The Investing for Beginners Podcast - Your Path to Financial Freedom

IFB311: Exploring Passive Income Opportunities and Our Top Financial Mistakes

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Investing for Beginners Podcast, Dave and Andrew dive into the topic of passive income. They discuss their thoughts on what tru...

IFB310: Decoding the Numbers: How to Analyze Moats and Competitive Advantages in Business

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Coming up on today's episode of The Investing For Beginners Podcast, Dave and Andrew delve into the concept of moats and how they relate to investing....

IFB309 - Listener Q&A: How to Make the Most of Your $100 Investment

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Investing for Beginners Podcast, Dave and Andrew tackle a listener question about investing with platforms like Robinhood and h...

Getting Started with Your 401K: Overcoming Obstacles and Finding Reliable Resources with Laura Adams

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to another episode of The Investing For Beginners Podcast! In today's episode, we have a special guest joining us, Laura Adams from the M...

IFB308: Listener Q&A - Learning from Mistakes: Understanding Capital Allocation and Due Diligence in Investments

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of The Investing For Beginners Podcast! In today's episode, Dave and Andrew dive into a plethora of investment topics and p...

Building Knowledge, One Company at a Time: Tips for Studying and Analyzing Businesses with Chit Chat Money

02 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Investing For Beginners Podcast, Dave and Andrew are joined by Ryan and Brett from Chit Chat Money. They dive into their journe...

IFB307: Buy When There Is Blood In The Street

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 307 of "The Investing For Beginners Podcast"! In today's episode, Andrew and Dave will be diving into the topic of buying when ther...

Buy Side Work in M&A: The Hunt for the Perfect Acquisition and Navigating Negotiation Challenges with Bill Snow

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of The Investing For Beginners Podcast! In today's episode, we dive into the fascinating world of mergers and acquisitions ...

Bird's Eye View of Analyzing a Company for the First Time with Topgolf

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On today's episode of The Investing For Beginners Podcast, Dave and Andrew dive into the fascinating world of acquisitions in finance. They discuss th...

IFB306: The Bond Market Demystified: Understanding Risk, Return, and Allocation

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to another episode of The Investing For Beginners Podcast! In today's episode, Andrew abd Dave to dive into the fascinating world of bond...

IFB305: Evaluating Investments Beyond Stock Prices: A Deep Dive into Business Performance

14 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 305 of The Investing For Beginners Podcast! In today's episode, we dive into the importance of documenting investment decisions, un...

India's Economic Secret Weapon: Unveiling the Power of the India Stack with Kevin Carter

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to another exciting episode of The Investing For Beginners Podcast! In today's episode, we have a very special guest joining us. We are t...

IFB304: Navigating the September Effect and Other Noise in Stocks

07 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode 304 of the Investing for Beginners Podcast! In today's episode, Andrew and I will be discussing the September effect and other seem...

IFB303: How to Spread $10,000 in the Stock Market

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Investing for Beginners Podcast! In today's episode, "303," we delve into four intriguing listener questions shared with us via Sp...

IFB301: Capital Allocation: The Number One Job for CEOs and Its Impact on Investing Performance

31 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today we have another round of great listener questions! As always like we like to say, we love receiv...

Talking Getting Started in Real Estate with the Real Estate Rookie Podcast

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we will be having not only one guest but two! Ashley Kehr and Tony Robinson of the...

Simon Erickson of 7Investing Joins Us to Discuss Innovation and Growth Stock Opportunities

24 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode, we will be joined by a special guest! Simon Erickson, host of 7investing podcast, wil...

Value Spotlight: The New Updated Sather Research eLetter

21 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today is a special episode and an announcement at the same time! Andrew will share with us the excitin...

Paul From @Investmentideen Joins Us to Discuss the Power of Capital Allocation

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today we have a special guest! Joining us today will be Paul, a good friend we met in Twitter (or X no...

Bird’s Eye View of Learning a New Industry

14 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we will do a bird's eye view in how to approach in studying an industry that is no...

