Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be a special one as we have an awesome guest in the show! Karen Finerman, Metropolitan Capital Advisor's hedge fund manager and a panelist in CNBC's Fast money show, will be gracing us today with her investing journey, mistakes and wisdom throughout the years in different market cycles. She also has an upcoming podcast (already published at the time this episode goes live) named "How She does it which talks about having conversations with female leaders in all industries who make their own space and build their careers in unique ways. It was such a pleasure having her in our show and was a gem of insights not only in investing but life in general also so listen on!

Timestamps of the episode:

-Karen shares her investing journey from wanting to become a gymnast into doing risk arbitrage trading and being successful in a male dominated finance industry. [02:26]

-Why always thinking about the downside matters. Karen talks about an expensive lesson she learned from investing. [05:36]

-How to rationally handle your investing failures and make use of it. [07:49]

-Why the current market conditions does not surprise Karen. [10:15]

-How Karen's investing style changed throughout the years. [12:10]

-Withstanding market swings and irrationality. How to overcome when the market narrative is against your stocks. [16:40]

-Being in the age of hyper information does not help in giving you an edge as an investor. [21:44]

-Key pieces of information that are more signal than noise in the markets. [24:14]

-The best way of weighing investing risk vs reward in picking individual stocks. [29:18]

-When to sell: the underrated hardest thing to do in investing. [34:05]

-Karen shares the story behind her podcast, "How she does it" and how it empowers women in different industries. [36:50]

-The most important lesson she taught her daughters. [39:15]

-Karen talks about an amazing endeavor of a guest in her podcast which is awe inspiring to be honest. [41:20]

Note: Timestamps may differ and are approximate, depending on your podcast player.

Karen Finerman's podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/2bDVlf5r5Rocbq0xZCK2JE?si=36c4dfc0aa4d4404

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