IFB21: The Benjamin Graham Formula for Finding a Margin of Safety
Welcome to session 21 of the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s session, we are continuing our discussion of the Intelligent Investor and working through chapter 20. Again, this is one of the chapters highlighted by Warren Buffett as one of the most influential for him. This is the chapter that opened my eyes with […]
IFB19: Portfolio Management as it Relates to Dollar Cost Averaging
Welcome to session 19 of the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s session, we are going to have a little different format than we have been doing. We are going to answer some of our reader’s questions on air. Andrew and I are going to take turns answering these questions, and this should be […]
IFB16: The Market Has Seen the Snapchat Stock Story Before
Welcome to session 16 of the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s session, we are going to discuss IPOs and why you shouldn’t invest in them. We are going to use the recent Snapchat stock IPO as well as their latest earnings reports to help us understand why Snapchat stock is not a good investment […]
IFB15: What Other Investing Strategies Are Out There?
There are so many investing strategies out there it is hard to know which one is best for you. In today’s session, we will discuss some of the major investing strategies such as value investing, trend following, and momentum investing. All investing strategies have pros and cons to them and it is important to understand […]
IFB14: Why Investing Metrics are More of a Guideline than a Blueprint
Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s session we talk to Steve from England! Our little podcast is international, and we discuss some great topics. Our main focus is on investing metrics and how they are a guideline and not a blueprint for your investing success. How much to allocate to different […]
IFB12: The Validity of Scuttlebutt Investing and Qualitative Analysis
In today’s session, we are going to talk about quantitative versus qualitative analysis of stocks, this should be an interesting go around. I know how I feel about this, but I am not sure how Andrew feels about this, but I have an idea, but I think this could be interesting. Phil Fisher was the […]
IFB11: A Complete Guide to to the Most Useful Stock Valuation Methods
Today we are going to talk about stock valuation methods. Andrew has a great ebook that he wrote a while back that talks a lot about how to value a stock. These are methods that I use personally every day . A breakdown of the 7 valuation metrics that we use P/E ratio and its […]
IFB10: Making a Quant Investing Approach Inspired by Baseball Sabermetrics
Baseball and value investing have much more in common than one would think at first. The discipline and analyzation that you find in baseball can correlate to value investing quite easily. Great hitters like Ted Williams, Tony Gwynn, and Barry Bonds were extremely disciplined in their approaches and did an extensive study of the pitchers […]
IFB09: Myths about Dividend Paying Blue Chip Stocks
Finding blue chip paying dividend stocks is one of the best ways to grow your wealth over time. These companies that pay a dividend consistently over the years over a great double compounding effect that is hard to beat. We will discuss some of the myths of dividend paying blue chip stocks and why […]
IFB08: Debunking Flawed Efficient Market Hypothesis Assumptions
. The efficient market hypothesis is one of the hottest debated topics in the investing world. In today’s session, we are going to discuss some of the many ways this theory is flawed. We will talk about many of the efficient market hypothesis assumptions and how they may or many not have gotten it wrong. […]
