Stocks for Beginners

We're all investors in the stock market, either directly or through our retirement plans. We're handing over management of our assets to financial advisors and fund managers. The best will look after our interests and make us wealthier. But how can we know for sure? Where are the investors' yachts? The big money on Wall Street is made by charging us fees. The finance industry is collecting for managing money, whether they win or lose or break even.

Where do you go if you're completely new, but want to start learning about investing in the market yourself. The jargon is dense and it can feel like we're being kept deliberately in the dark with jargon and many confusing metrics.

You'll hear from people in the finance industry and together we'll explain the key concepts of investing while they share their financial knowledge. More importantly, they have insights that allow us to look under the hood of the stock market, explaining how it works and what to look out for.

We have to be smart. We have to be diversified and we have to have good risk management strategies if we want to invest for the long term. That's what I'm all about. I'm Phil Muscatello. Join me on Stocks for Beginners. Let's learn together.

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"No matter how much evidence exists that seers do not exist, suckers will pay for the existence of seers." - J. Scott Armstrong. Karl Kaufman is the resident expert at American Dream Investing helping ordinary investors who are ignored by Wall Street. Despite the fancy MBAs, predictive models, fancy suits and the big salaries, Wall Street analysts are woefully poor predictors of future events. I based this interview on a blog post written by Karl which you can find at the link to my blog post:. https://www.stocksforbeginners.net/blog/adi 

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I want to share with you an episode of the Bankadelic podcast with Lou Carlozo – Contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Editor in Chief Qwoted Founder and CEO, Carma Productions Worldwide, creative polymath and like me a refugee from the humanities who somehow ended up communicating about finance. Lou kindly invited me onto his podcast and you may enjoy the change of pace and Lou’s uncompromising hilarity. If you’re into banking and finance, have a listen to Bankadelic! Lou is a fun host who leads engaging interviews with his expert guests. In this episode we talked about John Keats, investing ... and dealing with the bear market. And rest assured, no Romantic Poetry was harmed in the making of this episode.

Here's a link to Bankadelic if youde like more Lou: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bankadelic-the-colorful-side-of-finance/id1503619691

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Stanley H. Teitelbaum, PhD is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst. His new book is SMART MONEY: A Psychologist's Guide To Overcoming Self-Defeating Patterns In Stock Market Investing. The book addresses how to identify and overcome emotional roadblocks, blind spots, and errors in judgment that interfere with profitable investing, and how to develop greater trust in one’s ability to navigate investments. In this episode we discuss the emotions that investors are feeling in this period of market turmoil. Bear markets are not very unusual. Since 1926, there's been 15 episodes of at least 20% declines, meaning that there's been at least 15 bear markets in that period of time. What's important to remember is that on average, the average total loss from the peak in every bear market has been almost 35%. We are now down around 24%, according to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. That means we're still significantly short of the average, which means there's a room for one or more additional down legs. And that's scary.

Here's a link to the blog post: https://www.stocksforbeginners.net/blog/stanley-teitelbaum 

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Disclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use this link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they’re offering something of value. Stocks for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn’t financial advice, and you shouldn’t buy or sell any investments based on what you’ve heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Stocks for Beginners. This podcast doesn’t replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation.

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Is money a mass delusion? What role does trust play in our financial system, and is there a way of doing it better? I wanted to find out more about money. The more I thought about, the less sense it made. Does money only have value because we agree to that illusion? Omid Malekan joined me to explain the history of money, how trust works, and why blockchain technology is re-engineering that trust. Omid Malekan has spent years being confused about crypto, so you don’t have to be. 

Here's a link to the blog post: https://www.stocksforbeginners.net/blog/malekan

And here's a link to Omid's website to find out more: https://www.omidmalekan.com/

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Inflation is the cruellest tax. I met Jeffrey Kamys this week as we discussed an upcoming episode. In the meantime we recorded this conversation about inflation, whether we are already in a recession, how inflation is created and how central banks "print" money.

