Investing Should Be Easy

Excellent show today! Well you be the judge because Coby's back (our technical trader) to talk about Facebook in the news, Amazon problems with Whole Foods, and some stock ideas reflection like LYFT, SGMO (genetics) and Peleton's future IPO. Listen in and send your questions alex.richwagen@gmail.com

In today's show, I'll provide some updates on the latest IPOs as ALIT pulls theirs off the market, LYFT raises their target price, what does that mean for the investment? Also, I'll answer a mailbag question on how to get started investing in 2019 starting with some ETFs with Fidelity because its easy and offers free trading! Alex

In today's show, I'm joined by our new guest, Coby (technical analyst), to go over some items in the news and how it impacts the long term market - Facebooks 14 hour outage & Privacy concerns - Dollar Tree & Dollar General opening/closinig stores - Boeing losing $25 Billion in market cap Finally, we discuss a few upcoming IPOs to consider for your portfolio including Lyft, the car sharing service, and Alight, a cloud based HR solution packed with analytics. Stay tuned for more stuff coming! Alex Investing should be easy

Alex is back, with more information and a bit of a different show. Today I'll discuss the macro trends seen and one stock pick you might just want to add.

Today we got back on track futuristic investing with robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence. There's an ETF called ROBO, that has 93 different companies I want to explore and see where the real winners are and what they do. Today we discussed the ratios, different segments, and specifically Automation with IOT. Over the next several weeks I'll go through clusters of these to identify great long term ideas. I got the idea from watching this clip on robotic humans and dogs - see it here -money.cnn.com/video/technology/2…nnmoney/index.html If you have any questions or comments, please send me an email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com Thanks Happy Investing Alex Name Ticker ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP-C ZBRA COGNEX CORP CGNX HOLLYSYS AUTOMATION TECHN HOLI PTC INC PTC CADENCE DESIGN SYS INC CDNS BROOKS AUTOMATION INC BRKS NORDSON CORP NDSN TERADYNE INC TER

Today we got back on track futuristic investing with robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence. There's an ETF called ROBO, that has 93 different companies I want to explore and see where the real winners are and what they do. Today we discussed the ratios, different segments, and specifically 3D printing. Over the next several weeks I'll go through clusters of these to identify great long term ideas. I got the idea from watching this clip on robotic humans and dogs - see it here -money.cnn.com/video/technology/2…nnmoney/index.html If you have any questions or comments, please send me an email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com Thanks Happy Investing Alex

Very cool episodes coming! We are going to discuss looking at futuristic investing and where to place some speculative bets on areas like robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence. There's an ETF called ROBO, that has 93 differnet companies I want to explore and see where the real winners are and what they do. Over the next several weeks I'll go through clusters of these to identify great long term ideas. I got the idea from watching this clip on robotic humans and dogs - see it here -http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2018/05/11/boston-dynamics-atlas-spotmini-run-navigate-orig.cnnmoney/index.html If you have any questions or comments, please send me an email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com Thanks Happy Investing Alex

In today's show, I'll take a step back and reflect on my published book as it outlines a long term investment plan, but how to change your strategy with today's ever changing headlines. Short term events like fed rates, inflation, trade wars, and others will impact your stocks. Today, I talk about how to adjust. Specifically, I'll talk about two companies - SNAP - Snapchat SGMO - Sangamo If you have any questions or comments, please email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com Thanks! Alex

In today's episode, I will break down the sectors in the market to take a macro view of the overall market. Are you in the right sector? Let's take a look today by identifying the top performing sectors in the market. Below are a few sites I found just by googling them: https://www.bloomberg.com/research/sectorandindustry/overview/sectorlanding.asp https://eresearch.fidelity.com/eresearch/markets_sectors/sectors/sectors_in_market.jhtml If you have questions or comments, please email alex.richwagen@gmail.com Thanks! Alex

In today's show, I'll discuss adjusting to the up and down crazy stock market. The last 30 days, the DOW, S&P 500, and NASDAQ have had several days of 100+ point swings. It can take a toll. I'll discuss strategies of how to adjust like: - Take some cash off the table - Don't look (What?) Yes, don't pay attention - Using Reverse or Inverse ETFs - Scaling into positions If you have any questions or comments, please send an email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com Thanks! Alex

