The 7investing Podcast

It's been a rough year for the stock market. A pessimistic outlook for the American economy has hammered the stock prices of many companies. In anticipation of a contracting economy and higher interest rates, several investors are reassessing their strategies and their allocations. But is the negative outlook already fully baked in? Have valuation multiples fallen so low that the pendulum might actually be due to swing the other way? 7investing CEO Simon Erickson recently sat down with retired money manager Puru Saxena to discuss the status quo of the American economy and how it might impact the stock market in 2022. In this follow-up conversation (which was originally broadcast live to 7investing's Community Forum), Simon shares his key takeaways from that conversation with 7investing Marketing Manager JT Street. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Things are getting dicey out there, and it's shaking the resolve of quite a few investors. The stock market has spent the past half year in a free fall. The S&P 500 is down 17% from its December highs, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq is down 28% from its peak in November. Many individual stocks are faring even worse, with some down 60%, 70%, or more from their previous highs. Shell-shocked investors have been searching for the reasons behind the current market hysteria. Many believe the culprit of this year's severe selloff is due to the headwinds blowing in the face of the US economy. American inflation hit 8.5% in April, which is the highest annual increase in more than forty years. The Fed, looking to tame that inflationary beast, has driven up interest rates aggressively in recent months. Higher rates make it more challenging for consumers or businesses to borrow, which tends to slow down the expansion of the economy. And the report card of the business world is the stock market. Always forward-looking, stocks have sold off in anticipation of the economy's upcoming struggles. Slower growth and rising interest rates are both net-negatives in the calculations of a stock's intrinsic value (all other things being equal). So what are investors to do? Is now the time to be aggressive, being greedy when others are fearful and buying up bargains when there's blood in the streets? Or is it time to get defensive, prioritizing cash flows and a strong balance sheet as the most important factors of consideration? Furthermore, how long will these macroeconomic issues last for? What would happen to stocks if the US goes into a recession? Or conversely, are there new opportunities that might arise like a phoenix out of this crisis? To help us answer those questions, we've brought in an expert. Puru Saxena is a retired money manager who is now an individual investor. He's spent more than twenty years monitoring indicators and analyzing market cycles, deciphering what they all will mean for stock market investors. In this exclusive interview, Puru chats with 7investing CEO Simon Erickson about several important topics. Puru explains what the Fed's recent rate increase will mean for the economy and how it should be interpreted by investors. He describes his expectations for the stock market in 2022 and why tech companies could be poised to outperform during the next three years. The two discuss the winners and losers from inflation, why market timing is so difficult, and how to interpret the recent yield curve inversion. They also predict the likelihood of an American recession and how investors should think about valuing technology companies. In the second segment, Puru and Simon discusses several individual stocks they find intriguing. Simon notes that large tech companies like the FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google) have been responsible for much of the last decade's bull-market gains, yet there has been a divergence in their performance post-COVID. Puru describes several companies he believes are well-poised for the future, including QuantumScape, MercadoLibre, and Nu Holdings. In the final segment, Puru talks about position sizing and how investors can think about hedging as a way to protect their portfolio gains.

Our financial world is getting complex, and there are a lot of challenging questions now facing investors: "The S&P 500's going through a really sharp selloff. How should I invest in the middle of a bear market?" "Inflation just hit a 40-year high. What will this mean for the stock market?" "The Fed just raised interest rates and the yield curve recently inverted. What does that mean for the economy?" "How should I think about Bitcoin, stock valuations, "sector rotation", funding my retirement, or [insert your favorite recent financial media news headline here]?" These are important questions and there are a lot of moving pieces. But perhaps the most straightforward and logical answer is to just keep buying. That's exactly the title and the key takeaway from Nick Maggiulli's recent book. As Chief Operating Officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management, Nick has taken an evidence-based approach to saving money and compounding wealth over time. In an exclusive interview with 7investing founder and CEO Simon Erickson, Nick describes the important concepts he introduces in his book. He explains how investors can maximize returns over long periods of time, especially by tuning out market multiples or macroeconomic news. Nick elaborates on why people should be investors, how a person's background influences their approach, and how luck play a larger role than many of us may be willing to admit. He also describes why "buying the dip" isn't as important as you think, how the "crossover point" could be helpful in your retirement, and how to think about investing in a crisis. Publicly-traded companies and cryptocurrencies mentioned in this interview include GameStop and Bitcoin. 7investing’s advisors and/or guests may have positions in the companies that are mentioned. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Have you ever had a tough time explaining investing to friends and family members who are unfamiliar with the stock market and its inner workings? Or maybe you still don't understand many terms thrown around by talking heads on CNBC or even 7investing's member calls? If you answered yes to any of those questions, Brian Feroldi's new book, Why Does the Stock Market Go Up?, might be for you. In this episode, Feroldi sits down with 7investing Lead Advisor Matthew Cochrane to discuss the lessons Feroldi covers in his book. Feroldi says that he devoured every investment book he could his hands on when he began investing, but some basic questions, such as "Why does the stock market go up?" went unanswered. So he set out to write a book that contained all the answers to his questions over the years about investing, which he had to figure out for himself. Feroldi emphasizes that the stock market is vital to average Americans, not just investing geeks. More than 100 million Americans invest through pension plans, 401(K)s, and IRAs. He says: "The stock market is the greatest wealth creation machine of all time. Period. End of story. The stock market literally enables ordinary people, with ordinary incomes, in one generation to build extraordinary wealth for themselves." Feroldi and Cochrane also discuss how stock prices can mislead new investors, as they'll often consider stocks such as Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) expensive and penny stocks as cheap. Another thing Feroldi says that can trip up new investors is a misaligned time frame. Saying you're a long-term investor in bull markets is different from acting as a long-term investor during market crashes. Feroldi then explains why the market has always recovered from crashes and bear markets. Finally, Feroldi ends the discussion by talking about Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU), a new stock that he's interested in after its precipitous fall the past year. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) shareholders are having a rough April. The stock has gone into a freefall and has now sold off more than 50% during the past month. The common consensus believes this is due to a drop in its paying subscriber count, as well as an admission that competition from Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), and Disney(NYSE: DIS) is heating up. Netflix has been a one-trick pony thus far. Its revenue has been entirely tied to its global subscriber count, and also the regional pricing that it charges those subscribers. But things are getting more interesting now. Netflix is attempting to monetize its freeloaders, who are getting the service for free by using the login details of others. It's also considering a lower-priced, ad-supported tier for potential subscribers who don't want to pay their standard rates. The stock market is always forward-looking, and everything that has happened this past month is now in the rear-view mirror. Ultimately, investors must now answer the question of whether Netflix at an $85 billion market cap is a good opportunity going forward? To answer that question, 7investing lead advisors Anirban Mahanti and Simon Erickson teamed up with TheStreet's Managing Editor (and former 7investing advisor) Dan Kline in a special "Netflix's Past, Present, and Future" discussion. The three describe what it was that made Netflix so special, what present challenges it faces, and whether they believe it will ultimately solve its current issues in the future. Publicly-traded companies mentioned in this interview include Amazon, Disney, and Netflix. 7investing’s advisors and/or guests may have positions in the companies that are mentioned. This discussion was originally recorded on Twitter Spaces on April 20, 2022. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Quantum computing is capturing the fascination and the imagination of the technology world. It's built upon the new and unfamiliar field of quantum physics -- where principles such as superposition and entanglement offer the intrigue of unlocking entirely new opportunities. The world's formerly unsolvable problems of logistics optimization, drug discovery, cybersecurity, and material design could now have a tool that potentially cracks those codes. Futuristic opportunities like solving climate change or operating in the space economy eagerly await on the horizon. Yet for all of the promise that quantum computing holds and all of the attention it's gained from the world's greatest scientists, it's still taking a frustratingly-long time to move beyond the R&D stage. Cloud service providers like Amazon and Microsoft have functional quantum computers that can selectively used in certain capacities. But a commercially-useful, error-corrected quantum computer still out of reach for the world's business leaders to harness. We're still a long way from finding Richard Feynman's Killer App. So what should investors do about this intriguing yet commercially-frustrating quantum opportunity? Are recently-public pure plays in the space like IonQ about to make a quantum leap with upcoming breakthroughs? Are deep-pocketed tech companies like Alphabet going to completely rewrite the semiconductor supply chain? Or will quantum computing still remain in the "too hard" pile -- fraught with technical risks, uncertainties, and no generally-agreed-upon commercial path forward? To help us answer those questions, we’ve brought in an expert. Tiernan Ray is one of the technology industry’s best reporters. He's covered the tech landscape for more than two decades – from the early days of the internet and the dotcom boom to the rise of cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Tiernan puts tech progress through a much-needed objective lens, helping investors separate hype from true innovation. He offers daily insights in his Technology Letter publication: www.thetechnologyletter.com. In an exclusive interview with 7investing founder and CEO Simon Erickson, Tiernan describes where quantum computing stands and where it offers the greatest promise. He explains why controlled, multi-variable problems using AI are where quantum could be the most commercially valuable, and how companies will find multiple ways to support and profit from the bigger-picture movement. The two discuss the different technical approaches to quantum computing and the publicly-traded companies who are harnessing them. Tiernan also explains why we're in the "the transistor age of quantum computing" and a few recent developments we should be keeping a closer eye on. In the final section, Tiernan shares a few other technology trends he's excited about -- such as why silicon carbide is such an important material for the semiconductor industry and why high-performance computing still offer a long runway for chipmakers like AMD and NVIDIA. Publicly-traded companies mentioned in this interview include Air Liquide, Alphabet, Amazon, AMD, ASML, BMW, Daimler, Form Factor, General Electric, Honeywell, Howard Huges, IBM, Intel, IonQ, Microsoft, NVIDIA, On Semiconductor, Rigetti, Tesla, Texas Instruments, and Wolfspeed. 7investing’s advisors and/or guests may have positions in the companies that are mentioned.

