The Wannabe Investor
Ann Marie Sabath
LET THE WANNABE INVESTOR BE THE KEY TO UNLOCKING A BRIGHTER FINANCIAL FUTURE FOR YOU!
You're not alone! A staggering 40 percent of Americans shy away from investing in the stock market due to a lack of knowledge, funds, or confidence. In this groundbreaking book, Ann Marie Sabath, a former wannabe investor turned diversified stock owner, shares her wealth of knowledge to empower you to enter the world of investing one step at a time.
Sabath's writing style is refreshingly down-to-earth, making even the most intricate concepts easy to grasp. She shares the essential pre-investment steps, ensuring you have a solid foundation before buying your first share of stock. She explains the seven excuses people make for not investing, how to identify your risk tolerance level, the power of compounding, the one-hour-a-year investment strategy, and much more.
The Wannabe Investor isn't just another dry investment book. It's a transformative guide that reveals the strategies that self-made millionaires use to build wealth. Don't let your hard-earned money languish in low-yield savings accounts or slow-growing bonds any longer. You will be ready to take control of your financial future after reading The Wannabe Investor.
Duration - 12h 21m.
Author - Ann Marie Sabath.
Narrator - Teri Schnaubelt.
Published Date - Tuesday, 09 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2023 Ann Marie Sabath ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
LET THE WANNABE INVESTOR BE THE KEY TO UNLOCKING A BRIGHTER FINANCIAL FUTURE FOR YOU! You're not alone! A staggering 40 percent of Americans shy away from investing in the stock market due to a lack of knowledge, funds, or confidence. In this groundbreaking book, Ann Marie Sabath, a former wannabe investor turned diversified stock owner, shares her wealth of knowledge to empower you to enter the world of investing one step at a time. Sabath's writing style is refreshingly down-to-earth, making even the most intricate concepts easy to grasp. She shares the essential pre-investment steps, ensuring you have a solid foundation before buying your first share of stock. She explains the seven excuses people make for not investing, how to identify your risk tolerance level, the power of compounding, the one-hour-a-year investment strategy, and much more. The Wannabe Investor isn't just another dry investment book. It's a transformative guide that reveals the strategies that self-made millionaires use to build wealth. Don't let your hard-earned money languish in low-yield savings accounts or slow-growing bonds any longer. You will be ready to take control of your financial future after reading The Wannabe Investor. Duration - 12h 21m. Author - Ann Marie Sabath. Narrator - Teri Schnaubelt. Published Date - Tuesday, 09 January 2024. Copyright - © 2023 Ann Marie Sabath ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Dedication
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Introduction
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Wait! Before You Buy a Single Share . . .
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MUST-KNOW FACT 1: Financial literacy is crucial for achieving economic stability and building wealth.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 2: Stock is an ownership stake in a company.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 3: A stock exchange is a marketplace where stocks and other securities can be bought and sold. The stock market is the collection of those exchanges.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 4: A bear market is when the market has lost 20 percent or more of its value from its recent peak and is trending downward.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 5: A bull market is when the market has gained 20 percent or more from its most recent low and is trending upward.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 6: Dividends are payments distributed by a public company to its shareholders from its earnings.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 7: A dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) uses the proceeds generated from dividend stocks to automatically purchase more shares of the company.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 8: Compound growth is one of the most powerful tools for increasing your invested wealth.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 9: Identifying your risk tolerance is an essential factor for your investing success.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 10: Asset allocation is the “pie chart” of investments in a portfolio.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 11: Stock market crashes might be painful; however, they don’t last forever.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 12: Diversification reduces your risk by spreading your money across a variety of asset classes and business sectors.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 13: Market capitalization reflects the total value of a company’s outstanding shares.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 14: The eleven stock business sectors provide a framework for organizing and analyzing companies based on their primary business activities.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 15: A stock split does not change the value of an investor’s holdings; it simply changes the number of shares.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 16: An economic moat is any durable advantage a company has that protects it from rivals and allows it to maintain long-term profitability and market share.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 17: Safe investment vehicles generally offer lower returns than riskier investment options, but a higher level of security when it comes to capital preservation.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 18: Bonds are debt instruments that make periodic interest payments to bondholders until their maturity date, at which point the principal is repaid.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 19: When buying a mutual fund, you are investing in a portfolio of stocks, bonds, or other securities.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 20: Like mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are portfolios of securities, but they trade like stocks.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 21: Index funds consistently outperform the large majority of actively managed funds over the long term.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 22: When the owners of a privately held company want to list its shares on a stock exchange, they hold an initial public offering (IPO)—that is, they “go public.”
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MUST-KNOW FACT 23: IPOs come with the potential for huge reward, but they also come with correspondingly high risk.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 24: It is essential to do comprehensive research before buying cryptocurrency.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 25: Managing your own portfolio requires monitoring it regularly and periodically rebalancing your assets.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 26: When choosing a financial advisor, two important considerations are how they get paid and whether or not they are a fiduciary.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 27: Robo-advisors are a solid option for investors who prefer to not pay higher fees to a live professional advisor.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 28: Virtual trading lets you practice investing before putting your hard-earned money in the stock market.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 29: There are emotional ways and logical ways to decide which investments to buy.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 30: Buying a stock requires planning; just as you plan other purchases, it is important to create a watch list for buying stocks.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 31: To invest in the stock market, you need to open a brokerage account.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 32: Concentration risk is when a single security makes up a significant percentage of your portfolio.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 33: Dollar-cost averaging is a strategy in which you consistently invest the same amount in the same asset at regular intervals.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 34: The Dogs of the Dow strategy involves buying annually the ten Dow stocks with the highest dividend yields and holding them for a calendar year.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 35: You can buy and sell a stock at its existing price, or you can set up an automated order based on predefined parameters.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 36: Your monthly brokerage statement provides your account’s performance since the last statement period as well as the total value of your portfolio.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 37: The length of time you hold an investment affects the tax rate you pay when selling it.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 38: Even the longest of long-term investors don’t hold on forever.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 39: You’re never too young to start investing in the stock market.
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MUST-KNOW FACT 40: You’re never too old to start investing in the stock market.
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Conclusion: Now It’s Up to You
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Ending Credits
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