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Investing Should Be Easy
by Investing Should Be Easy
Investing shouldn't be this big mystery or even difficult. Your host, Alex Richwagen, will walk you through easy investing strategies that reduce risk, to achieve long term growth and financial security.
Episodes
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Coronavirus COVID-19 Questions & Answers
In tonight's show, we'll welcome back Landon to answer some curious questions about the Coronavirus, COVID-19, what to do, and how to react. I'll go over three potential names to look at investing in Consumer Staples. Questions / Feedback, [email protected] Alex
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Coronavirus - How to prepare your portfolio in the Short Term
In tonight's show, we'll go through some short term strategies of how to deal with the coronavirus and what to do with your portfolio. I've been researching a ton, and frankly, it scares the crap out of me. I don't think the reports are accurate with cases, especially with 400 million people…
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Interviewing an early investor - Part 3
In today's show, I'll revisit with Landon, a brand new investor, fresh off reading Investing Should be Easy (available on Amazon.com) with more questions as he's getting started. We'll actually reveal one surprise Landon wanted to do weeks ago and is now available on Fidelity.com. I'll dive into...
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Breaking down an investment article in Fidelity w/ mail bag ?s at the end
In tonight's show, I'll review and break down an article in Fidelity.com regarding using fundamental analysis, specifically a PEG & ESS ratio. PEG is price to earnings growth, and ESS is Equity Summary Score, which is an average of a bunch of independent analysts scoring a stock. Lastly, I'll...
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Interviewing an early investor - Part 2
In today's show, I'll revisit with Lando, a brand new investor, fresh off reading Investing Should be Easy (available on Amazon.com) with more questions as he's getting started. I'll dive into questions on: - Issues opening an account - Scaling into an investment (Dollar cost averaging)…
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3 Biggest Investing Mistakes I Made
In tonight's show, I'll explore three of my biggest investing mistakes I've made over the past 10-20 years and what I learned: - The Apple story - why I made 100% and screwed it up - The TRowe Price story - why mutual funds really made me smarter of why not to use them - The Google story…
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Interviewing an early investor - Part 1
In today's show, I'll sit down with a brand new investor, fresh off reading Investing Should be Easy (available on Amazon.com) with so many early questions. I'll dive into questions on: - How to open an account - What type of account to choose - Why investing works and much more! If you have any...
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Technical Analyisis Stock Review - BAND
In today's show, I'll go through a more risky pick with great upside using technical analysis. The pick itself has only 10% downside and 30% upside, giving you great risk/reward for the money. Bandwidth (BAND) is a company to review for your portfolio. Feedback? [email protected] Alex
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Episode 51 - Safety Episode
Today's show is all about safety, where to stick new monies and how to adjust to an international economic situation with consistent market jitters. Today's show will offer two picks of low risk of where to put your money and not have to worry. If you have questions or feedback...
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Market Outlook rest of 2019 - learning from mistakes
In tonight's 50th episode (woohoo!) I'll go through some significant news events like the fed rate cut, stock buybacks, and how it could equal a recession for the economy. What to do for the rest of 2019 and into 2020, how to take safety. The last piece, in the learning segment, I talk about two...
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Double your money every 7 years, golden rule of 72
In today's track, we'll revisit some core principles to why investing matters and why it should be important to you. How to double your money every 7 years and how that intertwines with the Rule of 72. Questions or feedback? [email protected] Thanks and happy listening! Alex
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Finding an investment gem - Dollar General
In tonight's show, I found a great research article highlighting a very commonplace name company, Dollar General. I highlight all the great things the company is doing, both now and for the future, and how all their fundamentals check the box, with an annualized 20% return. WOW 20% Yes!…
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Money Myths - Why Investing Early is Important
In tonight's show, we'll focus on a learning topic of money myths and why they should all be de-bunked. I'll walk through topics of how not all debt is bad, it's never too early to get started, and how to establish good saving habits will set you on a course for success. My main takeaway is it…
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Learning Segment - Using Screens for Investment Ideas
Facebook in the news again for...Antitrust lawsuits & privacy issues. But, the bigger thing in tonight's show is how to use a stock screener to take advantage of these dips in the market with all the tariff news. Make some money, that's what tonight's show is about to get moving in the right...
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Trade Wars Continue - 401K Portfolio
Jeez, why can't those trade wars just get settled? Trump has kept up with tariffs and demands and the market just keeps going in a seesaw fashion every other day and week. How to respond? To make it easier, tonight I'll go over a strategy to "set it and forget it" Ronco style. That style is…
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Market Sell Off Continues - Christmas in May!
The sell off intensifies! The market sell off continued for the second straight week and presented fantastic buying opportunities. Apple and Amazon are down 10% in a week like most names. I'd take a look at some of these and names I love like GTT and STLD to take advantage down the rown. Also, I...
