Market Bytes

By Matt DerronBusiness Investing

Market Bytes episodes

January 24, 2025 Seeking Alpha Premium Just Got Better
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Seeking Alpha released a Virtual Analyst Report feature and it’s another tool that is saving me time. In this video we break down what it is, how I’m using it, and who will get the most out of their Premium service.
00:00 Virtual Analyst Report overview
04:28 Downsides of the feature
06:41 How I’m using it
08:02 Who Premium is best for
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12 min
January 21, 2025 TSMC’s Dominance Keeps Growing
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Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) and UnitedHealthcare (UNH) both reported earnings last week, but are two companies seemingly headed in different directions. We break down both reports.

00:00 TSMC’s dominant market position
05:55 UNH’s medical costs problem
10 min
January 17, 2025 Why Are Stock Valuation Metrics Different Sometimes?
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Valuation metrics can be different sometimes on different websites. Why is that? We break down an example with AMD.

00:00 Why are the AMD numbers different?
03:16 GAAP vs non-GAAP earnings
06:30 What does this mean for us as investors?
11 min
January 15, 2025 Stocks are off to a Rough Start in 2025
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Tech stocks have had a rough start to 2025, in this video we talk about what’s going on, Nvidia versus AMD, and I have some books I want to give away

00:00 Why are stocks down in 2025 so far?
04:04 Nvidia or AMD
08:45 I’m giving away some books
11 min
January 13, 2025 This is How I Will Use Alpha Picks In 2025
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Breaking down my approach to how I will be using Seeking Alpha’s Alpha Picks service in 2025
00:00 What am I doing
02:17 The approach I’m going to take
04:18 What I want to learn
7 min
January 08, 2025 4 Tips For Transferring Stocks to Different Brokerages
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Transferring your stocks from brokerage to brokerage is normally pretty smooth, but there are some things to think about before you do. In this video we break down 4 tips to help the process go better for you.

00:00 Fractional shares
02:11 Residual Sweeps
03:56 Cost basis
05:05 Transfer fees
9 min
January 06, 2025 This Might Be The Biggest Business Trend in 2025
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Talking about what might be the biggest business trend in 2025

00:00 AI infrastructure spend continues
03:31 The biggest business trend for 2025
08:45 How should we prepare for it?
11 min
January 02, 2025 My Stock Portfolio Recap for December 2024
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In this video we walk through my entire stock portfolio to reveal how much my portfolio earned over the last month, my performance versus the S&P 500, what stocks I bought and sold, and dividend income using Snowball Analytics portfolio tools.

00:00 Portfolio Performance for December 2024
04:02 Dividend income
05:06 Stocks I bought and sold this month
09:18 Best and worst performers
11:41 Overall thoughts on the previous month
17 min
December 27, 2024 How I’m Preparing My Portfolio Strategy for 2025
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It’s time for my end of year review of my portfolio strategy and we have some changes to make as we head into 2025.

00:00 - Reviewing my current portfolio strategy
06:45 - Updating to better align with my goals
10:21 - How does it fit with my holdings?
16 min
December 24, 2024 My 2024 Channel Recap and Plans for 2025
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We have a little fun recapping 2024 and talking about what to expect from me in 2025

00:00 A recap of 2024
01:37 Best and Worst Outcomes
03:25 Most Viewed Videos
05:29 Best Comments
10:28 Memes, Family, and YouTube stats
13:48 What to expect in 2025
19 min

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Market Bytes is a show about tech and stocks. Breaking down the businesses and technology that dominates the market, making sense of the financial headlines, and sharing the details of my own…