What's happening in the stock market realm - August 2023 SMU edition. ⚡️ Do not worry, it's educational too.

We discuss the most recent downgrade drama: the Fitch downgrade of US sovereign debt and its impact on the market. Explore key economic indicators like CPI, PPI, and Q2 earnings, delving into their implications for investors and shedding light on the evolving labor market landscape. And of course - Swiftenomics!

We’re unraveling the mysteries of what’s happening in the economy with another stock market update ritual where we’ll break down the past and read the tea leaves, to prepare you better for navigating the market and hopefully conjure up some profits (Jessie was owed some witchy references after all that T-Swift speak last week).
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🐰 Come back down the rabbit hole and find stock market wonderland with us as we uncover all the information and data points you're seeing when you search a stock ticker symbol and find the stock quote. It's easy to get lost in it, but we're here to guide you. 

Are you ready for it? Jess and Jessie look up a stock on Google and then show what additional info is available when you also look up a stock via different brokerage firms. It hits different when you make sense of all of the data.

Talking Turned To Screens

Once again, we are screen-sharing in this episode, so check out our YouTube Channel to see what we are describing!

And for all you "Swifties" out there, you'll enjoy the many references Jess gives while Jessie does her best to tolerate it in this episode. 😄 By the end of this episode you will know how to look at stock quotes all too well!

Upcoming:
You love it, so we're bringing it back! And maybe it's the past talking, screaming from the crypt, but 'tis the damn earning season, so don't rush into things until you hear the full scoop. 
 

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Market MakeHer welcomes our very first guest on the podcast:  Blain Reinkensmeyer of Reink Media Group (RMG) and stockbrokers.com! In Episode 09, Blain tells us how we can choose the best brokerage firm for our individual, self-directed investing needs and how he uses an unbiased methodology to rate and review online stock brokers while putting "people first before profits." This gives StockBrokers.com the Market MakeHer seal of approval as a trusted resource for comparing stock brokers whenever you're in the market for a brokerage firm (and no, we are not sponsored by RMG 🤑).
 
We do share our screen to look over the website in this Episode, which you can see on YouTube, or via the links below.

Helpful Links 

• StockBrokers.com Guide: Best Online Brokers 2023
• Brokerage Firm Rankings: 2023 Annual Review 
• Unbiased Stock Broker "Reinking" Methodology
• Consumer Advocacy in the U.S. for Finding a Financial Advisor 
  • If that's something you are ever looking for in the future

 
Be sure to listen to the episode to hear the analogy we put Blain on the spot to come up with for what a brokerage firm is (without using any sports references).  😄

Thank you for listening, and always feel free to ask us any questions about setting up a brokerage account so you can start investing and make a mark in finance with us!

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Learn what an investment thesis is and why it’s good to have one before jumping on a stock buying bandwagon. We’ll also show you how to start finding ideas using your thesis with stock screeners (they're free)!

Think about what you know is happening in the world or something anecdotal you saw on social media. For example, currently, we’re facing constrained labor supply,  issues with housing, and there’s an aging population leaving the  workforce - what are the sectors that are potentially going to solve these problems or see some gains from these events? That’s your thesis, now let’s find ideas with free research tools!

We share our screen in this episode to show how a screener works. You can watch us go over that on YouTube.

Things We Talked About:

• What is an investment thesis?
• Macro/Micro Headwinds and Tailwinds
• The 11 Different Sectors  - they’re all  around you
• Every stock has a sector - when researching, start with the sector
• Find ideas using your investment thesis with stock screeners
• Where are people spending money? What’s a solution to a current problem?

You can have your own criteria for what makes a good investment for you, and we will do episodes on strategy, risk tolerance, and diversification soon - subscribe and stay tuned! 

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Market MakeHer is an investing education podcast taught by a 15-year finance expert to her friend, a beginner investor. Our mission is to demystify the stock market and make financial literacy accessible to all self-directed investors! We teach complex investing topics in a different way - from "Her" perspective.