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Market Sell Off! Trade Wars! Sell Everything! Nope! Keep the course - AAPL, DIS
The market is in panic over the recent news about trade wars and tarriffs imposed by President Trumpt. As a result, the stock market is down over 1,000 points in two days. Don't panic. Get excited, this is Christmas in May to buy some of your favorite names at a discount. Tonight, I'll go over…
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How to pick stocks - Common Sense - FB Privacy, PINS, APIs
In tonight's show, we welcome back Coby! Thanks for joining. Tonight, we go through and discuss how to pick stocks using a common sense approach to how to think through companies to take a look at while being an everyday consumer. - Shopping - Everyday purchases - What do your friends buy - What…
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Portfolio Returns, API Investment Ideas, and PINS Update
In the latest episode, I'll dive into how the mock portfolios have performed since 2015 in the book Investing Should Be Easy. The book provided three mock portfolios, and one return alone was over 50%, that's amazing! Also, I'll tackle APIs as an investment idea and some stock picks grabbed from...
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Mailbag Questions, Pinterest IPO, LYFT
In tonight's show, we are joined by our special guest and technical trader, Coby. We'll go over some mailbag questions around 401k, Roth IRAs, Financial planners (are they worth it?) and some early investing questions (how to get started) along with a quick review of Pinterest's upcoming IPO. If...
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Facebook hacked again, LYFT, SGMO, Peleton Bikes IPO
Excellent show today! Well you be the judge because Coby's back (our technical trader) to talk about Facebook in the news, Amazon problems with Whole Foods, and some stock ideas reflection like LYFT, SGMO (genetics) and Peleton's future IPO. Listen in and send your questions [email protected]
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IPO Updates LYFT & ALIT - Getting started investing in 2019
In today's show, I'll provide some updates on the latest IPOs as ALIT pulls theirs off the market, LYFT raises their target price, what does that mean for the investment? Also, I'll answer a mailbag question on how to get started investing in 2019 starting with some ETFs with Fidelity because its...
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Facebook Privacy Future State, LYFT ALIT
In today's show, I'm joined by our new guest, Coby (technical analyst), to go over some items in the news and how it impacts the long term market - Facebooks 14 hour outage & Privacy concerns - Dollar Tree & Dollar General opening/closinig stores - Boeing losing $25 Billion in market cap Finally,...
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Macro Perspective - PVTL Software
Alex is back, with more information and a bit of a different show. Today I'll discuss the macro trends seen and one stock pick you might just want to add.
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Future Investing - Robotics, Automation, Artificial Intelligence (ROBO) 3 of 5
Today we got back on track futuristic investing with robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence. There's an ETF called ROBO, that has 93 different companies I want to explore and see where the real winners are and what they do. Today we discussed the ratios, different segments, and...
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Future Investing - Robotics, Automation, Artificial Intelligence (ROBO) 2 of 5
Today we got back on track futuristic investing with robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence. There's an ETF called ROBO, that has 93 different companies I want to explore and see where the real winners are and what they do. Today we discussed the ratios, different segments, and...
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Future Investing - Robotics, Automation, Artificial Intelligence (ROBO)
Very cool episodes coming! We are going to discuss looking at futuristic investing and where to place some speculative bets on areas like robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence. There's an ETF called ROBO, that has 93 differnet companies I want to explore and see where the real winners...
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Short term vs Long term Investing SNAP - SGMO
In today's show, I'll take a step back and reflect on my published book as it outlines a long term investment plan, but how to change your strategy with today's ever changing headlines. Short term events like fed rates, inflation, trade wars, and others will impact your stocks. Today, I talk…
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Market Sector Analysis
In today's episode, I will break down the sectors in the market to take a macro view of the overall market. Are you in the right sector? Let's take a look today by identifying the top performing sectors in the market. Below are a few sites I found just by googling them:...
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Preparing for Volitale Markets with Strategy
In today's show, I'll discuss adjusting to the up and down crazy stock market. The last 30 days, the DOW, S&P 500, and NASDAQ have had several days of 100+ point swings. It can take a toll. I'll discuss strategies of how to adjust like: - Take some cash off the table - Don't look (What?) Yes…
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Investing with Paid Research (3 of 3)
In today's show, I'll dive into the third part of a series on investing with paid research, using a book called Juvenescence by Al Chalabi and Jim Mellon. These guys have their own investment company, do all the research, and we get to benefit. They don't make lots of money on the books, it's...
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Protect the Portfolio against extreme volatility with Options
In today's show, I will discuss how to protect your portfolio through volatility using options strategy, put options. The markets are in flux right now, and its not fun to sit back and watch your portfolio go down. This will help calm those nerves. Articles mentioned in the show -...
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How to prepare your portfolio for extreme volatility
In today's show, I discuss how to prepare your portfolio in the case of market extreme volatility, like we had this past week. There are variety of strategies to use. Today, I'll go over: Staying in cash Selling positions Using options like puts Use Inverse or Reverse ETFs If you have any...
