The Investing for Beginners Podcast - Your Path to Financial Freedom

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode is a product borne from a large project we're doing the past days which involves metrics and numbers. The topic is about how investors, beginners especially of course, can avoid putting their money in risky investments. So listen on as we talk about the different metrics that are really helpful in determining if a business can pay its dues.Timestamps of the episode:-How could beginners avoid risky investments? Is there such a way? [02:33]-Talking about the interest coverage ratio and what this useful metric mean. [05:19]-Current ratio and why it is such an important one to measure a business' liquidity. [11:00]-Different ways companies service their debts in the short term. [19:27]-Discussing the debt-to-equity ratio and how this metric best reflect a business' long term solvency. [25:12]-A good reminder on picking businesses and capital allocation of the management. [27:29]Note: Timestamps may differ and are approximate, depending on your podcast player.For more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com To help grow the show, please consider filling out this survey to give us better insights into our listeners preferences, thank you! SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | TuneinYou can find the transcript of today's show below:IFB267-How-to-Measure-Liquidity-in-InvestmentsDownloadContact advertising@airwavemedia.com to advertise on Investing for Beginners podcast. The Investing for Beginners podcast is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we have another round of great listener questions! As usual, we love receiving these types of questions as it refreshes our knowledge in the basics. We will talk about what happens to the money every time you buy a stock, average cost basis, dividend re-pricings and more! Listen on!Timestamps of the episode:-When you buy a stock, where does the money go? Dave and Andrew discuss the structure behind buying, selling and utilizing of shares. [02:13]-What does it mean when a stock price fall?[05:50]-How to cope with your price anchoring bias especially if you have cash to invest and your holdings are above your average costs. [08:10]-Why averaging up your cost basis is much harder to do than averaging down. [15:00]-Are companies lately decreasing their dividends? If so, what does it mean and why you should not be concerned. [17:04]-Why would a company decrease/increase their dividends in general? [20:03]Note: Timestamps may differ and are approximate, depending on your podcast player.For more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | TuneinYou can find the transcript of today's show below:IFB266-Where-Does-the-Money-Go-After-Investing-Buying-Companies-Going-UpDownloadContact advertising@airwavemedia.com to advertise on Investing for Beginners podcast. The Investing for Beginners podcast is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be up close and personal! Dave here will be sharing his investing journey to show that you don't need a degree in finance in order to invest in the stock market. He shares his ways in learning investing by himself and how he managed through it all so listen on!Timestamps of the episode:-Dave shares his backstory and shows how you don't need an accounting degree to invest in the stock market. [02:13]-What would make an accounting class interesting? [05:37]-Dave talks about Liberty Media Corp and sets it as an example in making accounting classes interesting. [08:35]-Where to look for the reported financials of a company you're interested in? and how to learn as a beginner? [11:12]-The best way to reinforce your learnings. [16:02]-Dave's favorite part of his investing journey. [19:24]Note: Timestamps may differ and are approximate, depending on your podcast player.For more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | TuneinYou can find the transcript of today's show below:IFB265-You-Dont-Need-a-Background-in-Finance-to-InvestDownloadContact advertising@airwavemedia.com to advertise on Investing for Beginners podcast. The Investing for Beginners podcast is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode we will be having a returning guest of the show for the third time! Brian Feroldi is back to discuss with us all about earnings call, how to approach position sizing, handle you own biases and more. Listen on as Brian's concise way of explaining things will surely leave you valuable insights to hold on to.Timestamps of the episode:-Brian talks about free sources to listen/access earnings call of companies you own and follow. [02:05]-Why pay attention to earnings in the first place? [06:07]-How to approach listening to earnings call if there's a lot of companies to keep tabs to. [07:18]-Brian share his thoughts on position sizing and beginning a starter position. [09:45]-Andrew talks about sunk cost fallacy and how this investing bias will