Did you know that learning someone's political views makes it harder to assess their expertise in other domains? With the U.S. presidential election campaign set to be the dominating storyline in 2024, Jeff and Jason talk through the power of bias on our decision making in ways we may not even realize.  Companies mentioned: APRN, CELH, MNST, NFLX, NVDA, PTON, SFIX, TSLA ***************************************** Email: thesmatteringshow@gmail.com Twitter: @InvestingPod Check out our YouTube channel for more content:  https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingUnscripted ****************************************** Investing Unscripted is brought to you by Public.com*. Go to Public.com and activate options trading by March 31st to lock in your lifetime rebate *Options are not suitable for all investors and carry significant risk.  Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk. Options can be risky and are not suitable for all investors. See the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options to learn more. For each options transaction, Public Investing shares 50% of their order flow revenue as a rebate to help reduce your trading costs. This rebate will be displayed as a negative number in the “Additional Fees” column of your Trade Confirmation Statement and will be immediately reflected in the total dollars paid or received for the transaction. Order flow rebates are only issued for options trades and not for transactions involving other assets, including equities. For more information, refer to the Fee Schedule. All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Open to the Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. See public.com/#disclosures-main for more information. *Transfer offer Terms and Conditions apply. ***************************************** Find the 2024 Portfolio Contest here: https://tinyurl.com/2024contest Find the 2023 Portfolio Contest here:  https://tinyurl.com/Smatterfolio2023

In their monthly livestream, Jason and Jeff talk about recent earnings, Buffett’s annual letter, the macro environment, their latest buys and sells, and take listener questions. You can get links to join the livestream by subscribing to the Investing Unscripted newsletter at https://investingunscripted.beehiiv.com/ Companies mentioned: CFLT, CPNG, DIS, LMND, NDA, NVDA, MKC, OM, PCOR, PINS, PYPL, SBUX, TGT, TMDX,  WD ***************************************** Email: thesmatteringshow@gmail.com Twitter: @InvestingPod Check out our YouTube channel for more content:  https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingUnscripted ****************************************** Investing Unscripted is brought to you by Public.com*. Go to Public.com and activate options trading by March 31st to lock in your lifetime rebate *Options are not suitable for all investors and carry significant risk.  Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk. Options can be risky and are not suitable for all investors. See the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options to learn more. For each options transaction, Public Investing shares 50% of their order flow revenue as a rebate to help reduce your trading costs. This rebate will be displayed as a negative number in the “Additional Fees” column of your Trade Confirmation Statement and will be immediately reflected in the total dollars paid or received for the transaction. Order flow rebates are only issued for options trades and not for transactions involving other assets, including equities. For more information, refer to the Fee Schedule. All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Open to the Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. See public.com/#disclosures-main for more information. ***************************************** Find the 2024 Portfolio Contest here: https://tinyurl.com/2024contest Find the 2023 Portfolio Contest here:  https://tinyurl.com/Smatterfolio2023

Do you have questions about investing? Is your name Seena? Well, Jeff and Jason have answers! In our February Mailbag, we answer your questions (and Seena’s) about topics including FOMO, stock splits, FOMO, parabolic stocks, and also the fear of missing out. We also discuss how hard it can be selling a winner you think will keep winning when a financial goal is fast approaching and you know selling is the right move.  Companies mentioned: AAPL, AMZN, ENPH, GOOG, KNSL, ODFL, LMND, MSFT, NVDA, SHOP ***************************************** Email: thesmatteringshow@gmail.com Twitter: @InvestingPod Check out our YouTube channel for more content:  https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingUnscripted ****************************************** Go to finchat.io/unscripted to get 25% off any paid plan today Investing Unscripted is brought to you by Public.com*. Go to Public.com and activate options trading by March 31st to lock in your lifetime rebate *Options are not suitable for all investors and carry significant risk.  Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk. Options can be risky and are not suitable for all investors. See the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options to learn more. For each options transaction, Public Investing shares 50% of their order flow revenue as a rebate to help reduce your trading costs. This rebate will be displayed as a negative number in the “Additional Fees” column of your Trade Confirmation Statement and will be immediately reflected in the total dollars paid or received for the transaction. Order flow rebates are only issued for options trades and not for transactions involving other assets, including equities. For more information, refer to the Fee Schedule. All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Open to the Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. See public.com/#disclosures-main for more information. ***************************************** Find the 2024 Portfolio Contest here: https://tinyurl.com/2024contest Find the 2023 Portfolio Contest here:  https://tinyurl.com/Smatterfolio2023