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It's known as the loneliness of the long-distance podcaster. Lives stunted by long hours alone in darkened studios and smoky editing suites. That's why it was great to share a podcast with fellow podcaster, Steven Lerner. Steven is the creator of Early Bird. He's been writing about financial topics since 2017, including stock earnings, initial public offerings, startup funding, and business trends. He's also interviewed CEOs of public and private companies. In his spare time, Steven invests in both the public and private markets. Early Bird is a free daily email newsletter sent to your email box each weekday morning featuring commentary about the latest trends in stocks, cryptocurrency, and equity crowdfunding. This newsletter is easy to read and designed to help individual investors stay on top of important investing trends in three minutes or less. Subscribe to Early Bird for free. https://www.earlybird.email/

More info at the blog post: https://www.stocksforbeginners.net/blog/earlybird

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Sir Ronald Cohen, Author of IMPACT: Reshaping capitalism to drive real change & Chair of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment. Sir Ronald Cohen is an Egyptian-born British businessman, who fled his birthplace with his family in 1957, following the Suez Crisis, with only £10 to their name. Despite his family’s economic struggles, Sir Ronald’s hard work saw him win a scholarship to Oxford and then attend Harvard Business School.

Referred to by the British press as ‘the father of British venture capital’ and ‘the father of social investment’, he is now leading the Impact Revolution – a movement seeking to achieve real social and environmental change. With an impressive background in management consulting, venture capitalism, and social investments, Sir Ronald has a compelling perspective on how to reshape capitalism. 

We spoke about his Harvard Business School research into impact weighted accounts. This research measured the environmental impacts from the operations of 3,000 companies and found 450 of them create more damage than profit, 1,000 create damage equivalent to 25% of their profit, and 2/3 create damage less than 25% of their profit. Sir Ronald believes changing the world and making a profit go hand in hand. He says investors should put money into the hands of those who do good and do well at the same time.  More info at the blog post: https://www.stocksforbeginners.net/blog/src

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway holds its shareholders' meeting in Omaha each year. It's known as the Woodstock for value investors. A recent guest on this podcast, Phil Weiss of Apprise Wealth, mentioned that he was attending and I asked if he would return and report to listeners. The Berkshire Annual Meeting is unique as most companies only talk to "The Street" or analysts, but Warren & Charlie and other principals take questions from ordinary shareholders. Berkshire releases earnings on Saturday morning typically when the market's not open. The results can be digested and no-one gets any information earlier. It's a special occasion in terms of communicating with the company, hearing about the company's performance, and answering questions which are not just about the company but about life in general. 

We mentioned a link to a blog post from Phil: https://apprisewealth.com/news/apprises-five-favorite-reads-for-the-week-of-may-1-2022/

Portfolio tracker Sharesight tracks your trades, shows your true performance, and saves you time and money at tax time. Get 4 months free at https://www.sharesight.com/stocksforbeginners

Disclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use this link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they’re offering something of value. Stocks for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn’t financial advice, and you shouldn’t buy or sell any investments based on what you’ve heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Stocks for Beginners. This podcast doesn’t replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation.

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What do Star Wars, Noah, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and tattoos have to do with investing? Everything. Master storyteller Jonny Tomahawk uses the experiences of everyday life to point to valuable lessons about how we all mismanage our wealth. Jonny Tomahawk is the nom-de-plume of Craig Mercer, Chief Research Officer and Head of ESG at Dalton Investments (Australia). Dalton Investments LLC is a value-focused investment management firm with expertise in Asia, Emerging Markets and global equities. Jonny Tomahawk is also his handle should you come across him on Apex Legends. Find out more at the blog post: https://www.stocksforbeginners.net/blog/dalton

Portfolio tracker Sharesight tracks your trades, shows your true performance, and saves you time and money at tax time. Get 4 months free at https://www.sharesight.com/stocksforbeginners

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