cost you more than you intended to. [16:35]-Differentiating between a good and bad investing decision. [19:29]-Brian discusses Warren Buffet's investing checklist and how it will help individual investors stomach volatility. [22:58]-How to decide what type of investor are you? [30:00]-Learning accounting is a must and Brian emphasizes how crucial it is to learn the language of investing. [32:50]-Brian takes a stab on Patrick O'Shaughnessy tweet on choosing three stocks to teach investing and shares his picks. [36:25]Note: Timestamps may differ and are approximate, depending on your podcast player.Free earnings call sources mentioned in the show:Quartr- https://quartr.com,Tikr- https://www.tikr.com,Seeking alpha- https://seekingalpha.com,Stratosphere- https://www.stratosphere.ioBrian Feroldi's Twitter - https://twitter.com/BrianFeroldiHis youtube channel- https://www.youtube.com/@BrianFeroldiYT/featuredToday's show is brought to you by Shopify:Shopify is the commerce platform revolutionizing millions of businesses worldwide. Whether you're selling children’s books or hand made bracelets, Shopify simplifies selling online and in-person so you can focus on successfully growing your business. This is possibility powered by Shopify. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at SHOPIFY DOT COM SLASH “beginners”, Go to SHOPIFY DOT COM SLASH “beginners” to take your business to the next level today.For more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | TuneinYou can find the transcript of today's show below:Brian-Ferolid-Discusses-the-Importance-of-EarningsDownloadContact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on Investing for Beginners podcast. The Investing for Beginners podcast is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be us catering to another two great listener questions! Here we will open the talk on a question about what risk and volatility really is and end the episode with us taking a stab on the nature of REITs and how to value them. Talk about diversity so listen on!Timestamps in the episode:-Unpacking the idea of risk and how it governs your investing in general. [01:51]-What is volatility? and how it relates to risk. [03:52]-Separating the stock price from its business fundamentals. Focus on the underlying business! [06:42]-How to navigate and handle risk and volatility. [12:11]-Talking about what are REITs and how to value them. [16:28]-What is AFFO/FFO and what it means to valuing REITs profitability. [20:08]-How to use a discounted cash flow (DCF) on REITs. [24:04]-Risks in doing DCF- tunnel vision and bogging down into unnecessary minute details. [28:20]Note: Timestamps may differ and are approximate, depending on your podcast player.For more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | TuneinYou can find the transcript of today's show below:IFB264-Basics-of-Risk-REITS-and-DCFDownloadContact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on Investing for Beginners podcast. The Investing for Beginners podcast is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode we will answer two great listener questions! It will revolve around what compounding really means in a business, why insiders sell and more. As always, we love receiving listener questions so keep it coming!Timestamps of the episode:-What does a compounding business mean? [02:15]-How to search for compounding business. [03:35]-Establishing your personal hurdle rates in returns. [04:56]-Life cycle of a business. [07:40]-Buying all the "shiny" high growth businesses when you can stomach the volatility. [10:26]-Different levers a company can use to compound returns. [13:03]-Where to find information on insider selling and what to make of it. [17:16]Note: Timestamps may differ and are approximate, depending on your podcast player.Websites mentioned in the show-https://www.stratosphere.iohttps://finviz.comFor more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | TuneinYou can find the transcript of today's show below:IFB263-Buying-Compounders-Insider-BuyingDownloadContact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on Investing for Beginners podcast. The Investing for Beginners podcast is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be about why boring is good! We are always excited in investing in what the market deems "boring"- businesses that are under the radar but has proven track record and returns over many years. Listen on and know why we do so!Timestamps of the episode:-Why you should buy "boring" businesses? [01:44]-The allure of "shiny" objects in the stock market. [06:24]-How to find "boring" businesses as a beginner. [10:05]-Using filters and popular names to go about finding diamonds in the rough businesses. [13:48]-Digging deeper, how to hone in and keep your biases at bay when looking into boring businesses. [19:26]-The classic Peter Lynch advice: Invest in what you know. [23:42]Note: Timestamps may differ and are approximate, depending on your