Everyone loves a good story. Investors are no different in this regard. Sadly, the great story isn't always the great investment, and it can be hard sometimes to tell when the narrative has begun to drift away from the underlying business results. In this week's episode, Jeff and Jason discuss this, along with other topics related to the differences in the art and the craft of investing.  In the second part of the show, we talk about one of Jason's favorite people, Jeff's dad. More specifically, the five stocks that Jeff's dad made Jeff buy, in a little portfolio we call Nick's Picks.  Companies mentioned: AMZN, APRN, NFLX, PTON, SFIX, TGT, WBA, ZM ***************************************** Email: thesmatteringshow@gmail.com Twitter: @InvestingPod Check out our YouTube channel for more content:  https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingUnscripted ****************************************** Go to finchat.io/unscripted to get 25% off any paid plan today Investing Unscripted is brought to you by Public.com*. Go to Public.com and activate options trading by March 31st to lock in your lifetime rebate *Options are not suitable for all investors and carry significant risk.  Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk. Options can be risky and are not suitable for all investors. See the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options to learn more. For each options transaction, Public Investing shares 50% of their order flow revenue as a rebate to help reduce your trading costs. This rebate will be displayed as a negative number in the “Additional Fees” column of your Trade Confirmation Statement and will be immediately reflected in the total dollars paid or received for the transaction. Order flow rebates are only issued for options trades and not for transactions involving other assets, including equities. For more information, refer to the Fee Schedule. All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Open to the Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. See public.com/#disclosures-main for more information. ***************************************** Find the 2024 Portfolio Contest here: https://tinyurl.com/2024contest Find the 2023 Portfolio Contest here:  https://tinyurl.com/Smatterfolio2023

Chances are, if you've listened to investing podcasts over the past 15 years, or like listening to audiobooks on finance and investing, you've heard Chris Hill's distinctive voice. As the daily host of Motley Fool Money and other podcasts from their creation in 2008 until May of 2023, and a career in financial communications going back to the late 1990's, Chris has seen a lot. Combine that with being the voice of Morgan House's two bestselling novels, The Psychology of Money and Same As Ever, and Chris is what investing sounds like to millions of people. In this week's show, Jeff and Jason catch up with Chris, discuss his background, experiences, and lessons from and a quarter-century of observing investors, markets, and companies. Chris also gives us a small preview of what he's working on next.  Companies mentioned: AAPL ***************************************** Email: thesmatteringshow@gmail.com Twitter: @InvestingPod Check out our YouTube channel for more content:  https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingUnscripted ****************************************** Go to finchat.io/unscripted to get 25% off any paid plan today Investing Unscripted is brought to you by Public.com*. Go to Public.com and activate options trading by March 31st to lock in your lifetime rebate * Options are not suitable for all investors and carry significant risk.  Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk. Options can be risky and are not suitable for all investors. See the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options to learn more.For each options transaction, Public Investing shares 50% of their order flow revenue as a rebate to help reduce your trading costs. This rebate will be displayed as a negative number in the “Additional Fees” column of your Trade Confirmation Statement and will be immediately reflected in the total dollars paid or received for the transaction. Order flow rebates are only issued for options trades and not for transactions involving other assets, including equities. For more information, refer to the Fee Schedule.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Open to the Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. See public.com/#disclosures-main for more information. ***************************************** Find the 2024 Portfolio Contest here: https://tinyurl.com/2024contest Find the 2023 Portfolio Contest here:  https://tinyurl.com/Smatterfolio2023

If you're like most investors, you probably own some stocks that you don't know as well as you should. This week, Jeff and Jason decided to hold themselves accountable and talk through this important topic. In this case, they agreed to each answer a series of questions from the other about a favorite company to demonstrate where they lack knowledge. Experts or pretenders? You be the judge.  It's February! That means it's time for a quick update on the first month of the Investing Unscripted Portfolio Contest! In the second part of the show, we discuss early observations, and how skilled our listeners are at picking stocks. Did they steal that skill from Jason? Because he's sucking wind so far, after thoroughly dominating the 2023 contest.  Companies mentioned: ADSK, AMZN, CFLT, CRM, ENPH, MSFT, ORCL, OM, PCOR, PTON, SOFI, QS, TRMB, WOLF ***************************************** Email: thesmatteringshow@gmail.com Twitter: @InvestingPod Check out our YouTube channel for more content:  https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingUnscripted ****************************************** Go to finchat.io/unscripted to get 25% off any paid plan today Investing Unscripted is brought to you by Public.com*. Go to Public.com and activate options trading by March 31st to lock in your lifetime rebate * Options are not suitable for all investors and carry significant risk.  Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk. Options can be risky and are not suitable for all investors. See the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options to learn more.For each options transaction, Public Investing shares 50% of their order flow revenue as a rebate to help reduce your trading costs. This rebate will be displayed as a negative number in the “Additional Fees” column of your Trade Confirmation Statement and will be immediately reflected in the total dollars paid or received for the transaction. Order flow rebates are only issued for options trades and not for transactions involving other assets, including equities. For more information, refer to the Fee Schedule.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Open to the Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. See public.com/#disclosures-main for more information. ***************************************** Find the 2024 Portfolio Contest here: https://tinyurl.com/2024contest Find the 2023 Portfolio Contest here:  https://tinyurl.com/Smatterfolio2023