In today's show, I'll dive into the third part of a series on investing with paid research, using a book called Juvenescence by Al Chalabi and Jim Mellon. These guys have their own investment company, do all the research, and we get to benefit. They don't make lots of money on the books, it's literally the research. The book is all about researching ways of living forever, or extending the human life. In today's show, I'll talk about four companies in the space that specialize in Gene Editing technology, mentioned in the book to provide an idea of the research. SGMO, EDIT, CRSP, BLUE If you have any feedback, please send an email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com Thanks! Alex Link to book -https://www.amazon.com/Juvenescence-Investing-longevity-Mellon-Jim/dp/0993047815/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521077298&sr=8-1&keywords=juvenescence+investing+in+the+age+of+longevity

In today's show, I will discuss how to protect your portfolio through volatility using options strategy, put options. The markets are in flux right now, and its not fun to sit back and watch your portfolio go down. This will help calm those nerves. Articles mentioned in the show - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/putoption.asp https://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/ge/option-chain?dateindex=3 If you have any questions or feedback, please email to alex.richwagen@gmail.com, Thanks! Alex

In today's show, I discuss how to prepare your portfolio in the case of market extreme volatility, like we had this past week. There are variety of strategies to use. Today, I'll go over: Staying in cash Selling positions Using options like puts Use Inverse or Reverse ETFs If you have any questions, please send me an email at alex.richwagen@gmail.com, Thanks! Alex

In today's podcast, Alex continues his review on how to find investments by taking a paid research approach. Alex will go over another reasearch book called, Fast Forward, by Jim Mellon & Al Chalabi that you can use just like him. The paid research helps identify investments for your portfolio. This is the second in a three part series on book research. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Stocks discussed today SGMO - CRISPR - Gene editing technology ROBO - Robotics ETF IRBT - Robotics leader - IRobot KITE - Car-T immunotherapy TON - Triton Materials - Lithium batteries IKA - Ilika - Battery charging Thanks! Alex

In today's podcast, Alex continues to answer a few emails on how to find investments by taking a paid research approach. Alex will go over a reasearch book he read called, Cracking the Code, by Jim Mellon that you can use just like him. The paid research helps identify investments for your portfolio. This is the first in a three part series on book research. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex

In today's podcast, Alex continues to answer a few emails on how to find investments by taking an approach using a research approach. Alex will go over several resources you can use like paid research to help determine the best investments for your your portfolio. This is the fourth in a four part series on different techniques to find possible investments for your portfolio. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex

In today's podcast, Alex continues to answer a few emails on how to find investments by taking an approach using a stock screener. The screen uses descriptive, fundamental, and technical analysis to find top investments to review for your portfolio. This is the third in a four part series on different techniques to find possible investments for your portfolio. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex Below are two screens we ran this week on Finviz.com - https://www.finviz.com/screener.ashx?v=111&f=cap_mid,fa_curratio_o0.5,fa_div_none,fa_estltgrowth_high,fa_fpe_profitable,fa_netmargin_pos,fa_pe_profitable,ind_stocksonly&ft=2&r=21 https://www.finviz.com/screener.ashx?v=111&f=cap_small,fa_curratio_o0.5,fa_div_none,fa_estltgrowth_high,fa_fpe_profitable,fa_pe_profitable,ind_stocksonly&ft=2&r=21

In today's podcast, Alex will answer a few emails on how to find investments by taking an approach called breaking down an ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) that acts just like a mutual fund to find top investments in a basket. This is the second in a four part series on different techniques to find possible investments for your portfolio. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex

In today's podcast, Alex will answer a few emails on how to find investments by taking an approach called common sense investing. He will review as a consumer, how many companies you interact with on a daily basis, and how to translate that knowledge into investments. This is the first in a four part series on different techniques to find possible investments for your portfolio. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex

In today's podcast, Alex will look at a company we found after analyzing Johnson Controls called Adient that was from a spin-off. It looks like a much better investment after Johnson Controls merged with Tyco because of the growth potential. Like usual, Alex will review: Google Finance - high level analysis Finviz - fundamental analysis Investor Relations - Adient Given the stock is a Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Alex's niche, make sure to find it on Wells Fargo Investment Services. If you have questions or comments, please send an email into alex.richwagen@gmail.com, or visit the website alexrichwagen.com Thanks! Alex