98: Can Anybody Beat the Market? - Q4 Update of the Artistic Finance 6k

A year end review of the Artistic Finance 6k--our $6,000 investment. We’ve gathered a bond investment CEO, a data analyst, and two lighting designers to compare how our investments compare to the market (aka the S&P 500).   We discuss: ⭐️ The current shaky market ⭐️ Holding investments for a year ⭐️ Next steps for this investment experiment     Takeaways: ⭐️ Ethan is going to HOLD all investments ⭐️ Ethan needs to reinvest the $56 REIT dividends ⭐️ We will have 3 other investments to track - one is I-Bonds ⭐️ All guests are roughly mid 30s. Thoughts might be different if we were mid 20s or mid 60s.   The Artistic Finance Investment Strategy: ⭐️ Half high risk ⭐️ Half dividends ⭐️ Money that can be lost ⭐️ Diversified asset classes ⭐️ Only sell one year and one day after purchase ⭐️ Choose based on what smarter investors are choosing   Our superstar guest panel is:   ⭐️ Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan, CEO of LidquidiFi   ⭐️ Ebony Madry, lighting designer and project manager   ⭐️ Katie Buhrman, a leader in data and analytics   Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan - CEO of LiquidiFi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maithreyi-gopalakrishnan/ [email protected]   Ebony Madry - Lighting Designer & Project Manager: @ebmadry on Instagram https://www.ebmadry.com/   Katie Buhrman - Data Analyst: @ktbuhr on Instagram https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherinebuhrman/ https://brokercheck.finra.org/individual/summary/6520240   Ethan Steimel - Lighting Designer: @artisticfinance on Instagram https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethansteimel/   Previous Episodes of Interest:   Cryptocurrency with Najah Roberts: https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/JM5QCXLUhsqOfRDC8Dd2/Cryptocurrency-Bitcoin-with-Najah-Roberts   Bond Investing - aka I-Bonds - with Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan: https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/Ls2svcghok0FemQVcNBp/Bond-Investing-with-Maithreyi-Gopalakrishnan   Wine Investing with Anthony Zhang: https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/G7sKrzcmEwJeor6iAy4t/Wine-Investing-with-Anthony-Zhang   Affiliate links: M1 Finance - Good for Long Term / Buy and Hold Investors - I don't think there is a sign up incentive: m1finance.8bxp97.net/XxYPZg   Coinbase - Cryptocurrency Exchange - $10 of Bitcoin: https://www.coinbase.com/join/steime_0   Vinovest - Wine Investing - 3 months of free wine storage: https://app.vinovest.co?grsf=2p0wk3   Robinhood - Stock Trading - Intuitive and easy to use - Free Stock On Signup: https://join.robinhood.com/ethans21   We Bull - Free Stock Trading - Design for Traders - I find it difficult to navigate - 5 Free Stocks on Signup: https://act.webull.com/pm/do1QnByzkAhA/a3j/inviteUs/main   ETF - the S&P 500 index fund we hold: IVV - iShares Core S&P 500   Stocks: VST - Vistra Corp LAC - Lithium Americas TAP - Molson Coors Beverage (owners of Blue Moon) SKLZ- Skillz   Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin   Wine: We own one case through Vinovest Vinovest   Real Estate - REITS: UBA - Urstadt Biddle Properties SRG - Seritage Growth Properties VICI - Experiential Real Estate - Previously MGM Properties STAG - STAG Industrial   Art: Bret Slater - Artist https://www.bretslater.com/   Photos of the Painting: https://www.patreon.com/posts/64295618   Full story of commissioning the piece - only accessible to patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/61516832   Ian Dunlap - The Investor Ethan follows: https://linktr.ee/themasterinvestor   ... Become a patron: www.patreon.com/artisticfinance   Interview by Ethan Steimel