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How to find Stock Investments with paid research (2 of 3) Episode26
In today's podcast, Alex continues his review on how to find investments by taking a paid research approach. Alex will go over another reasearch book called, Fast Forward, by Jim Mellon & Al Chalabi that you can use just like him. The paid research helps identify investments for your portfolio....
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How to find Stock Investments with paid research (1 of 3) Episode25
In today's podcast, Alex continues to answer a few emails on how to find investments by taking a paid research approach. Alex will go over a reasearch book he read called, Cracking the Code, by Jim Mellon that you can use just like him. The paid research helps identify investments for your...
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How to find Stock Investments (4 of 4) - Episode 24
In today's podcast, Alex continues to answer a few emails on how to find investments by taking an approach using a research approach. Alex will go over several resources you can use like paid research to help determine the best investments for your your portfolio. This is the fourth in a four…
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How to find Stock Investments (3 of 4) - Episode 23
In today's podcast, Alex continues to answer a few emails on how to find investments by taking an approach using a stock screener. The screen uses descriptive, fundamental, and technical analysis to find top investments to review for your portfolio. This is the third in a four part series on...
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How to find Stock Investments (2 of 4) - Episode 22
In today's podcast, Alex will answer a few emails on how to find investments by taking an approach called breaking down an ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) that acts just like a mutual fund to find top investments in a basket. This is the second in a four part series on different techniques to find...
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How to find Stock Investments (1 of 4) - Episode 21
In today's podcast, Alex will answer a few emails on how to find investments by taking an approach called common sense investing. He will review as a consumer, how many companies you interact with on a daily basis, and how to translate that knowledge into investments. This is the first in a four...
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Analyzing a DRIP growth stock - Adient (ADNT)
In today's podcast, Alex will look at a company we found after analyzing Johnson Controls called Adient that was from a spin-off. It looks like a much better investment after Johnson Controls merged with Tyco because of the growth potential. Like usual, Alex will review: Google Finance - high…
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Investing Should Be Easy Episode19
In today's podcast, Alex will look at a new company, Johnson Controls, which recently merged with Tyco. Although the deal looks good on the surface, Alex will dive into what happened to the stock post-merger, what it really means, and actually find a new investment idea with the research. He will...
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Stock Comparison - Lowes vs. Home Depot
In today's podcast, Alex will look at comparing two large home improvement retailers. Weeks back, he discussed these as possible investments post-hurricane, and they are both up! Now which is better. Alex will dive into each stock with their analysis by using: Google Finance - high level analysis...
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Equifax Breach - cybersecurity stocks
In today's podcast, Alex will look at how to adjust your portfolio because of the major cybersecurity breach that happened to Equifax. The breach was one of the largest in history and will likely have a large impact on major companies as they beef up security. How do you adjust your portfolio?...
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Hurricane Stocks after Irma & Harvey
In today's podcast, Alex will look at how to adjust your portfolio because of the devastation caused by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Both storms caused tremendous impact to the United States, but like always, there is a strategy to be had in thinking through how it can impact your portfolio.…
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Defensive Stock Review - NextEra Energy (NEE)
In today's podcast, Alex will look under the hood at a defensive stock, WTR, that is utility known as Aqua America. Listen to the show to find out why you should consider this for your portfolio as a possible low risk investment with some growth potential. During the show, he will go through his...
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Defensive Stock Review - Aqua America (WTR)
In today's podcast, Alex will look under the hood at a defensive stock, WTR, that is utility known as Aqua America. Listen to the show to find out why you should consider this for your portfolio as a possible low risk investment with some growth potential. During the show, he will go through his...
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Defensive Stocks and Why more aren't investing (Millenials)
In today's show, Alex will review a few articles that discuss why more people aren't investing (2/3 of Millenials) the root causes behind it, and how to get started. Find as much as $300 in monthly income to get started, that's article #2. Lastly, with the stock market starting to shift, Alex...
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The Mortgage Episode - The financial side
If you are beginner investor, check out my show! In today's episode, Alex will review one of the many reasons investing is important, buy a house. Buying a house is a big decision and isn't emotional. Alex discusses how important it is to put 20% for a down payment, how much of your house you...
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Analyzing today's stock - BBT
In today's podcast, Alex will look under the hood at an investment holding company, BBT, and find out why millenials getting into housing could be the key to its success. During the show, he will go through his standard 3-step process to analyze the stock 1. Google Finance (high level) 2....
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Investment Podcast - Analyzing stock with Darden (DRI)
If you are beginning investor, check out my show! In today's show, Alex will review Darden Restaurants(DRI), a well known restaurant chain that owns Bahama Breeze, Olive Garden, and others. He will use a three step process: 1. Google Finance (high level) 2. Finviz.com (technical & fundamental...
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Investing shouldn't be this big mystery or even difficult. Your host, Alex Richwagen, will walk you through easy investing strategies that reduce risk, to achieve long term growth and financial security.
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