Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss:

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Investing in Passive Investing using ETFs with Brendan Erne from Personal Capital
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How to protect yourself in a downturn in the markets
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The benefits and ways to invest in the ESG movement, plus all the insights on the benefits for society and the businesses.


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Dave: [00:00:00] All right, folks. Welcome to Investing for Beginners podcast tonight. We have a very special guest with us. Brendan Erne from Personal Capital is the director of portfolio management at personal capital, and he has joined us tonight to talk to us about investing and all kinds of great stuff. So Brendan, could you take a moment and, I guess, tell us a little bit about yourself and maybe some of your background and kind of how you came to where you are today?

Brendan: [00:00:24] Yeah, absolutely. A pleasure to be here; first of all, guys. But, but yes, so. I, as you mentioned, my name is Brendan Erne; I’m originally from the Pacific Northwest, actually the east side of the Seattle area. And then I moved down to the bay area in 2004, where I’ve been ever since and reside today.

I’ve always held roles in the financial services industry,