The stock market is filled with noise these days. Whether it is the obsession with meme-stocks, the focus on momentum-based swing trading, or the hype cycle driving valuations up to ridiculous levels, there are a lot of speculative (and potentially problematic) factors that are influencing investment decisions. Our podcast guest today is someone who's helping to cut through that noise and help investors focus on the more important signals. Dillon Valdez (@BluSuitDillon on Twitter) in an individual investor who's searching for the business world's most important developing trends, then digging into fundamentals to uncover the companies who will most profitably benefit from them. In this exclusive interview, Dillon chats with 7investing CEO Simon Erickson about the specific things on a company's financial statements he looks for in his investing process. He describes why full-stack monitoring and international e-commerce are two secular trends that investors should be aware of, and why Datadog (Nasdaq: DDOG), DLocal(Nasdaq: DLO), and Global-e (Nasdaq: GLBE) are three companies of particular interest to him. Publicly-traded companies mentioned in this interview include Datadog, DLocal, Ford, Global-e, MercadoLibre, SentinelOne, and Snowflake. 7investing's advisors or its guests may have positions in the companies mentioned. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Brad Freeman, better known as @StockMarketNerd on Twitter, is a long term growth investor and author of the Stock Market Nerd Newsletter. In this week's 7investing podcast, Brad and 7investing Lead Advisor Luke Hallard chat about Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH), the online dating portfolio company that owns services including Tinder, Match.com, OkCupid, Hinge, PlentyOfFish, and 40 other dating websites and apps worldwide. Brad shares his wildest dating story (spoiler alert, his mom would approve), the guys discuss Hinge’s “the dating app designed to be deleted” marketing campaign, Luke has a dig at the age discrimination in Tinder’s opaque pricing, and Brad walks through Match Group’s financials and a recent key acquisition that might be opening up new frontiers and taking Tinder beyond online romance. If you’re considering an investment in Match Group, swipe right on today’s episode and learn more about this dating category leader.

As a host of macro concerns continue to weigh on the global economy, investors are increasingly reassessing their risk tolerances and looking to contain volatility as much as maximizing returns. With this in mind, 7investing lead advisor Matthew Cochrane interviewed Value Stock Geek in this podcast on his self-proclaimed Weird Portfolio, designed to avoid bubbles, limit drawdowns, and safely build wealth. The Weird Portfolio consists of six low-cost ETFs representing five different asset classes and geographic diversity. While each of the asset classes are highly volatile on their own, when combined in a portfolio they have an overall smoothing effect, as each asset class delivers different returns during different environments. When back tested, the Weird Portfolio delivers returns that come close to equaling the stock market's total returns while dramatically reducing volatility. In the interview, Value Stock Geek walks Cochrane through the asset classes of the Weird Portfolio and the role each one plays, including U.S. small cap value stocks (20%), small cap international stocks (20%), real estate (10% domestic, 10% international), long-term treasuries (20%), and gold (20%). The Weird Portfolio is just part of Value Stock Geek's overall portfolio, however, with the rest dedicated to individual stocks that he believes are wonderful companies at wonderful prices. Cochrane and VSG discuss their mutually shared positions in Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:FB) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)(NASDAQ:GOOG), and why VSG believes both have durable economic moats and trade at attractive valuations. VSG also introduces Cochrane to Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD), an asset-light third-party logistics provider, focused on international freight forwarding. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Unfortunately, investing is something most people learn through trial and error -- especially the error part! Our very own lead advisors have painful (and now funny) stories to tell from their bad, terrible, and no good investing mistakes when they were learning how to navigate the markets. We've made plenty of mistakes and accumulated over 100 years of combined experience along the way. Now, we want to share that with our student members to help accelerate their wealth-building journeys. That's why we recently launched 7investing Office Hours, a student-only call where students can learn about investing and ask questions directly to our team. We promise -- there are no stupid questions! What, exactly, is a market cap? Are options going to make you rich? Is that penny stock a good idea? What shampoo does Matt use? Everything and anything is fair game. We'll also be featuring special guests that will share their perspectives and mistakes, as well as a rotating cast of lead advisors to discuss recent recommendations. 7investing Office Hours will be scheduled on the first Friday of every month and open to all active student members. Please bring your questions for the team! Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com Join the 7investing Community Forum: https://discord.gg/6YvazDf9sw Follow us: ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing