#18 Cannabis investing, Market Politics Overlap + The-60-20-20 Rule with Ted Reilly + Sonal Aggarwal

Welcome to 'Business News and Other $#!T', I am your host Amer and thank you so much for tuning in to a show that has been called the perfect listen for busy fifth graders with ADD. Our guests this week are Ted Reilly and Sonal Aggarwal. Ted Reilly (@REILLED) is the Executive Director of the Chicago Media Angels, whose mission is to organize, educate and accelerate savvy media investors in Chicago. Ted is the co-founder of SRH Partners where he leverages his passion for creativity and extensive experience in finance to help creative talent organize and flourish. Ted is also a co-founder of Lifefinder Films, a Brooklyn based film production company that produces content in a variety of formats. He currently sits on the board at Stage 18 Chicago. Before launching his own company to focus on content as an asset class, Ted worked in the investment management division of Goldman Sachs and received his BBA in Finance from the University of Notre Dame. Sonal Aggarwal (@razor_bliss) is a stand up comedian and actress. She played herself in an episode of Joe Swanberg’s “Easy” on Netflix in 2017. She has an upcoming show called “Alchemy of Bliss”. 10:00 “The-60-20-20” - 60% toward primary expenses rent, car, food, clothing, etc 20% toward savings, 20% for whatever you want. #MOJOMoney - Use Robin Hood or Stash to put $300/month into an SPY account 20:00 October went down as the worst month in the last ten years. FANG Stocks 24:30 Sonal's growing into an investor. Buy something boring, commodity, gold, oil. Not tech, just had a huge run 27:00 Price per earnings (PPE) and when it makes you nervous? 35:00 How to Best benefit from investing in the market. Some in the stock market and some cash always. You can get 2-3% for just leaving it in your checking account. 44:00 Cannabis investing - new, volatile market. Advice jump on board with John Boehner. 53:00 Keep investing in the market. Non-American markets are struggling. 56:00 Amer's grandma Zarifa explains Amazon HQ 2 1:10:00 Why Washington DC has become much more important to the markets 1:13:00 Oil! In last 35 years oils never gone down straight for 11 days-gas and airplane tix will go down over the next 3-6 months. 1:35:00 Harvard Astrophysicist saw strange object. 1:38:00 The overlap of politics and markets 1:50:00 Ali Mohammed interviewing Ted of ChicagoMediaAngels.com on how to get your movie made in Chicago and How they choose projects.