […]
IFB105: Q&A: Is Acorns Worth it? Should I Buy Small Cap Stocks?
Announcer: 00:00 You’re tuned in to the Investing for Beginners podcast. Finally, step by step premium investment guidance for beginners led by Andrew Sather and Dave Ahern. To decode industry jargon, silence crippling confusion and help you overcome emotions by looking at the numbers, your path to financial freedom starts now. Dave: 00:37 All right […]