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🐰 Follow us down the rabbit hole of Preferred Stocks and try to not get lost along the way (“I said in simple terms, Jess” 😄). Imagine, a common stock and a bond had a baby, but with the complications and nuances of a mutual fund, and you’ve got a preferred stock. 👶 
  
Some things you’ll learn in this episode:

• Income Stock  
• Convertible Security 
• Fixed Income Security
• Par Value
• Bond Ratings
• Company Credit Scores
• “Preferential Treatment”
• A quick lesson on how Dividends pay out (maths)

 
Upcoming:
Stay tuned to learn how to create your own investment thesis, so that you can strategically decide what makes the most sense for you to invest in when it comes to looking at the stock market, your goals, and your portfolio.  We're really about to start diving into investing - join us! Let's make a mark in the stock market, together! 

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What is the stock market doing today? What's going on with inflation? Learn this and more in our July 2023 "SMU."

The stock market is all around you!

We aren’t just talking about the current state of the stock market - we’re understanding how the things that are currently happening in the U.S. (and the world) affect the “forward-looking” value of stocks.

We’ve been laying down the foundation of what the stock market is, and now, we’re going to talk about what the current state of the stock market looks like, so that we can become savvy investors. Then, we can start getting into “the how” (that is, how to put this all into action for yourself).

Things we discussed in Ep. 06:

• July 2023 theme of the market - inflation (surprise)
• Who is “the Fed” and why do we care?
• Monetary Policy (interest rates, reserves, banks)
• How does the Fed’s decisions affect the stock market?
• The labor market is back to where it was pre-pandemic, but we’re seeing different age ranges in the labor market (i.e. 50+ workers left during the pandemic). What will this mean?
• This is what it sounds like, when the Hawk cries.
• We’re probably going to need more automation and/or immigration to keep up with the labor needs.
• Why does any of this matter and what does it have to do with stocks?
• Restrictive policy (raising interest rates) makes the stock market go on sale 😉
• Bull Market vs Bear Market (hint: + or - 20%)
• How will the stock market change in the next 10 - 20 years?
• Labor market report is coming! 
• Earnings season is coming! 
• What should we name these updates? 

Upcoming episodes:
Jess will teach us how to have an investment thesis, so that we can make wise decisions while we pay attention to what’s happening in the world, and ultimately, the stock market. We have another educational episode coming up, then we’ll learn how to pick a brokerage firm/company, and theeennnn we’ll be on our way to building our own portfolios. Stay tuned and be sure to subscribe for updates!

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In Episode 5 of the Market MakeHer Podcast, you’ll learn about the different brokerage account types and how you might be taxed on this kind of investment income. Yes, we’re talking about taxes, one of the two things in life you can’t avoid. 👻

Don’t stress too much over taxes though, your brokerage firm is there to make it simple for you and will send you the appropriate form(s). We’ll break down how it all works and share other valuable information and resources. 

What we discussed in Ep. 05:

• Taxable accounts and Non-taxable accounts 
  • tax-deferred or retirement (IRAs, not 401Ks - yet)
• Individual account vs Joint account
• Traditional IRA vs Roth IRA
  • There’s also a Rollover IRA account type
• Beneficiaries!!
• Separate Log-ins!!
• Capital Gains and Dividends
• Taxable Events - everything is tracked and reported to the IRS
• “Know Your Client Rule” 
• Offsetting tax implications with losses
  • We’re starting to get into strategy
  • Everyone has a unique income situation and strategy
• IRS changes things - look at irs.gov to see current limits and tax info
• How Jess and Jessie would do in a zombie apocalypse
• And a question from one of our listeners  

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Market MakeHer is an investing education podcast taught by a 15-year finance expert to her friend, a beginner investor. Our mission is to demystify the stock market and make financial literacy accessible to all self-directed investors! We teach complex investing topics in a different way - from "Her" perspective.

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In Episode 4 of the Market MakeHer Podcast, Jess Inskip teaches us what mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are and how they work - and whew - we learned a lot! If you couldn’t take notes while you listened, don’t worry - Jess wrote an article to help explain it in the Episode Equity for the Episode 4 page of the site and Jessie took notes, which can be found in the Dividends section of the site. 
  
