Market Bytes

In this video we walk through the Seeking Alpha Stock Screener and how to create custom screens that help you find new stocks to research.

00:00 Seeking Alpha’s Stock Screener

06:02 Creating your own screener step-by-step

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CPI came in hotter than expected last month, but in general people believe the economy is doing better than expected. But there are 3 signs I saw that the economy might actually be worse than we think. In this video we go over those 3 signs, what it might mean for stocks, and what we should be doing about it.

00:00 Inflation might be worse than we expect

04:06 Credit Card delinquencies

05:49 401k withdrawals

08:18 What should we do about it?

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A common question in personal finance and investing is where should we put our cash? Whether it’s an emergency fund or even cash we’re holding to invest with down the line. Most people choose between savings accounts, CDs (certificate of deposit), or money market funds. In this video we break them down, talk about the pros and cons, and I share what I’m actually doing with my cash.

00:00 Savings Accounts, CDs, or Money Market Funds

02:26 What are the Pros and Cons of each?

11:40 Who are they best for?

13:21 What am I doing with my cash?

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I try to be really transparent on this channel sharing my portfolio progress every single month as well as all my buys and sells. But rarely do we ever go back to see how previous decisions panned out over time…until today. In this video we go through my previous decisions to buy, trim, and sell stocks and see how those decisions performed versus the market performance.

00:00 How I measured best and worst decisions

03:52 My Top 10 Worst Decisions

12:16 My Top 10 Best Decisions

19:16 Takeaways and Lessons Learned

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy released his letter to shareholders and it had a big takeaway about Amazon’s future. In this video we go through his letter and talk through what it means for Amazon’s business. Also, I added a new stock to my portfolio this week that we break down in detail, and lastly Jamie Dimon the CEO of JP Morgan Chase also released his shareholder letter with some ominous warnings for the stock market.

00:00 Andy Jassy’s letter to Amazon shareholders

09:12 Amazon’s growth story

10:51 I just added this stock to my portfolio

16:56 Jamie Dimon is prepared for higher rates

Andy Jassy’s letter to shareholders: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-2023-letter-to-shareholders

Art of Business - Why Lululemon is Ahead of Its Time: https://youtu.be/tItUlA1C_So?si=xRpWuJVvxlTN-axk

Jamie Dimon’s letter to shareholders: https://www.jpmorganchase.com/content/dam/jpmc/jpmorgan-chase-and-co/investor-relations/documents/ceo-letter-to-shareholders-2023.pdf

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We’ve all had stocks in our history that turned out bad. Maybe they didn’t fit our goals or expectations. Maybe they were a good company but a stock that didn’t perform. Or maybe they were just a bad company that we didn’t know any better what to do. In today’s video I talk about what I consider the worst stock I ever bought, as well as the excess cash problem that big tech companies have, as well as Walmart and Chipotle’s stock splits and why I think they’re great.

00:00 Worst stock I ever bought

07:16 Big Tech’s Cash Problem

12:57 Walmart and Chipotle’s stock splits

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Investing is scary for the majority of people. But what if I told you that NOT investing might be even scarier? In this video we break down why doing nothing with your money is a surefire way of getting poorer over time.

00:00 Investing is scary for most people

01:56 Why is your money losing value over time?

03:43 What we can do about it

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Robinhood just announced their 3% cash back card and people are wondering if it’s too good to be true. In this video we break down what the card is about, how they can afford to pay you 3%, and who the card is good for and not so good for. Spoiler alert - the answer is in their financial statements

00:00 Robinhood just released a 3% cash back credit card

08:23 How can Robinhood afford to give you 3% back?

14:42 Who is the card good for?

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In this video we walk through my entire dividend growth portfolio to reveal how much my portfolio earned over the last month, the dividends I received, what my annual dividends are on a $273,000 account, what stocks I bought and sold, and the overall performance using Schwab portfolio tools.

00:00 Portfolio recap for March 2024

03:28 Dividend income

04:55 Stocks I bought and sold this month

08:42 Best and worst performers

12:28 Overall thoughts on the previous month

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Nvidia and Bitcoin have dominated the news in 2024 with their large gains, but there’s an asset that has actually outperformed them both. In this video we go over what that is and why, Apple’s planned partnership with Google Gemini, Jensen Huang’s recent comments about resilience, as well as some exciting announcements.

00:00 This asset has outperformed Nvidia and Bitcoin

05:44 Why is Apple using Google Gemini for AI?

08:12 Jensen Huang wants you to suffer

11:06 2 quick announcements