Jason and Jeff answer listener questions live, discuss recent earnings results, and talk about what companies they’re looking forward to hearing from in the coming weeks. Companies mentioned: ABNB, AMZN, AX, BIPC, BOC, BRK.A, BRK.B, DIS, META, OM, RDFN, SBUX, SHOP, SOFI, STEM, TREX, TXN ***************************************** Email: thesmatteringshow@gmail.com Twitter: @InvestingPod Check out our YouTube channel for more content:  https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingUnscripted ****************************************** Investing Unscripted is brought to you by Public.com*. Go to Public.com and activate options trading by March 31st to lock in your lifetime rebate * Options are not suitable for all investors and carry significant risk.  Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk. Options can be risky and are not suitable for all investors. See the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options to learn more.For each options transaction, Public Investing shares 50% of their order flow revenue as a rebate to help reduce your trading costs. This rebate will be displayed as a negative number in the “Additional Fees” column of your Trade Confirmation Statement and will be immediately reflected in the total dollars paid or received for the transaction. Order flow rebates are only issued for options trades and not for transactions involving other assets, including equities. For more information, refer to the Fee Schedule.All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Open to the Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. See public.com/#disclosures-main for more information. ***************************************** Find the 2024 Portfolio Contest here: https://tinyurl.com/2024contest Find the 2023 Portfolio Contest here:  https://tinyurl.com/Smatterfolio2023

They say, process over outcome. When it comes to investing, that’s definitely true, and we believe a solid framework is the path to a successful investing process. In this week's show, we discuss two different topics. In the first part of the show, Jason and Jeff discuss their investing frameworks, what they focus on, and how their processes have evolved over time.  In the second part of the show, we discuss homeownership, and renting, and how each can result in very different investing and personal finance plans and needs. We also give our answers to the question often asked: is your home an investment? Companies mentioned: AAPL, ASML, CRWD, CURI, LMND, SBUX, TREX, QS ***************************************** Email: thesmatteringshow@gmail.com Twitter: @InvestingPod Check out our YouTube channel for more content:  https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingUnscripted ****************************************** Investing Unscripted is brought to you by Public.com*. Sign up for a high-yield cash account today: https://public.com/investingunscripted *A High-Yield Cash Account is a secondary brokerage account with Public Investing. Funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn a variable interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance. Neither Public Investing nor any of its affiliates is a bank. US only. Learn more at https://public.com/disclosures/high-yield-account ***************************************** Find the 2024 Portfolio Contest here: https://tinyurl.com/2024contest Find the 2023 Portfolio Contest here:  https://tinyurl.com/Smatterfolio2023

Mailbag time! Thanks to our listeners for a lot of great questions. This month's topics include whether the advice to take on more portfolio risk when you’re young is "BS", our worst-performing stocks double-down candidates, how to figure out your magic number, fighting the allure of selling stocks to raise cash, and more! In the second part of the show, Jeff and Jason ponder investing legend David Gardner's "only dips buy dips" maxim. tl;dr: it depends.  We're always looking for more questions for our monthly mailbag. Send them to us anytime you have them, via email or social media. Companies mentioned: AAPL, AMZN, BRK.A, BRK.B, CRWD, CURI, LMND, ME, MELI, OM, PTON, PYPL, SBUX, TWLO, VTMX ***************************************** Email: thesmatteringshow@gmail.com Twitter: @InvestingPod Check out our YouTube channel for more content:  https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingUnscripted ****************************************** Investing Unscripted is brought to you by Public.com*. Sign up for a high-yield cash account today: https://public.com/investingunscripted *A High-Yield Cash Account is a secondary brokerage account with Public Investing. Funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn a variable interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance. Neither Public Investing nor any of its affiliates is a bank. US only. Learn more at https://public.com/disclosures/high-yield-account ***************************************** Find the 2024 Portfolio Contest here: http://tinyurl.com/2024contest Find the 2023 Portfolio Contest here:  https://tinyurl.com/Smatterfolio2023

We like to think Investing Unscripted is one of the best podcasts to help people invest better. But there are a few others worth checking out. This week, Jeff and Jason are joined by Dave Ahern and Andrew Sather, the co-hosts of the podcast, Investing for Beginners – Your Path to Financial Freedom. We discuss their backgrounds, their beginnings as podcasters, the resources they use, and what they try to provide their listeners.  They also share a few of their favorite guests (yours truly excluded though we have been guests on their show), favorite episodes, and more. Check out the transcript for links at investingunscripted.com!  Check out the Investors for Beginners Podcast here: https://einvestingforbeginners.com/the-investing-for-beginners-podcast-episode-list/ Check out Andrew and Dave’s newsletter here: https://einvestingforbeginners.ck.page/831b34ec60 Companies mentioned: ADYEY, DPZ, GFF, NVO, PHM, PYPL, TGT, V ***************************************** Email: thesmatteringshow@gmail.com Twitter: @InvestingPod Check out our YouTube channel for more content:  https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingUnscripted ****************************************** Investing Unscripted is brought to you by Public.com*. Sign up for a high-yield cash account today: https://public.com/investingunscripted *A High-Yield Cash Account is a secondary brokerage account with Public Investing. Funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn a variable interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance. Neither Public Investing nor any of its affiliates is a bank. US only. Learn more at https://public.com/disclosures/high-yield-account ***************************************** Find the 2024 Portfolio Contest here: http://tinyurl.com/2024contest Find the 2023 Portfolio Contest here:  https://tinyurl.com/Smatterfolio2023