IFB300: Listener Q&A – Finding Tax Documents & Our Favorite Financial Websites

10 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode, we have another great round of listener questions coming from Spotify! Questions in t...

IFB299: Red Flags in a Company’s Financials

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode we will be talking all about red flags of a businesses' financials and why we shoul...

IFB298: Causation Is Not Correlation

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will all be about beta, causation and correlation in the stock market! It's quite a te...

IFB297: Listener Q&A - Is It Ever Too Late to Start Investing?

31 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we have a bunch of great listener questions and this time its from Spotify! A grea...

IFB296: Listener Q&A – Dollar Cost Averaging/Portfolio Management

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! We have another great listener episode! As always, we love hearing from you guys and ask us questions....

IFB295: Validity of Scuttlebutt + Quantitative Analysis

24 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode, we will explore and think outside the box and do scuttlebutt investing! As Peter Lync...

John Rotonti Shares a Master Class on Research and Valuation

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing For Beginners Podcast! In this episode, we have a special guest, John Rotonti, who shares valuable insights on the importance...

IFB294: Explaining Multiple Expansion and It’s Impact on Value

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be all about multiple expansion- what it means and how it will impact the busines...

Karen Finerman Joins Us to Discuss the Ups and Downs of Investing

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be a special one as we have an awesome guest in the show! Karen Finerman, Metropo...

IFB292: 5 Metrics Every Beginner Investor Should Know

10 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we will talk about the five financial ratios every investor, beginner or not, should k...

IFB291: Overcoming Beginning Investor Skepticism

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, its all about the skepticism of a beginner investor and how to overcome it. We del...

IFB290: Listener Q&A - How Do You Start Investing with $1,000

03 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be another round of great listener questions! As we've always said, we love receiving...

IFB289: Problems and Pitfalls of Investing with Debt

29 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode we will talk about leverage and how it is being used in investing- the good and the...

IFB288: Diving Deep in Howard Mark’s Memos of 2022

26 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be all about memos! And its from an investor we all admire and glean wisdom from....

IFB287: Listener Q&A – Employer Stock Plans

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! This episode we have one great listener question! Even though this topic is more geared towards employ...

Bird's Eye View of Proxy Statements

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we will be talking about proxy statements! An underrated but an important financia...

Benjamin Tan Joins Us to Discuss Enneagrams and the Power of Psychology in Investing

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be a really interesting one and also a timeless topic for every investor out ther...

IFB285: Reflecting on the Process of Learning How to Analyze Stocks

12 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we will do a bit of introspection and looking back on the lessons we learned in in...

The Basics of ETFs with Evan from My Money Marathon

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode we will have a special repeat guest with us, Evans from mymoneymarathon.com to discuss...

IFB284: When Can You Open a Brokerage/How Should I Invest a Lump Sum?

05 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode we have another round of great listener questions! The topics encompasses a lot of ...

IFB283: Back to the Basics of Building a Portfolio

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we will do a back to the basics discussion about building a portfolio from scratch...

IFB282: In Defense of the Top 5 Companies in the S&P 500: Things Investors May Not Know

29 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be a discussion about the top 5 companies in the S&P 500 index specifically on th...

IFB281: How to Hold a Company Rising Quickly/How We Look for Quality Companies

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we have another round of great listener questions! As always, we love having these...

Bird's Eye View of Bank Analysis (Citizens First Republic)

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode we will take a bite on a complex topic such as the banking industry. The discussion st...

IFB279: New Investor Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode it's all about beginner investor mistakes and why you should avoid them like a plag...

IFB278: How to Deal with Macro Issues

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode we will be discussing about the doom and gloom surrounding the market and how to de...

Bird's Eye View of the Balance Sheet

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be another bird's eye view of the last main segment of an annual report or 10k wh...

IFB277: Defining Apple’s Moat By Looking at the Components

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we will discuss what a "moat" means for businesses and why you should take note of...

