Podcast – Investing Should Be Easy – Episode 4

In the fourth episode of his podcast, Alex Richwagen continues the investment strategy in pursuit of long term growth, dividend reinvestment, and compounding gains to teach others how to become better off financially. In today’s show, Alex reviews another investment opportunity, The Buckle Inc, (BKE) that is available through direct stock purchase transfer agent on Computershare.com.

• Computershare Investor Services — Link to website here

During the episode, Alex goes through various analysis to break down the company to determine if it’s a good investment or not.  Among the sites Alex will use are:

• Google Finance
• Finviz.com
• Buckle Inc 2016 Investor Report
• SEC Edgar (10-k filing) for companies financial statements

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If you want to submit any questions for show, please send an email to – alex.richwagen@gmail.com

Thanks!

Alex

Podcast – Investing Should be Easy – Episode 2

In the second episode of his podcast, Alex Richwagen continues on the investment strategy in pursuit of long term growth, dividend reinvestment, and compounding gains to help teach you how to become better off financially. In today’s show, Alex will review the two main platforms for a low risk investment strategy offering affordable and easy options:

• Computershare Investor Services — Link to website here
• Wells Fargo Investor Services – Link to website here

During the episode, we will go through each website discussed on the show listed above, how to create an account, and view the number of companies each option offers. In further detail, we will talk about familiar names to invest in like McDonalds, Coca-Cola, and Walmart.

To view the episode and Subscribe:

• Soundcloud – click here
• Itunes – click here
• Podcast Addict – click here

If you want to submit any questions for show, please send an email to – alex.richwagen@gmail.com

Thanks!

Alex

Difference Between a Roth IRA and Regular IRA

Why would you want an IRA?  Retirement, right?

Roth or Traditional?

What’s the difference?

Would you rather a tax credit now or pay no taxes later?

When will you need the money?

Maybe you want both…

Investment Idea – Safety and Dividends with Insurance IAK

How is your portfolio lately?  Not so rosy?  Too much risk?  Is the stock market continues to turning your stomach?  How about taking a look at a much lower risk investment idea that will provide steady growth with dividends instead.  I’m talking about investing with insurance.  There’s an ETF made up of several insurance companies, which spreads out the risk even more, that is that opportunity called IAK.

Looking for a Stable Investment in an Unstable Market?

Risk Averse?

First off, isn’t it great to buy a house these days with such low interest rates?  Our parents paid upwards of 14% back in the 80s for a mortgage and we are paying something like 3-4% nowadays.  Because interest rates are so low, it has downstream effects.  It’s great for home buyers to afford a lower monthly payment without paying too much interest on the loan.  The economy has been stimulated over the past 4 years providing a tremendous bull market leaving stocks at record highs.  How do you think this impacts banks and financial institutions?

What’s the Difference between Mutual Funds and ETFs?

What would you like Sir?  More Diversification?  Coming right up!

Mutual Funds & ETFs offer the same thing for investors…Lots of diversification assets within a single purchase.  Each contain a basket of stocks to spread out risk instead of individuals (you and me) buying hundreds if not thousands of stocks to reduce our risk.  There are distinct differences between the two, however, like the long term costs associated with them.  Let me explain each:

Investing Ideas – Which Brokerage Account to Use

When you finally feel it’s time to invest, where do you go?  How do you start?

Keep the fees down with more money in your pocket!

It’s a very important decision when choosing a brokerage account provider.  Nowadays, most of them are very similar and offer very comparable services, but there are some out there that will charge $30 per trade instead of less than $10 per trade if you don’t look closely.  An expensive brokerage account can really eat up into your potential ROI with too many fees. 

Investing Ideas – Time to look at Cyper Security More Closely with #HACK

Breach, Breach, Breach…

This has become too common a word in the headlines over the past 12-18 months both domestic and globally.  Chances are you have been affected directly or indirectly (knowing someone else) because of a data breach.  The major ones we know about because they made national headlines like Home Depot, Sony, and Target.  What about the ones that didn’t make major headlines or reported to only their network?  I can tell you first hand I was recently in Vegas for a promotions trip and found out my credit cards had been compromised by staying at Hard Rock in Las Vegas.