Podcast – Investing Should Be Easy – Episode 6

In the next episode of his podcast,

Alex Richwagen continues the investment strategy of long term stock growth with dividends to become better off financially.
In today’s show, Alex reviews another investment opportunity, Tiffany’s (TIF) that is available through direct stock purchase transfer agent on Computershare.com.
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
• Tiffany’s Investor Relations Report
• Tiffany’s latest conference call
• Computershare Investor Services — Link to website here

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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 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

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.

How to Double your $$Money Every Seven Years

Grow your money with Investing

This is 100% possible with the magic of compound interest and how if you start investing in almost ANY stocks early enough in life.  Almost any stock with enough time will increase in value.  It really does make the difference on your potential Return on Investment (ROI) between hundreds of thousands of dollars.  Yes, that’s right, I said hundreds of thousands could be the difference when starting your investment plan

Greece, China = Unstable Market – How to Protect your Portfolio

Greece…China…

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Both countries are causing the market turbulence and stomach aches for queasy investors.  As I’m writing this, Greece, still doesn’t have a solution as their PM flip-flops more than pancakes on a griddle.  China’s stock market has been such a mess, that 25% of stocks stopped trading due to deep losses and heavy fluctuation on Tuesday, 7/7/15.  This isn’t an article on further issues with either country.  It’s to get you thinking about what happens what markets can wildly fluctuate and more importantly, how to protect the investments in your portfolio.  

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 Should Be Easy

Investing Should Be Easy was written for the beginner to intermediate investor who needs a basic foundation in the principles of investing. Beginners will gain this foundation through a historic look of the markets, reasons to invest, an explanation of fundamentals, and recommendations with sample portfolios. You will take away from this book a strategy to invest without constant upkeep or review in order to provide a direction to reach long term goals such as financial independence.

Find the book link here – http://amzn.to/1d0sjsP