The Investing for Beginners Podcast - Your Path to Financial Freedom

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we answer some great listener questions: How do we feel about investing in companies with ESG concerns? What are our thoughts of investing in precious metals or metals? How does the Proxy statement work, and voting for our values How do we deal with companies losing money over a year? For more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.comToday's show is sponsored by:Allegiance GoldSUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | TuneinTranscript Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we chat with Ferdi from the DivGro: How did he get started in dividend investing, and why dividend growth investing? How does he finds companies to buy, and what his criteria for investments are based on? The differences between Dividend Aristocrats and Dividend Kings What kinds of resources does he use to find the best investments How he handles dividend cuts and portfolio management The importance of changing your perspective and investigating other approaches You can find more from Ferdi here:DivGro Blog@divgroFerdiS on Seeking AlphaPortfolio-insight.comFerdi Scheepers on TheStreet.com’s Dividend Strategists:Today's show is sponsored by:BetterHelpFor more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.comSUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | Tunein Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we take a bird's eye view of IBM:·      We talk about the top line or revenue growth of the company·      Next, we discuss the operating margins of IBM·      Andrew and I talk about the different margins of companies, ie. Visa and Costco·      We look at the acquisitions and cash flow statement for IBM·      Final verdict on an investment in IBM For more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | Tunein Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we chat with Nick Maggiulli, author Of Dollars and Data and the new book: Just Keep Buying:·      What drew him to dollars and data, and why did he start his blog, Of Dollars and Data?·      The impact of fees on long-term results·      How to improve your savings rates and some of the things holding people back from saving more·      Nick discusses the importance of raising your income·      Nick's thoughts on debt, what kind of debt you have, and its impact·      How to flip the narrative and keep investing during downtimes·      The importance of dollar cost averaging or DCA·      How to start investing in your 401k as a younger investorToday’s show is sponsored by:BetterHelp For more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | Tunein Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we answer three great listener questions:·      The differences between investing in mutual funds and ETFs·      Why we advocate for investing in individual stocks·      How to deal with dollar cost averaging into a company that has grown beyond its fair value·      How to start building your portfolio following Andrew's eLetter picks and the importance of a time horizonFor more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | Tunein Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we chat with David Stein of Money for the Rest of Us podcast, and the book of the same name:·      David explains Closed-End Funds to us·      Differences between open and closed-end funds and ETFs·      The best strategy to invest in closed-end funds·      Good resources to research closed-end funds·      What are the best accounts to use for closed-end funds·      We get David's take on the commodity market     For more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | Tunein Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we discuss:·      What is an average investor or beginner?·      What are our thoughts on Robo-advisors?·      Thoughts on companies that pay a static dividend?·      How do you approach the risk-free rates for valuation modelsFor more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | Tunein Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we chat with Vitaliy Katsenelson about his new book, Soul in the Game: The Art of a Meaningful Life·      We ask Vitaliy if he is an investor who writes or a writer who invests.·      What drove him to write this new book?·      Why everyone should write, it helps you think better; plus, as an investor, it acts as a journal concerning your decisions.·      How writing can help you help you change your mind; as you grow, you learn, and writing can help you grow your thinking.·      How to develop better habits, start small.·      How to develop the skill of meditating.·      What he means by "Soul in the Game."·      The importance of Stoic philosophy and how it gives us an operating system for life.You can learn more about Vitaliy and his investment firm, IMA, here and read all of his articles here. For more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | Tunein Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we chat with Braden Denis of Stratosphere.io:·      Braden talks about what excites him in the markets currently, including focusing on KPIs (Key Performance Indicators).·      The ability to get started and how much easier today than it was five years ago, with lower fees, better products, and more information available.·      How he uses KPIs to simplify his investment process and use them to track your company's performance.·      Using KPIs to compare companies and the usefulness of the comparisons.·      Creating a simple checklist using KPIs to help them narrow down their investment choices. For more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | Tunein Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we discuss:·      A Bird's Eye view of Walmart·      Starting to learn the company via the 10-k; if you understand the business, move on to the rest of the 10-k.·      Focus on the top line growth or revenue growth·      Understanding the process of analyzing a company and using that knowledge to compare it to other companies.For more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | Tunein Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices