The Investing for Beginners Podcast - Your Path to Financial Freedom

The Investing for Beginners Podcast - Your Path to Financial Freedom


Latest Episodes

IFB230: How to Spot and Avoid Value Traps
June 02, 2022

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss: How to spot Value Traps and some of the characteristics of companies that might become a value trap. Companies who become v

IFB229: How to Deal With Buying and Holding When Our Theory Changes??
May 26, 2022

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we welcome: Tracking your profits and losses in your brokerage accounts and the best way to follow those changes. What to do when stock

IFB228: How to Avoid Dividend Traps + ESPP Plans
May 19, 2022

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we welcome: How do ESPP plans work, and what kinds of returns can you expect from those types of employee stock purchase plans. How to

Eric Balchunas on Fiduciaries, Jack Bogle, and all things ETFs
May 12, 2022

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we welcome: Eric Balchunas, the Senior ETF analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, recently published a fantastic book, The Bogle Effect. E

IFB227: How to Keep Your Spirits Up When the Market is Falling
May 05, 2022

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss: How to stay invested in the markets, even during downtimes, without getting discouraged How to manage our emotions and cont

Discussing All Things REITs with Chris Volk, former CEO of Store Capital
April 28, 2022

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss: Public REITs with Chris Volk, former CEO of two public REITs, including Store Capital (STOR) What trends appeal to him in t

IFB226: Unlocking the Different P/E Ratios, Cap-Weighted vs Equal Weighted Indexes, and the Business Development Sector
April 21, 2022

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss: What are the differences between Non-GAAP P/Es, forward P/Es, and trailing P/E ratios? The differences between equal-weight

IFB225: Understanding the Different Business Models and Recurring Revenue, Plus A Brief Look at the Retail Furniture Sector
April 14, 2022

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss: Thoughts on The Dhando Investor by Mohnish Pabrai A brief overview of Ethan Allen and the retail furniture industry What ar

IFB224: What Happens to Your Shares in the Event of Big Changes, CEO Leaves, Acquisitions, or Other News?
April 07, 2022

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss: What happens to your company’s shares in the event of a big change, for example, a CEO change, acquisition, or bad news? Wh

IFB223: Investing Close to Retirement and REITs 101
March 31, 2022

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today’s show, we discuss: How to think about investing at an older age, 63, for example Defining REITs, and a REIT 101 How to analyze REITs and some