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About Brian Feroldi
Brian Feroldi is a financial educator, YouTuber, and author of “Why Does The Stock Market Go Up?”. He has been intensely interested in money, personal finance, and investing ever since he graduated from college. Brian started investing in 2004.
In the beginning, he had no idea what he was doing and got his teeth kicked in. His returns improved dramatically over time as his experience and knowledge about the stock market grew. Brian’s career mission statement is “to spread financial wellness.”
What You’ll Learn
In this episode we discuss:
- What a stock actually is and what it represents
- A background of how stocks as we know them were invented
- What a stock exchange is
- Origin of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and how it works
- Stock market indexes and how they can help us make investment decisions
- What a market capitalization is
- How to actually purchase a stock
- Why the stock market goes up
- The two ways to make money from a stock
- Stock buybacks and why a company would do that
- Resources Brian recommends for people who want to get to know the stock market
Resources
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