The Investing for Beginners Podcast - Your Path to Financial Freedom

Welcome to episode 28 of the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we will discuss Andrew's eLetter service and a response to a note written by a listener in regards to that service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to episode 27 of the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we are going to discuss some of Andrew's 6 unconventional investing principles. These are some great ideas that are not talked about enough and can help you in your investing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to episode 26 of the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we discuss the Magic Formula and how it is put together. We break down the numbers and formulas to help you understand this great tool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to session 25 of the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's session, we discuss to the formation of bubbles and how they operate. Using the lessons learned from Tulip Mania we talk about the bubble that is forming around student loan debt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to session 24 of the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we discuss some real life examples of people investing in the stock market and making it big. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to session 23 of the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we discuss some of our favorite Warren Buffett quotes and the impact they have had on us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to session 22 of the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's session, we discuss stock screeners and how to use them to find great investment ideas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to session 21 of the Investors for Beginners podcast. In today's session, we continue our discussion of the seminal book, the Intelligent Investor. In today's show, we talk about Chapter 20, which includes topics such as calculating a margin of safety. Which is arguably one of the most important subjects ever written. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's session we discuss the Intelligent Investor and we are going to focus on one of Warren Buffett's favorite chapters. This chapter discusses Mr. Market among other great topics, such as diversification, Dow Theory, and charactaristics of a bull market. Join us to learn more about this amazing book and we will continue next week with Chapter 20. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to session 19 of the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's session, we discuss how to manage your portfolio as it relates to dollar cost averaging. This very important strategy can help smooth out your returns and allow you to add smaller amounts to the market and increase your returns over time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to session 18 of the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we discuss the ideas and methods behind starting down the path of financial freedom. Each person's path is going to be a little different, but the basic ideas and philosophies are all going to be the same. Save money, invest it, watch it grow and enjoy your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to session 17 of the Investing for Beginners podcast. Today we talk all things cash flow statement. We give you a run down on how to read a cash flow statement and what to look for, and what to look out for. This is an interesting discussion as we dive deep into Berkshire Hathaway's cash flow statement. This statement provides us with the free cash flow that the company can use to reinvest or pay us a dividend. Join us to learn more about cash flow statements and how to unravel some of their mysteries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you for joining us for session 16 today. In today's session, Andrew and I are going to discuss IPOs and the dangers of investing in unknown company's like Snapchat. With the recent earnings report, which was the first since Snapchat had gone public, the stock tanked 20% in one day and has not done well since its IPO. Andrew and I discuss why and how you can avoid these value traps in your investing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to session 15 of the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's session we chat with Allan, who is a new investor, just started two weeks ago. He has some great questions for us today and the main discussion centers around the different styles of investing out there. Of course, Andrew and I have fun taking turns talking about some of the other strategies, in addition to value investing, which is our main style. Join us as we discuss the different styles as well as many other topics, such as dividend investing, shorting stocks and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to session 14 of the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we discuss why investing metrics are a guideline as opposed to a blueprint. We go into depth on why you use these metrics to guide you, not make your decisions for you. We also discuss some other great topics, such as dividends, stock screeners, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In session 13 we have a Q&A with Steven who is a beginning investor with some terrific questions about dividends and the forward P/E. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Quantitative investing versus qualitative is an ongoing battle but utilizing scuttlebutt investing and numbers is a great way to find awesome companies. In today's session, Andrew and I discuss our thoughts on quantitative versus qualitative. Andrew is very much a numbers guy and I am more a mix of the two. We both agree that using scuttlebutt has its merits but should be used in conjunction with quant investing. If you are enjoying this podcast please subscribe here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Using stock valuation methods to discover and screen for great companies is a great way to find investment opportunities. In this session, we will talk about seven of the stock valuation methods that we use to help us be better investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Baseball and value investing have more in common than you would think. The study of numbers or sabermetrics has had a huge influence on baseball. Similarly, there has been a tremendous influence from quant investing in value investing. Warren Buffett is a very big fan of baseball and he has used that influence to adapt several philosophies from baseball to his investing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's session, we look at the definition of a Blue Chip stock and how the dividend's that you collect from these companies can help grow your wealth. We also look at whether a company is shareholder friendly or not nad how this can affect you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this session, we discuss the efficient market hypothesis and discover what their theories are. We also look at the efficient market hypothesis assumptions and how we think they are wrong. This will be a lively discussion. If you have any question you would like answered, please reach out to us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's session will discuss the creating of portfolio income with dividend expert Ben Reynolds of Sure Dividend. In this session, Ben explains how dividends work, what the best dividend stocks to invest in and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Find out what 4 things the financial services industry will never admit to. Just because they manage your money doesn't mean the financial services industry isn't out to make themselves richer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DRIP investing is one of the untapped resources to investors. It can be one of the keys to growing your wealth. Compounding is one the eight wonders of the world, according to Albert Einstein. Utilizing it with DRIP investing is a great way to double compound your investments. We will discuss this and much more in today's session. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Having optimal portfolio diversification for beginners is one of the most difficult strategies to understand. We will discuss this and much more in this session Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Having an exit strategy when you sell is almost as important as your buy strategy. This is where having a stop loss is so important. We will discuss this and much more in this session Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Timing the market doesn't matter and in this podcast we will discuss why. And how to make decisions on when you should make your investments. We will discuss this and more in today's session Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices