Early Investing: Secure Your Financial Future by Saving and Investing Money in Stocks and Cryptocurrencies From a Young Age

In a much-requested episode, Daniel explains exactly how to start investing in four easy steps: save, make an account, invest, and live your life. Let your money work for you!

Shares of Luckin Coffee, the Chinese coffeehouse, crash 76% in one day. What investors can learn. Plus, insider trading explained.

What the heck is going on??? Plus four "coronavirus stocks".

In his much-anticipated return to Early Investing, an older (and hopefully wiser) Daniel analyzes a stock he thinks could be the Disney Plus of 2020. Learn how to analyze a stock's basic numbers with a Google search as Daniel creates a pros and cons list for a popular stock. You'll see how easy it is (with just a little practice) to pick stocks yourself, as you hear Daniel discuss a stock he thinks is a strong buy.

With Canopy Growth stock up 100% in the last month, Daniel decided to go behind the scenes of this rapidly growing industry. This week, Daniel is joined by special guest Jordan Sinclair. Jordan is the Vice President of Communications for Canopy Growth Corporation, the world’s largest marijuana company. In part 1 of the interview, Jordan explains how Canopy Growth hopes to be the leaders in the cannabis industry, how they got recreational marijuana legalized across Canada, and how he responds to critics who question the morality and safety of weed. Thanks to Grassically Trained for the background music heard at the end of this week's episode.

Returning from a two-week break, Daniel debuts a new Early Investing show, StockCenter. Segments this week include the Top 3, Tweet of the Week (Hint: @ElonMusk may or may not be involved), and the Not Top 3. Highlights include Overstock getting into crypto, the surprising rise of Roku, and why Papa John's is literally burnt. Special thanks to DJ Lit Daddy for the new StockCenter theme song.

This week, three tips to help you save. Plus, an inspirational story from Dave.

Fran Villalba Segarra is a tech and cryptocurrency innovator. Last year he sold his first company, OneSite, and founded Internxt, a cryptocurrency company that is decentralizing cloud storage, with plans to take on Amazon and Google. This year, Fran was nominated for the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Daniel recently sat down with Fran to talk about Internxt and why the blockchain can revolutionize cloud storage. They covered the problems with Google and Facebook controlling your files, how Internxt will let users take back control, and which cryptocurrencies will be the winners over the next ten years.

Special guest and Bitcoin expert Crypto Joe talks with Daniel about the world's largest cryptocurrency. Joe covers Bitcoin's founding, how it rose astronomically in just a few short years, and how the blockchain and cryptocurrency might be used in the future. He also reveals who the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto might be!

The all-time most popular episode, rebroadcast five months later. Albert Einstein called it the "eighth wonder of the world," and Earth's richest men have attributed it to their success. Yet this "secret" is actually accessible to everyone. In this special "launch week" episode, Daniel explains in simple terms a concept that is critical to understanding investing, time, and the world. Follow @EarlyInvesting on Instagram for exclusive content!

This week, a history lesson. Daniel explores the classic struggle between centralization and decentralization to show how the internet and blockchain could radically shape our future.

It's hot, so why not talk about it! Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and the blockchain are all over the news, but most people still don't understand how they work. Over all the confusion, Daniel explains what the blockchain is in simple terms. Whether you are a cryptocurrency enthusiast, interested investor, or cautious onlooker, you'll learn all about an emerging technology that anyone can understand.

Whether you still haven't bought a stock yet or just want to hear some safe investment ideas, Daniel shares six stocks that are both simple and safe. You'll probably realize that you use many of these stocks almost every day!

In part four, summing it all up. Daniel shares what he learned from the first three parts, gives a final analysis on Spotify, and lastly reveals how he is investing his own money in the future of music.

In part three, Troy Springer helps us shift our focus from Spotify as a business to Spotify as an investment, paying close attention to whether the potential justifies the valuation. Daniel and Troy cover Spotify's opportunity to help smaller artists and compare Spotify to Netflix and Pandora. Follow Troy's excellent investing blog on Instagram @rendezvousinvesting.

In part two, an entrepreneur named Daniel Ek learns from the Napster disaster and creates a streaming company that will take the music world by storm.

This week, Daniel takes a deep dive into the first attempt to flip the music industry on its head by harnessing the power of the internet.

This week, everything you need to know about selling a stock in only five minutes! Okay - maybe it's more like six minutes without the outro - but you'll learn the three times you should take profits and three other scenarios when you should stay invested. After all, you can't make money until you sell!

With the stock market at an all-time high, you might think you missed the boat or that we're due for a crash. Daniel explains once and for all the right time to buy a stock, presenting simple yet powerful strategies that you can implement into your portfolio like buying in thirds, saving cash, and investing in consumer staples.

This week, Daniel tells the amazing story of how an exciting young company doubled in the last seven months - and was right in front of your windshield the whole time. You'll always see your surroundings differently when you know a secret advantage you have over professional investors: sometimes, you just need to look up.

Maya Peterson is a fifteen-year-old girl who loves investing. She's just finished her brand new book for young people, Early Bird: The Power of Investing Young, and now Maya joins Daniel to talk about an important yet often overlooked idea: socially responsible investing. Listen to their fun conversation and you'll learn if following your conscience when buying a stock is a good idea, why women are often the best investors, and whether staples - yes, staple staples - are overrated or underrated.

