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 […]
IFB193: Consistent Investing, ESG, and ETFs
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show we discuss: The advantages of investing consistently and using dollar-cost averaging to your benefit The pluses and minuses of ESG investing and the ESG score ETF investing, pluses and minuses For more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com SUBSCRIBE TO […]
IFB192: Navigating An Impending Crash, Investing Your Emergency Fund
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show we discuss: How to navigate an impending stock market crash, and time in the market versus timing the market Building your portfolio with a mix of value and growth stocks A brief overview of commercial paper Different ideas to invest your emergency funds For more […]
Healthcare REITs Stocks: Full List 2022 [Top Companies Overview]
Publicly traded healthcare REITs have dual exposure to two favorable themes: real estate and healthcare spending. Exposure to both themes are attractive to investors because: (1) The real estate market can diverge from the stock market, protecting in some bear markets. (2) Aging baby boomers and expanded life expectancies are driving higher demands for healthcare […]
Global Wealth, Money, Real Estate, Bond, and Stock Market Statistics
With so many trillions and billions of dollars changing hands around the world today, how can the average investor make sense of it all? Follow the money. The global wealth picture is hard to follow but easier to understand through some basic money and stock market statistics. As an investor I’m curious to the actual […]
Two Examples of the Law of Large Numbers – How it Affects Valuations
Compound interest is the key to all investment returns, and it especially instrumental in its role for generating massive returns on the best growth stocks. But there’s a limit to compound interest called the law of large numbers, and we’ll talk about examples of this law applied on two very big businesses—Microsoft and Amazon. This […]
From the Vault: Stock Picking for Dummies
Today’s episode is from the archive, Andrew and I hope you enjoyed your holiday weekend and everyone is safe. Please enjoy this episode redux concerning stock picking and some of the pitfalls to avoid. Don’t worry, we will be back next week with a new episode. Announcer (00:00): You’re tuned in to the Investing for […]
What is a Good Net Profit Margin? 20 Years of Data from the S&P 500
Healthy margins are a telling signal of a healthy business. But what’s considered a good net profit margin can vary depending on the industry, and depending on the year. In my mind, it’s difficult to understand what constitutes a good net profit margin (also called “net margin”, or “net income margin”) when you have no […]
Corporate Bond Yield, Yield Curve, and its Impact in Fixed Income
“Both from the standpoint of stocks and bonds, an investor wants to go where the growth is.” Bill Gross Considered the undisputed master of bond investing, Bill Gross spent his entire investing career focusing on the bond asset class and used his main investment vehicle, PIMCO, to generate great wealth for himself and his shareholders […]
Opinion: Why Merger Mania May Be on The Cusp in a Post-COVID World
Mergers and acquisitions are one and the same. It’s the classic big fish swallows the little fish. And on Wall Street, when M&A starts to really get going—well, that’s what’s called “merger mania’. I think we’re on the cusp of a new merger mania, accelerated by the COVID-19 crisis and everything that’s happened because of […]
