I recently searched youtube, “Stock Market Investing For Beginners.” Video after video promised riches through day-trading or buying individual stocks. I was shocked. I figured that If I can help even a small handful of people through a series of short videos that start at ground zero, that would be worth the...

This is the second video in my series, “Stock Market Investing for Beginners.” If you don’t know anything about investing, this is for you. I’ve started at the very beginning. Even if you’re an old pro, I’m hoping each video gives you something interesting that you didn’t know before. Please...

In the third video in this series, I talk about Mutual Funds. If you go to a bank or speak to a financial advisor about investing, most investment salespeople will recommend actively managed mutual funds. Whether you choose to invest in them or not, it’s important to know what they...

In the fourth video of this series we look at Index Funds. Plenty of people know they should invest in low-cost index funds or ETFs, instead of actively managed products, such as mutual funds. But what exactly is an index fund? In this video, I provide the background for these...

Why do index funds and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) beat most actively managed funds? How do we know that index funds will continue to beat active management, decade after decade? I explain why, in this video.

In this video, I shed some light on the question of stocks and bonds; and why having bonds in your portfolio is important. What ratio bonds to stocks? Balance your portfolio so that your age is in bonds and the remainder is in ETFs. Your portfolio is more aggressive when...