Come on down! You're the next contestant on the Cliffs of Insanity Game Show, where you will answer ten questions and discover your investing risk tolerance! Are you a low-risk investor who could cautiously sail around the Cliffs of Insanity to gradually reach the top? Or are you a more aggressive investor who could scale the Cliffs of Insanity head-on? And what should you invest based on your risk tolerance? There's only one way to find out...

Can a few words make you money for the rest of your life? Wealthy investors often use complicated terms that blow right past average people, but this week Daniel makes five key investing terms easy-to-understand while keeping the boring out of investing.

Chris Reining has been featured on the New York Times, the Today Show, CNN, and CBS. Daniel talked with the millionaire who retired early and compiled the highlights from their interview into a thrilling episode. Whether you want financial freedom or an early retirement like Chris, dive in to learn Chris' story of ditching the 9 to 5 and his simple changes you can implement to improve your life and achieve your goals.

Your bracket might burst this month, but there's an easy way to make sure your portfolio doesn't! It's called long-term investing, and that doesn't mean day trading or selling during a crash. On this episode, Daniel explains why patience is the secret to enormous investing gains and what the NCAA Tournament has to do with finance, closing with a reading of his traditional letter "Why We Are Long-Term Investors: An Open Letter for March Madness".

What do Army ROTC, college, blogging, and investing have in common? Troy Springer does all of them. His first stock turned $60 into $600 in two years, and now he runs his own blog for young people, Rendezvous Investing. Troy explains how he picks companies based on emerging trends, survives Daniel's unexpected over/under questions, and reveals the one stock he would buy with only a few hundred dollars. To see Troy's insightful work, go to rendezvousinvesting.com.

What should you look for in every single stock? Most of the fancy little numbers on investment newsletters are entirely insignificant. If you can find just six simple traits in a company, you have done more than most Wall Street traders ever have. Daniel breaks down each of the six special traits and shows how making enormous gains on great stocks is not only possible, but straightforward.

We love our listeners! Daniel hosts a special episode devoted to the listeners, giving a special update on the podcast and answering lots of their questions. Learn how to get an insider's view of how a company operates, how much time investing really requires, and all the wonderful benefits you get from investing early.

In the first-ever edition of "Pitch Week", Daniel reveals a special entertainment stock he's picking for the long term. Learn how to analyze the positives and negatives of a business, why this company could give shareholders huge returns, and whether you might be overlooking a big opportunity when playing...video games!

Why are stocks and cryptocurrencies crashing? What should you think about it? And how do you actually buy a stock? Daniel discusses looking out past the rough waters, how to set up an account with a broker and put your investment knowledge into action, and what Duke and UNC have to do with investing.

Can a twelve-year-old crush professional Wall Street investors? It's actually easier than you might think. Daniel explains how he became interested in the stock market and what convinced him to buy his first stock in mid-2015. Learn how he doubled his money with this amazing company you're probably familiar with, and how you too can easily buy and hold great companies for the long term, reaping the rewards in future years. If you like Early Investing, please subscribe and leave a review on iTunes to help spread the word about the power of investing from an early age! Just go to itunes.earlyinvestingpodcast.com.

Albert Einstein called it the "eighth wonder of the world," and Earth's richest men have attributed it to their success. Yet this "secret" is actually accessible to everyone. In this special "launch week" episode, Daniel explains in simple terms a concept that is critical to understanding investing, time, and the world. Follow @EarlyInvesting on Instagram for exclusive content!

In the second and final installment of his interview with Motley Fool investment analyst David Kretzmann, Daniel asks David about researching companies, investing in yourself, and David's takes on a stock market crash, cryptocurrency, podcasts, and mechanical pencils. Follow David Kretzmann on Twitter @David_Kretzmann and check out the Motley Fool at fool.com. Outline: 0:00 - Intro 1:43 - Investing in Stocks or Companies? 4:09 - Researching Companies 9:07 - The Over/Under: Stock Market Crash 2018 10:21 - The Over/Under: Cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin 11:08 - The Over/Under: Mechanical Pencils 11:38 - The Over/Under: Podcasts in General 12:47 - Further Investing Resources 14:52 - What David Would Tell His Twelve-Year-Old Self 16:24 - Thanks to David for Coming on Early Investing 17:05 - Conclusion and Outro

In the inaugural episode of Early Investing, Daniel conducts part 1 of his interview with David Kretzmann, an investment analyst for the Motley Fool. David, who just like Daniel has invested in stocks since he was 12 years old, talks about how he started investing, his first stocks, some mistakes he has made along the way, and why his nickname is "Pencils". Follow David Kretzmann on Twitter @David_Kretzmann and check out the Motley Fool at fool.com. Outline: 0:00 - Intro 0:57 - How David Got the Nickname "Pencils" 2:15 - David's Bio 3:09 - How David Started Investing 5:56 - David's First Stock 7:15 - Choosing Stocks 8:23 - Investing Changes Over Time 10:32 - Saving Money 13:55 - Learning From Mistakes 16:46 - Outro