For those new to investing, the stock market might seem like a huge, complex, and intimidating place. What's the best way to get started? The Investing for Beginners podcast aims to simplify the language of money. Its mission is to better understand what's going on in the market, to help individual compound money over time. In today's podcast conversation, 7investing CEO Simon Erickson chats with IFB co-host Dave Ahern about the best ways to get started with investing. Dave shares his...

Episode 23 of No Limit features Luke putting on his science superconductor nerd glasses and dreaming about a magnificent future, going over the fundamentals of why the LK-99 phenomenon has gripped the world’s imagination. But he also displays the qualities that high level investors need to cultivate: a skeptical framework and a measured approach to too-good-to-be-true claims. Krzysztof meanwhile bemoans the risks of investing in small-caps, updates the ongoing Eos saga, and pontificates...

Climate change has been a hot topic for several decades (and yes, pun intended). But are companies and their investors taking it as seriously as they should be? There's a possibility that corporations, investors, banks, and insurers haven't sufficiently been addressing the climate-related risks that lurk within their balance sheets and business models. That goes firstly for physical risks. There are climate-related wildfires, floods, or droughts that could cause significant damage to...

Hold onto your cannolis! It's another globe-trotting episode of No Limit with Krzysztof & Luke! In this episode, we check in on Krzysztof's adventures in Sicily, discuss the value of getting rich slowly, and some of the basic principles of financial education, including what steps you need to take before becoming an investor. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/7investing/message

For risk-tolerant investors who love a good thrill, there are few industries more exciting than biotechnology. He Jiankui shocked the world in 2018 by announcing he'd genetically modified twins born in China. Two years later, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier shared the Nobel prize for developing CRISPR, and a globally-coordinated effort was embracing Moderna's innovative new mRNA approach to develop a COVID vaccine and make it universally available. Gene editing found its way into...

Welcome to our 7investing Growth vs Income Summer Stock Challenge! We are on a quest to find the best current stock opportunity for investors. All month, we’re pairing popular “growth” and “income” stocks up in head-to-head matchups — to ultimately determine which stock will provide the greatest upcoming five-year return. In this “Income Style, Round 1, Matchup 3” bracket, our #4 ranked defense contractor Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is paired up against #5-ranked tower operator American...

Intel is one of investing's "battleground stocks." Some investors love it, believing the return of Pat Gelsinger to the helm will reinvigorate the company's growth and capitalize on the datacenter and AI. Others believe Intel is too far behind other chipmakers like NVIDIA or other foundries like Taiwan Semiconductor to ever regain its former glory. One thing is for sure though: Intel finds itself in the middle of a turnaround. With revenue declining 36% year-over-year and it losing share in...

Welcome to our 7investing Growth vs Income Summer Stock Challenge! We are on a quest to find the best current stock opportunity for investors. In this “Income Style, Round 1, Matchup 2” bracket, our #3 ranked mega health insurer UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is paired up against #6-ranked exchange operator CME Group (Nasdaq: CME). Both of these companies serve hundreds of millions of people, capturing recurring revenues and extremely high margins. When looking over the next five years,...

Welcome to our 7investing Growth vs Income Summer Stock Challenge! We are on a quest to find the best current stock opportunity for investors. All month, we’re pairing popular “growth” and “income” stocks up in head-to-head matchups — to ultimately determine which stock will provide the greatest upcoming five-year return. We’ve included voting polls within this article: please help us determine which of these stocks represents the better current opportunity for investors! To have all our...

We are on a quest to find the best current stock opportunity for investors. All month we are pairing popular stocks from both “growth” and “income” style investing up in matchups to determine which will provide the greater upcoming five-year return. We’ve included a voting poll at the bottom of this article: help us determine which of these stock represents the better opportunity for investors! In this “Growth Style, Round 1, Matchup 3” bracket, our #4-ranked Latin American e-commerce...

We are on a quest to find the best current stock opportunity for investors. All month we are pairing popular stocks from both “growth” and “income” style investing up in matchups to determine which will provide the greater upcoming five-year return. If you’d like to have all our our analysis and the voting results sent directly to your Inbox, click to join our Summer Stock Challenge email list. In this “Growth Style, Round 1, Matchup 2” bracket, our #3-ranked GPU chipmaker NVIDIA (Nasdaq:...

In the northern hemisphere’s sweltering summer days, Luke and Krzysztof talk about their recent swashbuckling travels to India and Sicily and the importance of shifting perspectives to deal with the wild mood swings of the market. Luke does a deep dive into his massively helpful Twitter post about his cumulative investing returns that were so good, Krzysztof had to defend his honor from skeptical minds. What does it take to be so consistently good? Is Luke a genius? Or just lucky? For those...

Our Summer Stock Challenge is here — to discover the very best current opportunity for investors. During the next two weeks, we’ll explore 14 total companies — many of which (but not all) are active 7investing recommendations. We’ll size each of them up as investments; discussing their business models, their leadership, and how they allocate their profit streams. Then, we’ll host a daily poll for YOU to vote on which company in each matchup is the better investment for the next five...

