This week we continue our introduction to investing by learning what exactly Stocks and ETFs are, as well as the what the Stock Market is, and how prices are set.

We'll be back on Jan 19th with "Episode 3: Stocks VS ETFs, Dividends and DRIP".

Peace!

Relevant Links:

What is a Stock: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stock.asp (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stock.asp)

What is an ETF: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/etf.asp (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/etf.asp)

What are Securities: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/security.asp (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/security.asp)

How does the Stock Market work: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/082614/how-stock-market-works.asp (https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/082614/how-stock-market-works.asp)

Luckin Coffee Scandal: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-07-29/luckin-coffee-fraud-behind-starbucks-competitor-s-scandal (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-07-29/luckin-coffee-fraud-behind-starbucks-competitor-s-scandal)

Stocks are best performing asset: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/historical-returns-by-asset-class/ (https://www.visualcapitalist.com/historical-returns-by-asset-class/)

Many thanks to the following:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LOUtALSDqw (Moon Theme - DuckTales- L'Orchestre de Jeux Vidéo)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0584425/ (A Fishful of Dollars - Futurama - Matt Groening, Comedy Central, Fox)

You can contact me at [email protected]

Happy New Year! Welcome to Diamond Hands' inaugural episode we look at the basics of long term investing. Goldie explains compound growth, as well as a few reasons why investing is key to your financial future, and might be simpler than you think.

We'll be back on Jan 12th with "Episode 2: How Does the Market Even Work?".

Peace!

Relevant Links:

https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/042415/what-average-annual-return-sp-500.asp (Historical Return for the SandP500) (Note, does not account for inflation)

https://inflationdata.com/Inflation/Inflation/AnnualInflation.asp (Historical Rate of Inflation) (USA)

https://www.getsmarteraboutmoney.ca/calculators/compound-interest-calculator/ (Compound Interest Calculator), give it a try, see how much of an impact compound interest can make!

Many thanks to the following:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LOUtALSDqw (Moon Theme - DuckTales- L'Orchestre de Jeux Vidéo)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0584425/ (A Fishful of Dollars - Futurama - Matt Groening, Comedy Central, Fox)

You can contact me at [email protected]