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.
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, alex.richwagen@gmail.com Alex
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 being quarantined. Prepare your portfolio with: - Cash and Dividend paying stocks - Inverse ETFs I really hope you take a listen, if you have any questions, please send an email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com Thanks and safe investing Alex
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 questions on: - What industries am I targeting this year such as Cyber Security & Business Intelligence, Automation, and Financials - Buying the first investments and much more! If you have any questions or feedback, please send me an email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com
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 answer a few mailbag questions about investment ideas, If you have any questions or feedback, please send me an email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com Alex PS Article in Fidelity -https://www.fidelity.com/learning-center/trading-investing/stock-ideas-for-2020?ccsource=email_weekly
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) - Starting with stable investments & ETFs and much more! If you have any questions or feedback, please send me an email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com
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 - sticking to your gut instinct and not blaming others I hope my mistakes and learning adventures make you smarter for the better. If you have any feedback, please send me an email to: alex.richwagen@gmail.com Happy Investing! Alex
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 questions or feedback, please send me an email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com
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? alex.richwagen@gmail.com Alex
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 Alex.richwagen@gmail.com Happy Listening! Alex
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 stocks I got right (TER, STLD) and two I got wrong (GTT, PVTL) in 2019 and what I learned when looking back. It's a great show Questions/comments - alex.richwagen@gmail.com Alex
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? Alex.richwagen@gmail.com Thanks and happy listening! Alex
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! Questions? alex.richwagen@gmail.com Alex
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 can all be done for as little as $50 monthly Questions or Feedback? alex.richwagen@gmail.com Alex Source: https://www.fidelity.com/viewpoints/personal-finance/6-money-myths?ccsource=email_weekly
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 direction. Questions / Comments? alex.richwagen@gmail.com Thanks! Alex
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 called the 401k portfolio by using four basic ETFs in Fidelity's plaform that will trade commission free: ITOT - all shares 500 S&P ETF HDV - high dividend ETF FUTY - utility ETF IJJ - mid cap value ETF Scale into any amount with these four positions and you'll be happy in the coming years with low risk, dividends, and stable growth. Email - alex.richwagen@gmail.com Happy Investing Alex
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 talked about two other strategies like: - Shorting the market with reverse ETFs - Indicators of a possible recession and how to track it to prepare Questions / comments - alex.richwagen@gmail.com
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 two names (GTT and STLD) and why I like them long term. Questions? alex.richwagen.gmail.com Alex
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 is trending right now Trust, it's a good show tonight, send an email - alex.richwagen@gmail.com Alex
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 Fortune magazine where I found really good research. Stay tuned for more on this topic! Questions? alex.richwagen@gmail.com Alex
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 you have questions or feedback, please send them to alex.richwagen@gmail.com Thanks! Alex
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 alex.richwagen@gmail.com
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 easy and offers free trading! Alex
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, we discuss a few upcoming IPOs to consider for your portfolio including Lyft, the car sharing service, and Alight, a cloud based HR solution packed with analytics. Stay tuned for more stuff coming! Alex Investing should be easy
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.
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 specifically Automation with IOT. Over the next several weeks I'll go through clusters of these to identify great long term ideas. I got the idea from watching this clip on robotic humans and dogs - see it here -money.cnn.com/video/technology/2…nnmoney/index.html If you have any questions or comments, please send me an email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com Thanks Happy Investing Alex Name Ticker ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP-C ZBRA COGNEX CORP CGNX HOLLYSYS AUTOMATION TECHN HOLI PTC INC PTC CADENCE DESIGN SYS INC CDNS BROOKS AUTOMATION INC BRKS NORDSON CORP NDSN TERADYNE INC TER
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 specifically 3D printing. Over the next several weeks I'll go through clusters of these to identify great long term ideas. I got the idea from watching this clip on robotic humans and dogs - see it here -money.cnn.com/video/technology/2…nnmoney/index.html If you have any questions or comments, please send me an email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com Thanks Happy Investing Alex
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 are and what they do. Over the next several weeks I'll go through clusters of these to identify great long term ideas. I got the idea from watching this clip on robotic humans and dogs - see it here -http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2018/05/11/boston-dynamics-atlas-spotmini-run-navigate-orig.cnnmoney/index.html If you have any questions or comments, please send me an email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com Thanks Happy Investing Alex
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 about how to adjust. Specifically, I'll talk about two companies - SNAP - Snapchat SGMO - Sangamo If you have any questions or comments, please email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com Thanks! Alex
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: https://www.bloomberg.com/research/sectorandindustry/overview/sectorlanding.asp https://eresearch.fidelity.com/eresearch/markets_sectors/sectors/sectors_in_market.jhtml If you have questions or comments, please email alex.richwagen@gmail.com Thanks! Alex
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, don't pay attention - Using Reverse or Inverse ETFs - Scaling into positions If you have any questions or comments, please send an email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com Thanks! Alex
