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InvestED: Ep. 257- Checklist: Understanding a Company’s Moat
“There has to be a need or desire to have a product.” – Phil Town In this week’s episode of InvestED, Phil and Danielle return to their recent conversation on checklists and their acronym, RULES. Their conversation focuses on the discussion of the “U” letter, Understand, and dive into what you need to understand about Read more.
InvestED: Ep. 256- The Ultimate Investing Checklist
“Own companies that are like bonds, they’re so secure.” – Phil Town
This week on the InvestED podcast, Phil and Danielle continue their discussion on checklists, revealing the next six points on their list you should know about a company before investing.
InvestED: Ep. 255- Coronavirus: What Does This Mean For The Market?
“Fear doesn’t stop until things stop going down.” – Phil Town Last week the market dropped by about 10%. With lots of discussion around the market right now due to these historically low numbers, Phil and Danielle open up their own conversation on the matter. As Rule #1 investors, we care about the individual companies Read more.
InvestED: Ep. 254- How to Properly Understand a Business When Investing
“I can describe how a business makes money in a simple sentence. If you can’t, you should not invest in it.” – Phil Town This week on InvestED, Phil and Danielle continue their discussion on checklists diving into the letter “U” of their acronym for checklists, “RULES”. The “U” in “RULES” represents the importance of Read more.
InvestED: Ep. 253 – Checklist Radar
“Buy low, sell high is the secret to great profits.” – Phil Town This week on InvestED, Phil and Danielle dive back into their recent conversation on checklists and introduce the acronym, RULES, that Phil uses to create his own checklist. Rule #1 investing is all about certainty. As a Rule #1 investor, you must Read more.
InvestED: Ep. 252 – New Indicators
“The market always goes up in the long run, but in the long run we’re dead.” – John Maynard Keynes In this week’s episode of InvestED, Phil and Danielle discuss the ever-changing stock market, the unpredictability that comes with it and the milestone high and lows of the S&P 500 in 2019. Phil receives a Read more.
“We’re trying to buy $10 bills for $5.” – Phil Town In this week’s episode of InvestED, Phil and Danielle talk about the importance of creating checklists that are precise, efficient, easy to use under difficult circumstances, do not try to spell out everything and provide reminders about the most important steps. Danielle suggests checklists Read more.
InvestED: Ep. 250- Events (Part 2)
“Assume everything you’re being told is a lie. You have to do your homework and you have to understand what you’re buying.” – Phil Town. In this week’s episode of InvestED, Phil and Danielle continue their conservation on what defines an event and the role fear plays in this outcome. In the previous episode, Phil Read more.
“I only want to do things I’m passionate about and when I stop loving them, I stop doing them.” – Phil Town
In this week’s episode of InvestED, Phil and Danielle talk about “going for gold” and why you don’t need to have a job that makes a ton of money because your return on investments will be high.
InvestED: Ep. 248- Robert Shiller & The PE Ratio
“It would be a wise thing to do if you want to be successful, to look seriously at what successful people say they do. And then do that.” – Phil Town
In this week’s episode of InvestED, Phil and Danielle talk about how important it is to continue following Rule #1 strategy as an investor in the current market and not act on speculation. It’s important to remain cautious investing in an unclear market.