Millennial Investing

Millennial Investing by The Investor’s Podcast Network is hosted by Shawn O’Malley.

This popular podcast has been downloaded over 10 million times and dives into a range of topics from a value investor’s perspective. From the lessons of history’s best investors to breaking down interesting companies, outlining different approaches to stock investing, recapping the most influential investing books ever written, and more — Millennial Investing has everything you need to help you on your investment journey.

Tune in each week and start growing your knowledge and wealth today!

MILLENNIAL INVESTING PODCAST EPISODES

MI237: Are We In an Index Fund Bubble? w/ Eric Balchunas

Rebecca Hotsko chats with Eric Balchunas. In this episode they discuss all things ETFs, including how the ETF space has evolved over the last year, why passive indexing is sometimes viewed as “weak hands” or “dumb money”, the passive index bubble debate, how index funds affect the underlying companies’ stock prices, Eric’s thoughts on Cath Wood’s criticisms of ETFs calling them a “misallocation of capital”, is now the worst time to be a passive index investor, what single-stock ETFs are, what investors should know about these products, are inverse ETFs a good way to bet against the market, the risks of using leveraged ETFs and why they may not perform as you expect, and so much more!

MI236: Bond Investing 101 w/ Brian Martucci

Rebecca Hotsko chats with Brian Martucci. In this episode, they discuss bond investing for beginners, the benefits of including bonds into a portfolio, the risks associated with these investments including: interest rate risk, inflation risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, the term structure, and why a normal yield curve is upward sloping, the different types of bonds investors can buy, where investors can purchase different types of bonds, what I Savings Bonds are and the benefits they offer in this environment, what preferred shares are, and examples of different types of preferred shares, and so much more!

MI Rewind: Biggest Lessons of Entrepreneurship w/ Jason Saltzman

Clay Finck chats with Jason Saltzman about what led Jason to pursue a career in entrepreneurship, the biggest lessons he learned in working with over 20 start-ups over his life, some of the challenges he encountered along the way and how he found a way to persevere through them, how he ended up transitioning to the consumer debt space, what tips he has for millennials to prevent debt from becoming too big of a problem, and much, much more!

MI235: Investing in Uncertain Times w/ Louis Gave

Rebecca Hotsko chats with Louis-Vincent Gave. In this episode, they discuss Louis’s current assessment of the global economy, why he thinks the S&P has not fully priced in the risks of a recession and how far it could still fall, Louis’s advice on how to invest in a bear market, is now time to buy the dip or remain more defensive, how to construct a well built portfolio using Louis’s 6 building block framework and examples of investments that fall into each, what investments he sees as the most promising sectors, his outlook on Chinese equities, including Alibaba, and emerging markets, his thoughts on whether we are heading into a deflationary bust or not, his outlook on the risks around China and the de-dollarization of their economy, what this would mean for the US and global markets, and so much more!

MI Rewind: The Psychology of Money & Behavioral Finance w/ Daniel Crosby

Robert Leonard chats with Daniel Crosby about behavioral finance, the psychology of money, Daniel’s most important money lessons after studying countless investors, common misconceptions about money, Daniel’s framework when selecting individual stocks, and much, much more!

MI234: How to Create a Recession Proof Financial Plan w/ Dave Alison

Rebecca Hotsko chats with Dave Alison. In this episode, they discuss how to create a financial plan using Dave’s “Bucket Plan” method, what the three phases in his bucket plan are, how to use the “Bucket Plan” method to help you allocate your investments and rebalance your portfolio, Dave’s tips on how to protect your portfolio against periods of rising interest rates and recessions, how to allocate your investments between accounts in the most tax optimal way, how to determine when it’s time to sell some of your winners, and so much more!

MI233: Understanding Stock Prices vs Company Value w/ Brian Feroldi

Rebecca Hotsko chats with Brian Feroldi. In this episode, they discuss why stocks have value, the main factors that increase a company’s value over time, what causes stock prices to move up and down and why this sometimes has nothing to do with company value, how share repurchases and dividends impact a company’s stock price and company value, what factors can influence a company’s reported earnings and can make the P/E look inflated, what are the differences between GAAP and non-GAAP accounting, what are the main ways that earnings can be manipulated from accounting assumptions used, what are some accounting warning signs to look out for that might suggest companies might be cooking their books, what discrepancies to look for in a company’s income statement vs cash flow statements, and so much more!

MI Rewind: Business Crash Course w/ Mike Michalowicz

Robert Leonard chats for the second time with Mike Michalowicz to discuss entrepreneurship and marketing tactics in his new book, Get Different, why having no money or experience actually gives someone a shot at their business working, why a business plan is a waste of time, and much, much more!

MI232: Understanding Quantitative Easing w/ Alfonso Peccatiello

Rebecca Hotsko chats with Alfonso Peccatiello. In this episode, they discuss what conventional monetary policy vs unconventional monetary policy is, why the Fed uses unconventional policies like quantitative easing (QE), what QE is, how it works, how QE impacts the stock market and asset prices, what happens to asset prices when the Fed starts quantitative tightening, what is driving the recent strength in the US dollar, how a stronger dollar impacts corporate earnings and profits, and so much more!