Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's episode looks at the Biden administration's carbon tax holiday that was proposed and will be discussed in Biden's meeting with congress tomorrow. The plan would effectively cut out the federal carbon tax of 18.4 cents per gallon but would hinder road and highway projects as a result. Listen now to learn how this affects American gasoline consumers! Until Sunday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's video wraps up our series on business valuation. We end with the concept of cost-based valuation, the last of the three types (with the other two being Market-Based and Income-Based valuation). Cost-based valuation is the least used of the three types but offers important insights for intangible assets that the other two do not incorporate. It is also often utilized as a valuation approach of last resort when other types of valuation modeling produce biased or inaccurate valuation results. Thanks for listening and until Tuesday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! Bonds are one of the worst investments right now, and it's simply because they cannot keep up with current inflationary pressures. Although they offer a 'risk-free' investment for those nearing retirement, it is time to reconsider this and indulge in creating a well-diversified portfolio of stocks, crypto, real estate, and commodities to battle the inflation eating away at your savings. Thanks for listening and until Sunday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's lecture touches on the second of three methods for valuing businesses. Market-based valuation utilizes comparisons of similar companies to attribute a value to the business at hand and does not utilize cashflows as income-based valuation requires. This makes it somewhat easier to utilize, given there are companies similar to the one we would like to value. This type of valuation is very useful in determining whether the purchase of a big-ticket item in your personal life is worth what the seller is quoting, so use it wisely! Until Tuesday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's episode focuses on trading psychology and cites some wonderful sources to utilize to learn more. Fear and greed take over in high-stakes trading moments when we know our money is on the line. What can we do to minimize our involvement in terms of emotions and be as robotic as possible to maximize trading profits? It's all about your trading plan and automating trades. Listen now to learn more! Until Sunday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance and our 23rd ITT episode! This week we continue with the same ideas from last week but turn to look under the hood at what's happening with inflation, unemployment, job markets, the economy, and asset markets overall as we near a mild recession. What lengths will the Fed go to in order to battle inflation? Listen now to find out. Until Sunday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week we are running through a full DCF valuation step-by-step to really drive the ideas associated with income-based valuation home. This video is a bit more visual (especially the Excel tutorial) so make sure to check it out on YouTube @Investonomics. After listening, you should be able to use the Excel sheet linked in our YouTube description to value a business yourself using financial data from a company's three financial statements. Thanks for listening, and until Tuesday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's episode gets real with you and we discuss the realities of investing in bear markets. Emotions often get the best of us but we need to stay logical and look at it as if we are shopping on Black Friday! Listen to this off-script and real-talk podcast explaining the importance of not halting contributions to your portfolio during a bear market. Until Sunday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's episode covers another income-based valuation approach that is central to the valuation of any business, project, or investment. Capitalization of Earnings and DCF valuation make up income-based valuation and both value a business based on metrics related to a company's income. Although they are similar, there are important differences so be sure you understand what they are. Listen now and learn all about it! Until Tuesday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's ITT episode continues with our discussion on UST's collapse and more specifically the regulatory implications this will have on stablecoins this year. Listen now to learn all about how far and wide this collapse rippled, and until Sunday...Jay