podcast player.For more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | TuneinYou can find the transcript of today's show below:IFB262-Why-You-Should-Consider-Buying-Boring-BusinessesDownloadContact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on Investing for Beginners podcast. The Investing for Beginners podcast is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we will discuss two of our favorite mental models that every long term investors should have! These two concepts are undeniably not new and came from Graham's seminal book, the Intelligent Investor but these mental models are timeless and will always be apt no matter what economic cycle we are. As long as human emotions and behaviors are in play in the stock market, these concepts will stay so listen on!Timestamps in the episode:-Back to basics: What's the stock market really is. [02:30]-The Mr. Market mental concept: the stock market personified. [04:40]-How to handle the ups and downs of Mr. Market. [09:28]-The true edge of individual investors. [13:15]-Margin of safety: paying less for what's its worth! [14:14]-Patience and thinking more of the downside than the upside in investing. [20:04]Note: Timestamps may differ and are approximate, depending on your podcast player.For more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com Listener surveySUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | TuneinYou can find the transcript of today's show below:IFB262-Mr-Market-and-Margin-of-SafetyDownloadContact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on Investing for Beginners podcast. The Investing for Beginners podcast is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be an investing class! Here we will take a stab on Patrick O'Shaughnessy's question posted in Twitter. (Link to the tweet- https://bit.ly/3HDqty4) The question goes like this: You get to teach an investing class by using three long term single case use stocks from any era. Berkshire's not allowed. Listen on as we discuss each of our picks that are sure good primer into what a great business is and vice versa!Timestamps in the episode:-Andrew's first case study: Coca-cola ($KO), a centennial multi-bagger brand. [02:14]-The most obvious names can oftentimes make the most wealth in the stock market. [05:44]-Dave's first case study: Visa ($V), the payment toll road king. [06:33]-How Visa's business model changed into a scale not everyone expected it to be. [07:45]-Andrew's second case study: Circuit city, the fallen electronics retailer. [10:44]-Why a business that prioritizes growth at all cost can fall the hardest. [11:53]-Dave's second case study: General Electric ($GE), a mature business on its last legs. [14:44]-A perfect example of a company going through each stage of its business life cycle. [15:02]-Why not all growth are not created equal. [18:00]-Differentiating good acquisitions from bad ones. [20:18]-Andrew's third case study: Tesla ($TSLA), the picture perfect growth machine. [21:57]-A business on its early innings in real time. [25:05]-Dave's third case study: Amazon ($AMZN), the e-commerce retail behemoth. [26:41]-The management's relentless focus on free cash flow. [27:48]Note: Timestamps may differ and are approximate, depending on your podcast player.For more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | TuneinYou can find the transcript of today's show below:IFB260-Which-Companies-Would-You-Use-to-Teach-a-Finance-Class.docxDownloadContact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on Investing for Beginners podcast. The Investing for Beginners podcast is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we will be doing a bird's eye view on a semiconductor company, Texas Instruments. We will dabble not much on the nature of its semiconductor business but focus on how the company manages really well their business especially on the capital allocation front. This is another "boring" business that has done great for a long time so listen on!Timestamps of the episode:-A brief intro on what Texas instruments ($TXN) do. [01:00]-What capital allocation really means. [01:45]-Free cash flow is the mantra and king for TXN. [04:17]-Why free cash flow matter in the first place? [10:07]-What sets TXN's capital allocation apart from their peers. [15:20]-The three metrics TXN's excelled for the longest time. [20:44]-Downsides of doing buybacks and how TXN does it right. [26:45]Note: Timestamps may differ and are approximate, depending on your podcast player.For more insight like this into investing and stock selection for beginners, visit stockmarketpdf.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWApple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | TuneinYou can find the transcript of today's show below:Birds-Eye-View-of-TXNDownloadContact sales@advertisecast.com to advertise on Investing for Beginners podcast. The Investing for Beginners podcast is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices