How Benchmarking Performance to an Index Keeps Investors Rational
Have you ever heard the saying that “anyone can be a genius in a bull market?” Well, it’s true, if you’re not benchmarking performance of your portfolio. Not benchmarking your portfolio can really cause some major issues if you’re not careful and will have some major, long-term negative effects on your portfolio. So, what even […]
IFB145: Finding Great Balance Sheets with Braden Dennis
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, […]
How Interest Rates and the Stock Market Are Intricately Intertwined
“The most important item over time in valuation is obviously interest rates.” –Warren Buffett Quite a statement, and my thought is, how much do we understand interest rates and their effect on the stock market? In the chaos of the stock market today, with the extreme volatility we have been experiencing between the coronavirus concerns, […]
IFB143: Why It’s Hard to Invest in a Bear Market
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. Andrew (00:35): All right […]
What is High IV in Options and How Does it Affect Returns?
As you have learned from previous posts, trading options is buying the ability to buy or sell a stock at a certain strike price. A call option means you are bullish on the stock and a put option means you are bearish on the stock. Stocks can naturally move up and down on their own […]
Worst 401k Mistakes – The Biggest One will SHOCK You
A 401k is a wonderful thing as long as you’re using it correctly. Something that I have learned over the years is that so many people are making 401k mistakes and they don’t even know it. Sometimes I get asked questions from coworkers about what they should do regarding their 401k and it: Makes me […]
4 Popular “Theta Gang” Strategies to Collect Premium from Options
What is theta gang? Simply put, these are options trading strategies that capitalize on the fact that the prices of options decay over time. Instead of trying to predict if a stock will go up or down, you simply play the time game– collecting premium which turns to profit as time goes by, then rinsing […]
IFB139: Beginners Guide to Investing in Bonds
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 […]
A Few Reasons why Investing in eSports Could Result in Massive Gains
Have you ever considered investing in eSports? If not, you could really be missing out on some major potential gains. In a recent Investing for Beginners Podcast episode, Andrew and Dave had a special guest on, Braden Dennis, and they talked about four tips for beginning investors. When they were talking about these tips, the […]
Thoughts on the High Yield Bond Market from Warren Buffett
If you were to read Section III.A in the Essays of Warren Buffett, then you’re going to hear all about Buffett’s opinion on the high yield bond market and bonds in general, but let me summarize for you – he doesn’t like them. Buffett’s personal opinion, and it’s one that I 100% agree with, is […]
