107. June 2024 Mailbag

This month's mailbag includes great questions about BDCs, broken investing theses, knowing if the story really changed, a little-known battery company, and what to do with middling investments. Jason also said that listener Jesse was a bad stock picker partly because their name starts with the same letters as Jeff's. Have a question you want answered? Want us to make fun of you to make ourselves feel better? Send it to us for our next mailbag now! Companies mentioned: BEP, BEPC, BOC, CWEN, ENPH, FLNC, META, NEE, NVDA, SPUU, SSO ***************************************** Subscribe to our portfolio on Savvy Trader at: https://savvytrader.com/investingunscripted/investing-unscripted-portfolio?s=MjM0NDM6NTQ1OA== ***************************************** Email: [email protected] Twitter: @InvestingPod Check out our YouTube channel for more content: https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingUnscripted ****************************************** To get 15% off any paid plan at finchat.io, visit https://finchat.io/unscripted ****************************************** Investing Unscripted is brought to you by Public.com* *Options are not suitable for all investors and carry significant risk. Option investors can rapidly lose the value of their investment in a short period of time and incur permanent loss by expiration date. Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk. There are additional costs associated with option strategies that call for multiple purchases and sales of options, such as spreads, straddles, among others, as compared with a single option trade. Prior to buying or selling an option, investors must read and understand the “Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options”, also known as the options disclosure document (ODD) which can be found at: www.theocc.com/company-information/documents-and-archives/options-disclosure-document Supporting documentation for any claims will be furnished upon request. If you are enrolled in our Options Order Flow Rebate Program, The exact rebate will depend on the specifics of each transaction and will be previewed for you prior to submitting each trade. This rebate will be deducted from your cost to place the trade and will be reflected on your trade confirmation. Order flow rebates are not available for non-options transactions. To learn more, see our Fee Schedule, Order Flow Rebate FAQ, and Order Flow Rebate Program Terms & Conditions. Options can be risky and are not suitable for all investors. See the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options to learn more. All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Open to the Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. See public.com/#disclosures-main for more information. ***************************************** Find the 2024 Portfolio Contest here: https://tinyurl.com/2024contest Find the 2023 Portfolio Contest here: https://tinyurl.com/Smatterfolio2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices