I learned a great many things from my Dad, and the older I get the wiser his lessons seem. Believe it or not, investing is stocks has many similarities with parenting as well.
In this week's newsletter I break down a story about my Dad and how it relates to our ability to see success building wealth with stocks.
Check it out here: buildinvestlive.com/newsletter/good-investing-is-l…
No new Monday video today, I'm working on something that is taking my time away a bit from making videos. But I did want to share this video from over a year ago talking about the 2023 Berkshire Annual Letter and the 4 takeaways I had from it.
Watching these old videos is kind of cringe for me because the editing style is a little more annoying (IMO) but there were some funny moments and nuggets about share buybacks, why Berkshire doesn't pay dividends, etc in there.
Less than 300 views total - check it out if you haven't already! See you all again Wednesday!
While I've talked about Lululemon (LULU) quite a bit, I never mentioned that when I was researching that company I was also researching Ulta Beauty (ULTA). What I found was that...I really didn't know anything about their business.
In this week's newsletter I break down how I tried to understand their business, what basic things I saw in my analysis, and why I ended up going with LULU instead.
Read about it in this week's newsletter here: buildinvestlive.com/newsletter/ulta-lulu-and-learn…
I had a whole newsletter written about ULTA and LULU and my analysis that led me to buying LULU a couple months ago. But I heard something this weekend that made me change my mind.
So ULTA and LULU will have to wait for next week.
Instead, I wanted to share with you a couple quick stories from my corporate career that will help you understand why I think just about everyone should be investing in stocks, at least a little bit.
If you've ever had a not-so-great boss, you'll know exactly what I mean.
Check out this week's newsletter here: buildinvestlive.com/newsletter/this-is-why-most-pe…
Hey everyone! There will be no Monday video today as I planned to enjoy the holiday weekend with my family. We'll be back on Wednesday this week though.
In the meantime, just wanted to say THANK YOU as we hit 30,000 subs yesterday! Pretty amazing stuff.
See you later this week!
I want to love Spotify (SPOT), I really do. It’s a service that I used for a long time. Their integration of music, podcasts, and audiobooks is honestly what I wish Apple would do instead of having Music, Podcasts, and Books as 3 different apps.
Spotify is the type of company that I’m usually very interested in, and the stock price is up over 100% over the last year alone. But the reason why I don’t own the stock is a great lesson in why picking individual stocks can be so hard.
I break it down in this week's newsletter. Check it out here: buildinvestlive.com/newsletter/wherefore-art-thou-…
With one random tweet this week from Roaring Kitty (allegedly) we were teleported back to peak 2021. If you were around back then, you might remember what it was like. Money was pouring into the market, stocks were at crazy valuations, and any company that had anything to do with staying home was at prices never to be seen again.
Well, we’re back at it in 2024 apparently.
In this week's newsletter we talk about the rise (and fall) of meme investing. Check it out here: buildinvestlive.com/newsletter/the-rise-and-fall-o…
When we talk about investing, we frequently talk about "holding long-term" and "letting it compound" and generally trying to build a lasting portfolio.
Building something that lasts is the topic of this week's newsletter, but probably not in the way that you think.
Check it out here: buildinvestlive.com/newsletter/building-something-…
Well...turns out my Friday video about McDonald's (MCD) is not going to be done on time. Too much going on this week with things being fixed around the house and a my daughter's first track meet (?!).
So my MCD video will be for Monday and in the meantime if you want something a little more entertaining for your Friday and you happened to love Breaking Bad as much as I did. Then my old video about what Breaking Bad Teaches Us About Money might be a fun watch if you never had a chance to see it.
Back then I probably had less than 100 subs and it's not about stocks at all. Just a fun way to talk about money lessons in one of the greatest shows of all time. Check it out if you haven't already. Have a great weekend!
Earnings reports this quarter had 2 of my stocks (MSCI and SBUX) drop over 15% each in a single day. No matter how you look at it, that hurts. If you pick stocks though, it’s part of the process.
But you know what? I actually love picking stocks, and probably not for the reasons you might think.
In this week's newsletter I go over 3 things that you learn from picking stocks that are about more than just investing.
Check it out here: buildinvestlive.com/newsletter/this-is-why-i-love-…
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Learning about stock investing changed my life. From being broke and unemployed with a young family, to building a good foundation with index funds, to focusing on individual stocks and leaving my corporate career. Building financial security by just learning the basics of stocks and how to invest is absolutely possible for just about everyone.
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