{"id":9538,"date":"2020-02-20T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/einvestingforbeginners.com\/?p=9538"},"modified":"2022-06-01T15:48:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T19:48:25","slug":"value-investing-blog-ashul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/einvestingforbeginners.com\/value-investing-blog-ashul\/","title":{"rendered":"What Value Investing Blog Would You Recommend for Beginners?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So, you\u2019re finally drinking the Kool-Aid about value investing, but the issue is that you\u2019re a brand-new beginner, and you can’t find that perfect value investing blog!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, as expected, you come to your favorite blog of all time (this one, duh) to try to find some recommendations about where to start.  Well, I think that Andrew has a great blog post about where to start investing just in general,<\/a> but I encourage you to take a look at all blogs to see what fits for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, one of my favorites (for personal finance) is Personal Finance Blogs<\/a> because they will send you three awesome links everyday for great posts to read. I mean, you don’t even have to do anything…just, wham! There they are in your inbox in the AM – not too shabby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if you’re looking for that best value investing blog that I teased a bit, then I highly recommend you check out Jae Jun\u2019s blog called Old School Value<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think that this blog has an absolute ton of information, ranging from beginner topics to topics for the advanced investor.  Being an excel nerd, I was immediately sucked in as soon as I clicked on the main page and saw this message:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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I mean, like, the words \u2018free spreadsheets\u2019 are two of the\ngreatest words ever, and you just combined them together?!  That\u2019s right up there with March Madness,\nChicken Wings and Dividend Stocks for the things that get me excited.  Side note\u2026those are three very different\nthings when I think about it lol.  Maybe\nI research some dividend stocks while I\u2019m watching March Madness, smashing some\nchicken wings?  Who knows?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But let\u2019s get back on topic \u2013 Old School Value!\u00a0 So, as I mentioned, the blog has a very wide array of topics for different skill sets.\u00a0 One of the first blogs that I saw was this blog called ‘20 Balance Sheet Ratios Investor Must Know\u2019.<\/a> I immediately keyed in on this because as a value investor, it is imperative that you understand the numbers.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This blog post gives a very high level about what the ratio is, how to calculate it, and the reasoning as to why you should understand the ratio.  For instance, see the screenshot below with the Quick Ratio:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When you type in \u2018Jae Jun Value Investing Blog\u2019 the first blog to pop up is a blog titled \u201860 of My Favorite Value Investing Resources You\u2019d Be Crazy to Miss\u2019. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think that this blog post is freaking amazing.  In a sense, it\u2019s an all-inclusive look at\nwhat you need to do to really get going on a sustainable value investing\njourney.  When you first start investing,\nyou\u2019re not going to know everything.  In\nfact, you\u2019re likely going to know almost nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My personal advice has always been to get in and buy a stock that you\u2019re familiar with that might seem like a good value from what you have learned.  Don\u2019t overthink it \u2013 just buy a small position.  This is going to allow you to continue to learn different things and apply it to the stock that you already own.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you just try to learn on your own, I truly feel that it\u2019s not going to stick as well as it would if it was applied to a stock that you currently own because it\u2019s impacting your actual money!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I relate it to getting your MBA.  You can get your MBA right after you get your\nundergrad and feel like you\u2019re more prepared going into that first job, and you\nlikely are, but at that point it\u2019s really just an accumulation of education and\nit\u2019s not really knowledge, per se.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you were to go into the workforce and then get your MBA\nafter working for a few years, you would be able to apply that information to\nthings that you have learned while working. \nThat\u2019s the difference between education and knowledge.  Personally, I am only about 10 credit hours\ninto my MBA and I already feel like I\u2019ve learned more than I did in my 135+\nhours of undergrad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think that investing is the exact same.  Buy a stock, get your feet wet, and then\ncontinue to learn, and this blog post gives you some great ways to continue to\nlearn while your money is invested, and you can apply it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jae Jun gives 60 recommendations of things that you should do as an investor to continue to learn, shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was personally ecstatic when I got to the Twitter\nfollowers because I get a ton of my information from Twitter as does a lot of\nthe world nowadays.  I was proud that I\nam currently following three of the 13 but also pumped to learn that I get to\nfollow 10 more new investors now!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, very exciting to see that Tobias Carlisle was on the list of Twitter followers.  I have been a huge fan of Tobias Carlisle ever since I listened to him on Andrew\u2019s podcast<\/a> where they really talked about having a contrarian opinion to the market and zigging when others are zagging.  If you\u2019ve ever seen me write that before, it\u2019s from Tobias Carlisle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alright, that\u2019s all I got\nfolks!  Hope you liked it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kidding!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You didn\u2019t think I was going\nto actually just end the post without talking about this free spreadsheet did\nyou?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, not going to lie \u2013 when I first started investing, I tried to make a spreadsheet like this, and it was somewhat close to it, but not nearly as sophisticated.  Essentially, I was wanting to track my stock purchases and see how I was able to perform.  Well, this tool is absolutely insane, especially if you love Excel.  Below is a screenshot from the spreadsheet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It might look overwhelming at\nfirst, but it really isn\u2019t.  All that you\nhave to do is put in the Stock ticker, the price that you bought\/sold the stock\nat, the amount of shares, and that\u2019s it! \nThe rest is done automatically for you. \nSeriously, go check out the spreadsheet and download it \u2013 I have no idea\nwhy you wouldn\u2019t when it\u2019s 100% free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did chuckle a bit when I came to the fee section\u2026if you\u2019re still paying fees then you need to have a sit down with yourself and wonder what you\u2019re doing!  So many brokerage firms offer no fees now\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do yourself a favor and check\nout this blog sometime when you have time, especially if you\u2019re a\nbeginner.  There are a ton of blog posts\nthat are great \u201cstarter packs\u201d for the new investor and I think it can really\nset yourself up for success if you\u2019re willing to take the turn that education\ninto knowledge! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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