Homebuilding Industry Breakdown: Revenue Drivers, Business Model
The homebuilding industry is easy to understand as a concept. Companies build new homes, and customers buy and live in them. But there are several moving pieces to consider for this industry, which are key for investors to understand if you are going to buy publicly traded homebuilder stocks. Homebuilder stocks have been out of […]
Franchise Risk: Two Public Failures Explain the Two Sides of the Story
When it comes to franchise risk, there are two sides to the coin—risk for the franchisee and risk for the franchisor. Whether considering operating as a franchisee or investing in a franchisor, it’s important to understand the intricate differences in these risks. To do that, we will look at two examples of franchise risk gone […]
How Schedule 13d Filings Can Help Investors Find Undervalued Stock Ideas
There are two main stock market strategies where reading schedule 13D filings is essential to success: portfolio cloning and deep value investing. In this post we’ll talk about what a schedule 13D is and why it is useful for those two strategies, by tackling the following: The Basics of the Schedule 13D Filing (vs the […]
Yes, Acorns Found Money for My Friend, But I Have a Better Solution!
I recently had a friend tell me that Acorns found money for them and it really made me think about if it makes sense to use Acorns as an investing strategy in your process. So, can Acorns find money for you to invest as well? I won’t go too far into the weeds with Acorns […]
Letter to My Future Self – Investing in the Next Bear Market (‘20 Lessons)
Dear Forgetful Andrew, It’s really hard to remember the details when too much time passes. So I’m writing to you now so that hopefully you don’t forget what’s most important when the next bear market comes around. We just exited through one of the fastest bear markets and recoveries that the stock market has ever […]
Lessons After 40+ Interviews of the Greatest Investors with William Green
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we interview William Green of Richer, Wiser, Happier: Takeaways from the book on life, habits, and processes Discussion on cloning, finding ideas, and how to win in the markets. How to fashion the life you want to live and discover what is important to you […]
How Do You Know When To Sell a Stock?
Updated: 6/16/2023 A question as old as time in the stock market. How do you know when to sell a stock? If you ask an investing great, they will likely say something to the effect of: “the best time to sell a stock is never.” In fact, I think Warren Buffett said that one already. […]
Industry Breakdown: 3PL Logistics
Updated 6/4/2024 “The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics.” –Napoleon Bonaparte Military leaders understand that successful campaigns would never win wars without logistics. In World War 2, Dwight Eisenhower understood that winning would come down to logistics, moving both men and material to the point of attack and continuing that flow until the war […]
Business Breakdown: An In-Depth Netflix Stock Valuation
The Netflix product is easy to understand for most investors. Doing an in-depth stock valuation can be much harder. In this post, I will show an example of how to value Netflix so investors can do this now and in the future. Netflix has a unique business model. It absolutely disrupted the media industry and […]
Clever, Simple, Fun Money Lessons for Kids with Ashley Clark
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show we discuss with Ashley Clark from Sense 2 Cents: How using flashcards is a great way to teach beginning money terms to kids What are some of the most common misconceptions about money and why Ashley started working towards reversing those ideas. How we can […]