Bird's Eye View of the Cash Flow Statement

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be another bird's eye view of one of the most important part of 10ks: cash flow s...

IFB276: Day One As An Investor

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be a day zero! Just like Jeff Bezos like to say about Amazon on being always on d...

Bird's Eye View of the Income Statement

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we will take a stab on the income statement, the first part of the three you can r...

IFB275: Listener Q&A Concerning Buildng a Portfolio and Maximizing Your 401k

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be about a series of superb questions from one of our beloved listeners that we c...

Bird's Eye View of Dividends

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will all about be dividends! For sure every one wants to receive cash from their hard ...

IFB274: How Are Our Accounts Protected/Diversifying with ETFs/Books to Help Continue Your Investing Journey

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode we will talk about our all time favorite of answering listener questions! We have t...

IFB273: Banking Crisis Averted/Building a Portfolio/Performance Compared to the S&P500

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginner’s podcast! Today’s episode, we will answer great listener questions which are really diverse and not related...

IFB272: Bear Market Therapy

10 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginner’s podcast! In today’s episode, we will turn the gloom and doom of the current “bear” market into somethi...

Brian Feroldi Joins Us to Give Us 8 Reasons the P/E Ratio Sucks

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we will have Brian Feroldi joining us in a first time ever live show here in Cinci...

Jordan Grumet of Earn & Invest Podcast Joins Us to Discuss the Hows and Whys of Investing

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! This episode is really insightful and special as we will be joined by Dr. Jordan Grumet of the Earn an...

Andy Shuler Joins Us to Discuss HSAs and ETF Investing

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we will be having Andy Schuler, our resident writer and partner in einvestingforbe...

Masterclass Roundtable with Braden & Simon of The Canadian Investor Podcast

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode, we will be joined by the hosts and good friends from the Canadian Investor podcast, B...

IFB270: The Difference Between Knowing the Name of a Thing & Knowing the Thing

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In this episode, we will talk about a great learning technique pioneered by physicist Richard Feynman ...

IFB269: VTI (Value Trap Indicator) and Beyond

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode we will discuss a great listener question extensively as it encompasses a lot of ke...

IFB268: Beyond Books: The Best Reading Resources for Investors

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! This episode will be a chock full of important names and resources on investing so be prepared! We wil...

IFB267: How to Measure Liquidity in Investments

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode is a product borne from a large project we're doing the past days which involves metri...

IFB266: Where Does the Money Go After Investing + Buying Companies Going Up

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we have another round of great listener questions! As usual, we love receiving the...

IFB265: You Don’t Need a Background in Finance to Invest

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be up close and personal! Dave here will be sharing his investing journey to show...

Brian Feroldi Discusses the Importance of Earnings + Much More

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode we will be having a returning guest of the show for the third time! Brian Feroldi is b...

IFB264: Basics of Risk + REITs and DCF

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be us catering to another two great listener questions! Here we will open the tal...

IFB263: Buying Compounders + Insider Buying

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode we will answer two great listener questions! It will revolve around what compounding re...

IFB262: Why You Should Consider Buying "Boring' Businesses

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be about why boring is good! We are always excited in investing in what the marke...

IFB261: Mr Market and Margin of Safety: Our Two Favorite Mental Models

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we will discuss two of our favorite mental models that every long term investors s...

IFB260: Which Companies Would You Use to Teach a Finance Class?

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be an investing class! Here we will take a stab on Patrick O'Shaughnessy's questi...

Bird's Eye View of Texas Instruments, Focusing on Capital Allocation

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we will be doing a bird's eye view on a semiconductor company, Texas Instruments. ...

IFB259: All About Taxes and Different Vehicles You Can Use to Help Reduce Your Taxes

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode will be about us talking on everybody's favorite subject- taxes! Sarcasm intended. As ...

IFB258: Discussion Around the Yield Curve and Potential Recessions

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode is about the most anticipated recession and its relationship with the yield curve ever...