You could think of the internet as a gigantic digital Monopoly board. Those who invest in and develop the right properties can reap incredible real estate gains over time. But how should a potential investor even begin his or her search? Just as physical homes are priced based upon the neighborhood and the beauty of the kitchen counters, are there similar things to look for in a digital property? And is advertising still the primary money-maker rfor internet sites -- or has it transitioned...

Episode 20 finds 7investing’s Luke Hallard, man of mystery and intrigue, swinging from the hammock in Sri Lanka, dodging monkey projectile coconuts. We catch up on the latest Black Mirror episode and what it means to read the terms of service in the age of AI, and the growing dangers of corporate overreach.  We also discuss Luke’s recent Twitter project, in which he’s doing a deep dive on his long-term buys and sells, company by company, and the lessons learned. Don’t skip this...

There is an upcoming disruption of the food systems industry, and investors today can get in ahead of an exciting new S-Curve that's developing. Elysabeth Alfano is the CEO of VegTech Invest, and also advisor to the EATV ETF. EATV is the world’s only Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF. 7investing CEO Simon Erickson recently interviewed Elysabeth for our 7investing podcast. In the first part of the conversation, Elysabeth describes how she got interest in food systems transformation...

In episode 19 of No Limit, Luke and Krzysztof focus on Nvidia. It’s overvalued, so you should sell! But selling a great company is often the most expensive mistake investors make, so you should hold! But AI runs on Nvidia and AI is just getting started, so you should buy! If this kind of investing complexity makes your head spin, tune in to hear us frame this kind of difficulty into principles and a process you can follow with confidence. As a special bonus, Luke puts Krzysztof in the...

Investors love dividends. There's something special about receiving cold hard cash into your brokerage account every quarter, which you can use to pay for expenses or reinvest and buy more stock. Over time, reinvesting dividends can compound your returns. But how do dividend-paying stocks compare against other segments of the market? Have they been impacted by the tricky macro of the past year? Are dividends more attractive in rising-rate environments? And what factors should investors...

To help us answer those questions, we've brought in a few expert tech investors. 7investing CEO Simon Erickson recently spoke with Deepwater Asset Management's Gene Munster and Doug Clinton, who have been investing in technology for decades. Deepwater is a global asset manager based in Minneapolis, MN. The three kicked off their conversation by discussing Deepwater's investing philosophy and vision. Gene explains that their firm likes to dive deep into three core areas of technology: AI,...

Welcome to 7investing in June 2023! We’ve just issued our latest stock recommendations, where we share reports on our favorite opportunities in the stock market with 7investing members. To see all seven reports, please click here to get started with a 7investing membership for only $1, to unlock full access to all of our recommendations and premium content. This month, our team chose a nice mix of companies across different industries, risk levels, and sizes:  Two advisors chose Moderate...

In part II of our conversation with Krishna Bahirwani, 7investing’s own Luke and Krzysztof embarked on a wild ride through the bustling bazaars of the Indian investment landscape! We zigzagged through throngs of Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) where retail investors have a favorable set-up with low or no fees, thanks to its scale. We also discussed the information goldmine that was screener.in, where we could dig up 10 years’ worth of financials on any company. As we journeyed through...

Join our 7investing FREE email list to receive our investing insights and conversations with the CEOs of PubMatic, Rocket Lab, and more at 7investing.com/email. We as investors often suffer from "home court bias", where we're most interested in the opportunities who are based in the country that we live in. We're familiar with the culture and the currency, so it's easier for us to invest closer to home. Yet the business world stretches to all corners of the globe, and investing is similarly...

To support this podcast, go to https://7investing.com/subscribe/. As a Premium annual subscriber you get: 7 stock recommendations each month, vetted by our lead advisors Full access to our community forum, with channels on every recommendation we've ever made An invitation to our exclusive monthly subscriber call, where our advisors give our subscribers updates and their monthly best stocks to buy. At 7investing, we empower you to invest in your future. Thank you for helping us...

To support the 7investing Podcast, go to ⁠7investing.com/subscribe/⁠. Your subscriptions allow us to keep making this podcast, so we can empower you to invest in your future. In this episode, Matthew Cochrane welcomes back Bill Brewster, the host of The Business Brew podcast, for a wide-ranging conversation that touches on a variety of investment topics and companies. The pair begin their talk with Brewster sharing his recent experiences at the Markel (NYSE:MKL) and Berkshire Hathaway...

The Super Mario Bros. Movie recently crossed the $500 million threshold at the domestic box office, placing it on an exclusive list of just 19 films. Globally, it has now amassed $1.2 billion and is now the fifth-biggest animated movie of all-time. For Nintendo's (OTC:NTDOY) first film venture in nearly 30 years, the film has been an astounding success.     7investing Lead Advisor Matthew Cochrane invited Ryan Henderson and Brett Schafer of Chit Chat Money to sit down to review Nintendo's...