Finance loves a bit of jargon - here’s a few common terms explained:
🐂 Bull market = stocks rising
🐻 Bear market = stocks falling
💸 Expense ratio = fund fees
📈 Volatility = price swings
📊 Index = market tracker
🧺 Diversification = don't put all your eggs in one basket
S&P 500 Annual Returns since 1985.
33 green years. 7 red years.
Holding your nerve on red days is the key to long-term wealth.
Family offices are always shrouded in secrecy.
Here’s my 60 second explainer of how they work and typically allocate their investments.
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Not all ETFs are created equal.
Seven things to look at:
1) Expense ratio
2) Holdings and weighting
3) Historical performance
4) Dividend yield/frequency
5) Liquidity/trading volume
6) Assets under management
7) Tracking error
Don't fall into the trap of buying a bad ETF.
Investing in art is NOT just for the super rich!
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Two things to become a better investor:
1. Limit the number of companies you own
2. Limit how frequently you trade
This will force you to only own your strongest convictions and to accept that there will always be an opportunity that you miss out on.
👋 I’m Jason.
I write a weekly newsletter (Finbrain 💰 🧠 ) explaining investing and investing opportunities, in plain English!
I explain topics such as:
- How to read a stock chart
- How index funds work
- Investing strategies
Excited to be on here!
Invest as early as possible.
Here’s why:
Assuming an annual return of 8%:
Starting at 20:
- Initial Investment: $3,000
- Monthly addition: $300
Age 60: $1,027,486
Starting at 30:
- Initial Investment: $3,000
- Monthly addition: $300
Age 60: $457,842
Those 10 years cost you $569,644.
There’s no such thing as a "good" or "bad" P/E ratio - it's useless in isolation.
Many new (and seasoned!) investors get screwed over by over-relying on the P/E metric.
Don't fall into that trap - it can be costly.
Not sold on buying crypto directly?
Mining stocks might be your way in.
They let you dip into the crypto world by investing in the companies fuelling the network, without the wallet setup or coin-holding drama.
4 crypto mining companies that beat Bitcoin in Nov.
More companies are waking up to the potential of AI translation for driving growth.
Reddit confirmed that international Daily Active Users grew 44% year-over-year.
Since translated content is indexed in search engines, they are seeing an acceleration in top of the funnel traffic, too.
Impressive.
Stock Splits Explained:
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World stock market sizes: 1899 vs. 2024.
Will 🇺🇸 dominance last another century?
Knowing how to read a stock chart should be a life lesson everyone is introduced to.
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Popping my Bluesky cherry.