IFB123: Investing vs Paying off Student Loan Debt
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 […]
IFB121: Analyzing the Growth of a Stock Pt. 1
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 […]
Inheritance Investing Considerations for the Young Investor
A listener to the IFB podcast recently was asking for some advice on investing inheritance money and some good tips and things to think about. Andrew and Dave shared their thoughts on the show, which you can also listen to below. Having listened to the episode, and being a young investor myself, I have some […]
IFB119: Before You Buy an Insurance Stock, Make Sure You Listen to This
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 […]
Security Analysis for the Lay Investor – Ch 11 of The Intelligent Investor
Benjamin Graham classifies the difference between the lay investor and the security analyst in order to give some direction to the “layman”, or average investor. He saw a concerning trend within the security analysts of his day—more and more were using sophisticated math in order to justify high valuations on growth stocks. Graham had a […]
IFB118: Questions about Investing an Inheritance as a 21 year old
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 […]
Combined Ratio – How to Calculate it With Examples
How do we determine if the insurance companies we invest in make money? Is there some secret formula or hidden clues in the financial reports? In a word, yes. The ratio refers to the combined ratio and can reveal everything to us. Well, maybe not all, but quite a bit if we know where to […]
IFB117: Sharing Our Top Stock Analysis Tools as We Analyze a Railroad Stock
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 […]
Which Investment Type Typically Carries the Least Risk?
When it comes to questions about investing and personal finance, the answers can be so subjective. Asking “which investment type typically carries the least risk” can prompt an answer that “it depends” on who is doing the investing. You can also get into the can of worms that everyone perceives investment types differently (being better […]
The Enterprising Investor Portfolio Policy – Ch 7 of The Intelligent Investor
Benjamin Graham defines the enterprising investor as someone who will “devote a fair amount of his attention and efforts toward obtaining a better than run-of-the-mill investment result”. Now, what are some ways that someone could be an enterprising investor? Graham identifies 3 types of government bonds that an investor could buy, and 4 different ways […]
