
InvestED: The Rule #1 Investing Podcast
Phil Town is a hedge fund manager and author of 3 New York Times best-selling investment books, Invested, Rule #1, and Payback Time. On the InvestED podcast, Phil and his daughter Danielle shine a light on the successful investing strategies that gurus like Warren Buffett have used for 80 years. Listen in for a great stock market education on basics, learn how to invest on your own, and follow along with real-time examples and investing tips from week to week. Subscribe and leave a review. Questions? Email questions@investedpodcast.com.
Latest episodes

Aug 20, 2019 • 36min
227- Buybacks (Part 4)
For show notes and more information, visit www.investedpodcast.com. This week Phil and Danielle finish up the final episode of a four-part series on buybacks. A significant question that arises during their conversation is whether or not buybacks are driven by a lack of integrity with management. The resulting answer is, unfortunately, more often than not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 13, 2019 • 44min
226- Buybacks (Part 3)
For show notes and more information, visit investedpodcast.com. Phil and Danielle continue their four-part series on buybacks in this episode of InvestED. They use common situations to illustrate exactly what a buyback is and what occurs when a company buys back its shares of stock. Companies distribute shares such as a pizzeria selling pieces of a pie, issuing slices of its ownership when it becomes public. When a company retires two pieces of its pizza pie by buying them back, what then happens to the remaining slices? The discussion proceeds as Phil and Danielle explain why companies decide to buy back shares with their extra money. They explain why companies bother with buying back their shares, and additionally cover the 4 basics of what a company can do with its extra money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 6, 2019 • 32min
225- Buybacks (Part 2)
This week Phil and Danielle continue their conversation by talking about companies using their extra money to buy back their own stock. The conversation shifts when they discuss varying choices that companies make when board members want to retain or increase their control. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 30, 2019 • 28min
224- Buybacks (Part 1)
For show notes and more info visit www.investedpodcast.comThis week, Phil and Danielle talk about companies using their extra money to buyback their own stock.Phil also talks about what a company being “too hard” means. A company is too hard when you can’t understand it, you can’t predict where they’re going to be in 10 years, or even companies you can’t figure out what they’re worth. Keep it simple. If there’s something about a company that you can’t understand, it’s simply, too hard.Here are a few options that companies have to do with their extra cash. They can issue dividends, which many companies do. They can buy back their own stock and they can just keep it and you use it for acquiring other companies or putting extra money into growing the company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 23, 2019 • 52min
223- From the Vault: Justin’s Butter & Digging Your Canyon
For show notes and more information visit www.investedpodcast.com.This week Phil and Danielle continue their From the Vault series and reintroduce Justin’s Nut Butter. In this episode, they go through a brief history of Justin’s Nut Butter, discuss how to evaluate a company for investing, and explain how to “dig your canyon.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 16, 2019 • 44min
222- Short Selling Tesla
For show notes and more information, visit www.investedpodcast.com. This week, Phil and Danielle continue their discussion of Tesla. They jump into the definition of short selling a stock and why people are shorting Tesla right now. Phil explains what a short sell is and when someone might think about shorting a stock. Phil talks about why it’s very difficult to be a short seller because, not only do you have to be right about the stock, but you have to be right and get the timing perfectly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 9, 2019 • 42min
221- Fears Surrounding Tesla
For show notes and more information, visit investedpodcast.com. This week we talk about what’s going on with Tesla and Elon Musk right now. Phil talks about a big problem for Tesla. Competition, disruption, and innovation. By the year 2022, there are expected to be over 200 electric cars on the market. That’s just 3 years from now. It’s a little scary that Tesla is running hard into the teeth of competition that’s been built on it’s back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 2, 2019 • 36min
220- From the Vault: Risky Market
This week, we're continuing our From the Vault series here with one from the beginning of 2019, when we talked about the risky market that we're in. Things really haven't changed much in the past 6 months. Check it out and see what you think. Happy Fourth of July. For show notes and more information, visit investedpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 25, 2019 • 33min
219- From the Vault: Let’s Talk About Tesla
Almost two years ago, Phil and Danielle talked about Tesla, its inner workings and the ups and downs in the stock price. They also talked about whether or not its stock price has anything to do with its actual value as a company. Now Tesla is back in the news for having been again, up and down, and the same questions are still out there. Let’s play this one from the vault.For show notes and more info visit investedpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 18, 2019 • 48min
218- John Assaraf on How to Turn Fear into Fuel
This week, InvestED welcomes John Assaraf to the show. John is one of the leading mindset and behavioral experts in the entire world. He's been on Larry King Live and Anderson Cooper, the Ellen Show. He's built five multimillion dollar companies, written multiple New York Times best-selling books and, he's been in eight movies including the Secret. He's the founder and CEO of Neurogym, which is a company that uses the most advanced technologies and brain training methods to help people unlock and ignite their fullest potential. In today’s episode, they discuss John’s new book, Innercise, and how brain training relates to investing and money.John talks about how fear often times holds people back from investing. Fear is associated with risk, potential pain and suffering, and going backward. The opposite side of that is, all of the rewards that come with making money, doing the right things, and seeing the gains and benefits. It's almost like a brake and gas system of a car, you need both, and you can use both. Once you learn how to use both you can get moving.John talks about how to turn your fear into fuel and harness your full potential. He talks about how you can do ‘innercises’ to strengthen your core neuro muscles and goes over a few techniques to stay calm and increase your awareness of your thoughts, feelings, and emotions. Especially when it comes to being scared of losing money.To learn more about Innercise and John Assaraf visit IgniteMyBrain.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices