The Investing For Beginners Podcast - Your Path To Financial Freedom

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 […] The post IFB16: The Market Has Seen the Snapchat Stock Story Before appeared first on Investing for Beginners 101.

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 […] The post IFB15: What Other Investing Strategies Are Out There? appeared first on Investing for Beginners 101.

  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 […] The post IFB14: Why Investing Metrics are More of a Guideline than a Blueprint appeared first on Investing for Beginners 101.

Welcome to session 13 of the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s session, we have a Q&A with Steven about many different topics, but the two main items for discussion are the forward P/E and 10% dividend paying stocks. Calculating a forward P/E can be tricky and relying on the financial websites to do it […] The post IFB13: The Unreliability of Forward P/E and 10% Dividend Stocks appeared first on Investing for Beginners 101.

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 […] The post IFB12: The Validity of Scuttlebutt Investing and Qualitative Analysis appeared first on Investing for Beginners 101.

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 […] The post IFB11: A Complete Guide to to the Most Useful Stock Valuation Methods appeared first on Investing for Beginners 101.

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 […] The post IFB10: Making a Quant Investing Approach Inspired by Baseball Sabermetrics appeared first on Investing for Beginners 101.

  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 […] The post IFB09: Myths about Dividend Paying Blue Chip Stocks appeared first on Investing for Beginners 101.

.  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. […] The post IFB08: Debunking Flawed Efficient Market Hypothesis Assumptions appeared first on Investing for Beginners 101.

Creating portfolio income is one of the main reasons we all invest. There are many ways to create that income. One of the best ways is utilizing dividends. These payouts from your investments are one of the leading ways to create portfolio income for your retirement or hopefully, before that. Tonight we have the extreme […] The post IFB07: Creating Portfolio Income with Ben Reynolds from Sure Dividend appeared first on Investing for Beginners 101.

  When you go to the doctor you always imagine that they have your best interests in mind when you see them. The Same rule applies when you walk into a bank or financial services office. Unfortunately not always the case. With the doctor, typically their motivation is to help you get better. With the […] The post IFB06: 4 Things the Financial Services Industry Will Never Admit appeared first on Investing for Beginners 101.

  Finding the right mix of stocks and bonds is a common question among beginners. As a conservative investor, it is a must that I find a good mix to mitigate risk.  Most conservative investors go with a mix of 75% stocks and 25% bonds to help lessen any risk of loss. But as a […] The post IFB05: Going 100% Stocks Even as a Conservative Investor appeared first on Investing for Beginners 101.

DRIP investing is one of the untapped resources to investors. It can be one of the keys to growing your wealth. Compounding is one of 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 […] The post IFB04: Why DRIP Investing Your Stocks Should be Integral to Your Investing appeared first on Investing for Beginners 101.

      When you are looking for advice on how to buy stocks, you will find thousands of articles on the internet. All of them touting the various ways to buy stocks to make money. But what about selling a stock? Crickets. There is not much out there to tell you when to sell. […] The post IFB03: Doesn’t a Stop Loss Contradict Buy and Hold? appeared first on Investing for Beginners 101.

One of the scariest things about investing is buying a stock at the absolute wrong time. Guess what? Timing the market wrong doesn’t matter that much. What is much more important is the time in the market. You read about all the stock market millionaires. Or billionaires. Guess what they all in common? It’s time […] The post IFB02: Why Timing the Market Wrong Doesn’t Matter that Much appeared first on Investing for Beginners 101.

  One of the most difficult ideas for beginners is the idea of diversification. If you read any investing publications they all talk about it. But they often don’t discuss the optimal diversification for sectors and individual stocks.  There is so much conflicting information regarding diversification. And how to set up your portfolio for maximum benefit. […] The post IFB01: Optimal Portfolio Diversification for Sectors and Individual Stocks appeared first on Investing for Beginners 101.