Michelle Marki and Signe Lonholdt of Investing Mastermind Podcast Join Us to Talk Value Investing

30 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we have not only one but two great guests! Michelle Marki and Signe Lonholdt of In...

IFB257: How to Know When to Take a Loss + Buying Great Companies for a Fair Price

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today's episode, we will be answering two really good listener questions! We always love having our...

Chris Grainger Joins Us to Discuss Budgeting, Credit, and Investing

23 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today's episode is a timely one for the new year as we have Chris Grainger from the Lion Within talk w...

Evan of My Money Marathon Joins Us to Discuss Personal Finance + Investing

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! Today’s episode is a must for begginer investors! We’re having Evan from mymoneymarathon.com talk ...

IFB256: How to Work with Probabilities in Investing

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast! In today’s episode, it’s all about probabilities! Of course, it relates to how you can incorporate...

IFB255: Howards Marks and the Ongoing Sea Change

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we discuss Howard Marks latest memo regarding the coming Sea Change in markets: · ...

IFB254: P/E and Growth Plus Using a Reverse DCF

09 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we discuss P/E and growth along with how to use a reverse DCF ·      What is t...

IFB253: Four Investing Biases and How to Overcome

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we cover four investment biases we all struggle with and how to overcome them: Halo ...

Christine Short of Wall Street Horizon Joins Us to Discuss All Things Earnings Calls

02 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we talk with Christine Short of Wall Street Horizon: Christine fills us in on her ex...

IFB252: Retirement Calculator, P/B and P/S Ratios, and Reinvesting AT&T Dividends

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we answer two great listener questions, and share some feedback: ·      What ...

Bird’s Eye View of Warren Buffett’s Purchase of See’s Candies and What We Can Learn

26 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we take a Bird’s Eye View of Warren Buffett’s purchase of See’s Candies and wha...

IFB251: How to Get the Most Out of My Companies Dividends + Investigating Brokerages

22 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we answer three listener questions: ·      What should I do to get the most o...

Alex Gregory of Better Way Teaches Us About Private Equity

19 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we talk with Alex Gregory of BetterWay LLC about private equity: ·      Alex’...

IFB250: The Wealth Snowball Recipe

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we are going to work through how to create your own Wealth Snowball: ·      Re...

IFB249: Should We Use DCA for Individual Stocks or ETFs?

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we answer some great listener questions: ·      Following up with a listener o...

Bird's Eye View of Bear/Bull Case for Visa

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we take a Bird’s Eye look at the Bear/Bull Cash for Visa: ·      Bull case #...

Bird's Eye View of Google's 10-K: How to Read

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we take a Bird’s Eye look at Google’s 10-k: ·      We discuss how we read...

IFB247: IFB247: Analyzing Apple & Tesla Through Back to the Basics

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we analyze Apple & Tesla through the lens of Back to the Basics ·      What d...

Rich Howe Joins Us to Educate Us Concerning Spinoff Investing

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we talk with Rich Howe of Stock Spinoff Investing: ·      How would Rich expl...

Grace Nicolette Talks to Us About the Importance of Philanthropy

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we talk with Grace Nicolette of Center of Effective Philanthropy about the importance...

IFB246: How to Use Relative Valuation + Investing in New Companies or Current Portfolio

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we answer four great listener questions: ·      How would invest if you have ...

Kevin Carter of EMQQ Joins Us to Discuss Investing in China, India, and Latin America Part 2

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we continue our conversation with Kevin Carter about investing in China, India, and ...

Kevin Carter of EMQQ Joins Us to Discuss Investing in China, India, and Latin America Part 1

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we talk with Kevin Carter about investing in China, India, and Latin America (LATAM)....

IFB245: Should You Max Out Your 401k + Resources to Learn More About Dividends

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we answer four great listener questions: ·      Would it better to max out you...

Louisa Nicola Joins Us to Discuss Improving Your Health to Make Better Decisions

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. In today's show, we chat with Louisa Nicola, neurophysiologist and brain coach: ·      We talk...