Here are some things we learned in Episode 04:

• The differences between mutual funds and ETFs
• Active vs Passive
• You can’t just buy the whole S&P 500, but you can buy a mirror of it
• Allll the types of funds that are out there (including Target Date Funds - yes, we will do a retirement episode!)
• Stocks are securities, but securities are so much more than stock (i.e. Stocks, Bonds, Funds, Money Markets - oh my!)
• Portfolios are like an easter egg basket analogy
• Mutual Funds are like a group gift analogy (Bonds are “IOUs” - duh)
• Mutual Fund ticker symbols always has 5 letters and ends in "X"
• Jessie’s light bulb moment about Primary vs Secondary Markets
• Fees Fees Fees! (we also need to do an entire episode about taxes)
• How Mutual Funds and ETFs could make you money
• “The Greeks” and what Beta means - definitely marinating on this one
• How often Jessie says "like" - all the time apparently 

Bonus Tip: Don't leave your money sitting in a Money Market in your Brokerage Account! You have to take that money and then invest it in stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, etc. 

There was also a surprise pop-in visit from Darling Lady Darla, which you can enjoy on our YouTube channel. 

As always, you can send us any questions you have about Mutual Funds, ETFs, or anything about the Stock Market at www.marketmakeherpodcast.com/contact-us or on any of our social channels. We are keeping them all organized to be answered in the appropriate episode. And PRETTY PLEASE, if you’re learning something from these episodes - share with your friends, leave us a review, subscribe - you know the deal. <3 

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In Episode 03 of the Market MakeHer Podcast, Jessie asks Jess: what stocks are, how stocks work, why people buy stocks, and how to understand the value of a stock.  
Don't forget that you can get more "Episode Equity" on the Ep. 03 page of our website: https://www.marketmakeherpodcast.com/episode/ep-3-what-is-a-stock
What We Learned:
1. A stock is a type of investment that gives you a share of ownership in a company.
2. A company's profitability can be measured through earnings per share (EPS) and profit margin.
3. A company reports its earnings quarterly, it provides information about its past quarter performance and future quarter expectations, which can impact the value of its stock.
4. It is good to see increasing EPS and revenue, expanding profit margins, and optimistic forward looking guidance
 
Upcoming:
On the next episodes we will talk about Mutual Funds and 401(k) accounts - subscribe to be alerted when these episodes drop! You can also submit your questions on our website for the next episodes. 
Keep the conversation going on our social media channels!
 
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In Episode 02 of the Market MakeHer Podcast, we learn what the stock market actually is (with shopping analogies 👜) and how the overall performance of the stock market is measured. In true Market MakeHer fashion, Jess explains these elusive concepts to us in more simplified language, and Jessie stops her to ask questions, define jargon, and break things down in even more relatable terms.
  
And speaking of "fashion" - the theme for today's episode was "hats" (hence the witch hat and Nasdaq bucket hat). We're open to episode theme suggestions, so be sure to send us your ideas for the video version of this podcast. 
 
What we learned in Episode 02:
* What the stock market is and how it is similar to those buy/sell/trade clothing stores (it even has open and closing hours: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EST)
* What the 3 major indexes are (also called "indices" pronounced in-dih-sees) and how they help us measure the "health" of the stock market - the value of all the stocks.
* Difference between "price weighted" and "market cap weighted"
* Difference between micro-cap, small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap (these things are not necessary to know right now at a beginner level, but are helpful terms to keep in mind for later)
* What are "points" when we hear that "x" index went up or down "100 points," for example? 
* How do consumers influence the performance of the stock market?
* How does "fiscal policy" (what the government does) influence stock value? And how things like "the U.S. debt ceiling," for example, influence stock prices. 
* The consumers have the power - where we spend our hard-earned money matters ;)
   
Episode 02 - Simplified and Summed Up:
The stock market is a "place" where a collection of stocks are bought and sold. A brokerage firm connects you to this place for you to buy and sell your stocks. The stock market is measured collectively through indexes/indices. Consumers influence sales by deciding where they spend their money, which makes the value of stocks go up and down. Stocks are commonly measured on 3 major indices/indexes (Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, Nasdaq - the S&P 500 is the best gauge of how the market is performing because it has the most variety) and this is how we get an idea of how the stock market is performing overall. Learning how to measu

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Market MakeHer is an investing education podcast taught by a 15-year finance expert to her friend, a beginner investor. Our mission is to demystify the stock market and make financial literacy accessible to all self-directed investors! We teach complex investing topics in a different way - from "Her" perspective.

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Investing involves risk. There is always potential to lose money when investing in securities. Market MakeHer LLC provides educational content and resources for informational purposes only. We are not registered financial advisors & do not provide personalized investment advice. Consult with a l...