Four Minute Finance

Four Minute Fund Stocks and Ticker Symbols:

Spotify (SPOT) โ€“ Purchase price $142.61 โ€“

Draft Kings (DKNG) โ€“ Purchase price $19.92 โ€“

Delta (DAL) โ€“ $22.92

6 things to consider when picking stocks:

1. Top dog and first mover in an important, emerging industry
2. Sustainable advantage gained through business momentum, patent protection, visionary leadership, or inept competitors
3. Strong past price appreciation
4. Good management and smart backing
5. Strong consumer appeal
6. Grossly overvalued according to at least one significant constituent in the financial media

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Legendary investor, Warren Buffett, claims if he died that he would put 90% of his investment money in a S&P 500 index fund for his wife. A simple investing strategy from the greatest investor of our lifetime.

ETF's:

Based on the Nasdaq : QQQ โ€“

Based of S&P 500 : SPY, VOO โ€“

U.S. 20-30 Year Treasury Bond : EDV โ€“

Total Stock Market Fund : VTSAX โ€“

Total Bond Market Fund : VBTLX โ€“

Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) : VNQ

Investors from all over the globe tune into Warren Buffett's annual shareholder meeting. As the greatest investor of our lifetime everyone wants to know his opinion. In fact, he's even mentioned that he is careful about what he talks about because he can swing the market if he shares too much. This year, Warren had a US history lesson planned to prove that he is optimistic about America's future.

It all comes down to how you are taxed. Your goal is to save as much as you can so you can be financially free in retirement. What is the best type of account to use??

In this episode I talk about Compounding Interest. Be warned there is some math involved.

Here is a link to the governments compounding website: https://www.investor.gov/financial-tools-calculators/calculators/compound-interest-calculator

Compounding is the process of growing. The snowball effect is the perfect illustration for how your investments grow over time. When momentum kicks in they start to grow at a much quicker rate.

We are seeing historic events happen in our economy during COVID-19. In this episode we cover: the new 310 billion dollar small business aid package, how the airline and oil industries had to be bailed out, and how our unemployment has reached hire than all of Australia's population.

In this episode I reflect on my Snapchat stock trade miss. I believe it was actually a blessing in disguise because it made me more convinced than ever that I should be doubling down on my long term strategy.

I wrote about a stock that I like long term during COVID here:

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This is a big week where companies are reporting their quarterly earnings calls. It's important to know what investors are looking for when a company is reporting. What is EPS? and what rises above investor expectations?

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In this episode I will talk about how I split up my portfolio. I typically use 70%-80% for passive investing while 20%-30% is actively trading.

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