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 literally the research. The book is all about researching ways of living forever, or extending the human life. In today's show, I'll talk about four companies in the space that specialize in Gene Editing technology, mentioned in the book to provide an idea of the research. SGMO, EDIT, CRSP, BLUE If you have any feedback, please send an email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com Thanks! Alex Link to book -https://www.amazon.com/Juvenescence-Investing-longevity-Mellon-Jim/dp/0993047815/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521077298&sr=8-1&keywords=juvenescence+investing+in+the+age+of+longevity
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 - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/putoption.asp https://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/ge/option-chain?dateindex=3 If you have any questions or feedback, please email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com, Thanks! Alex
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 questions, please send me an email at alex.richwagen@gmail.com, Thanks! Alex
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. This is the second in a three part series on book research. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Stocks discussed today SGMO - CRISPR - Gene editing technology ROBO - Robotics ETF IRBT - Robotics leader - IRobot KITE - Car-T immunotherapy TON - Triton Materials - Lithium batteries IKA - Ilika - Battery charging Thanks! Alex
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 portfolio. This is the first in a three part series on book research. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex
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 part series on different techniques to find possible investments for your portfolio. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex
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 different techniques to find possible investments for your portfolio. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex Below are two screens we ran this week on Finviz.com - https://www.finviz.com/screener.ashx?v=111&f=cap_mid,fa_curratio_o0.5,fa_div_none,fa_estltgrowth_high,fa_fpe_profitable,fa_netmargin_pos,fa_pe_profitable,ind_stocksonly&ft=2&r=21 https://www.finviz.com/screener.ashx?v=111&f=cap_small,fa_curratio_o0.5,fa_div_none,fa_estltgrowth_high,fa_fpe_profitable,fa_pe_profitable,ind_stocksonly&ft=2&r=21
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 possible investments for your portfolio. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex
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 part series on different techniques to find possible investments for your portfolio. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex
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 level analysis Finviz - fundamental analysis Investor Relations - Adient Given the stock is a Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Alex's niche, make sure to find it on Wells Fargo Investment Services. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex
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 review: Google Finance - high level analysis Finviz - fundamental analysis Investor Relations - Johnson Controls International Given the stock is a Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Alex's niche, make sure to find it on Wells Fargo Investment Services. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex
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 Finviz - fundamental analysis Gurufocus - specifically looking at Inventory Turnover If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex
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? That's what today's show is all about. During the show, he will review both an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) called HACK and why the companies within the ETF are better bets than the entire ETF. Companies include: Symantec Cisco FireEye Morningstar HACK link with holdings - http://portfolios.morningstar.com/fund/holdings?t=HACK®ion=usa&culture=en-US If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex
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. During the show, he will go review three separate industries that are key to these disasters. 1. Construction & Home Builders 2. Insurance 3. Energy If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex
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 standard 3-step process to analyze the stock 1. Google Finance (high level) 2. Finviz.com (technicals & fundamental analysis) 3. BBT Investor Relations (future projects on the company) The stock, WTR, can be found under the DRIP umbrella, Computershare.com to invest directly with the company at an affordable cost. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex
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 standard 3-step process to analyze the stock 1. Google Finance (high level) 2. Finviz.com (technicals & fundamental analysis) 3. BBT Investor Relations (future projects on the company) The stock, WTR, can be found under the DRIP umbrella, Computershare.com to invest directly with the company at an affordable cost. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex
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 discusses how to address your portfolio with defensive stocks. If you have any questions / comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, and visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex
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 actually own after a few years, and how it matters when choosing a 15 vs. a 30 year mortgage. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex
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. Finviz.com (technicals & fundamental analysis) 3. BBT Investor Relations (future projects on the company) The stock, BBT, can be found under the DRIP umbrella, Computershare.com to invest directly with the company at an affordable cost. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex
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 analysis) 3. Darden Investor Relations Bonus - discuss the hostile takeover from Starboard Hedge Fund Also, Alex looks into their financials further by exploring their 10-K (financial information) on SEC.gov to identify if it's a potential investment for your portfolio. As always, if you have questions, please send an email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com or visit alexrichwagen.com for further content like his book, Investing Should be Easy. Thanks! Alex
If you are beginning investor, listen to this show! In today's show, Alex will review the previous five companies and stack rank them as a recap review to see if they still are good investments. The companies are: Honeywell (HON) Tiffanys (TIF) Briggs and Stratton (BGG) The Buckle Company (BKE) Physician's Realty Trust (DOC) Alex will stack rank the following investments with best opportunity, thoughts around safest bets, and ones to avoid. Also, he looks into their financials further by exploring their 10-K (financial information) on SEC.gov to identify if it's a potential investment for your portfolio. As always, if you have questions, please send an email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com or visit alexrichwagen.com for further content like his book, Investing Should be Easy. Thanks! Alex
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