At Equity Mates Media, we’ve got two podcasts designed to help new investors and those who are yet to get started. Here’s what we’re chatting about this week…
This week on Get Started Investing, we chat about the Black Friday sales that you should really care about!
Black Friday Sales are a global shopping bonanza. But Bryce & Alec delve into how differently we all react when there is a discount in the world of consumables … compared to how we think about discounts in the stock market.
People go crazy when they know they can get 15% off toys or TV’s for Christmas presents, they’ll que up outside a retail shop for hours … yet when the stock market is down 15%, people will run to the hills. So let’s arm you with the information why when the stock market is ‘on sale’ … it’s a good time to buy.
[Listen to the episode here]
Maddy and Sophie from You’re In Good Company talk to one of our favourite guests this week – Eleanor Swanson from Firetrail Investments.
A slight word of caution – this episode is slightly more advanced that many of our others. Eleanor chats about some specific small cap companies that she likes. It’s super interesting and Eleanor is such an engaging speaker.
If you feel ready to start looking at some individual stocks, this is a great episode for you.
[Listen to the episode here]
Hey, this got us thinking
On today’s episode of Get Started Investing, Bryce and Alec chat about the craze of Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.
- In the US, 155 million people (of about 320 million) shop on Black Friday
- The average spent per person is $485 in the US
- In Australia, about $6 billion was spent over the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales
- (Check out some more of these stats on our Dive Instagram account)
Crazy numbers. So there’s some great sales out there for sure. BUT why don’t we look at it this way?
- The S&P500 is down 17% this year
- The ASX200 is down 5%
Why don’t we think about the stock market the way we think about Black Friday sales?
It’s all about the psychology of investing.
That got us reading…
So the psychology of investing is different to buying Black Friday sales, granted. But this article might help you with some tips and prompts to be aware of when you are investing in the market. History shows that buying when the market is down is the best thing you could do to make money over the long-term.
[Check out some investing psychology tips here]
This chart shows how quickly on average the market recovers from a certain level of decline. It is America’s S&P500 (500 of the biggest companies listed over there) but it does a pretty good job at representing what other markets do too.
We’re currently sitting at a 17% decline, so on average, it will take 4 months from here for that to be recovered. And if we have a 5+ year timeframe, then the chances of us making a lot of money are pretty strong.
[Read the article this chart came from]
Something a little extra…
Hey, if you hadn’t heard, our newest podcast The Dive Business News won Best Business Podcast of 2022 at the Australian Podcast Awards last week!
We’re so stoked, but if you haven’t listened yet, Monday’s episode is a perfect place to start. Darcy and Sascha talk about a new study that found just 1 in 7 Black Friday sales are genuine discounts. That makes me think the best place to spend money on a discount is in the stock market!
[Listen to The Dive here]
We also have an Instagram account for The Dive – @thedivebusinessnews
We think there’s a gap in the way people receive their news. We want to deliver business news in an easily digestible and easy to understand way. Give us a follow to keep up to date with the world!
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FYI
A resource that we’re continuously building is our book recommendations page.
Over the Equity Mates journey so far, we’ve had hundreds of expert investors join us on the show. And each time we interview them, we ask for a book recommendation that helped them.
Some of them are investing specific, others are business-based and some are just great all-round reads. You can check out the book recommendation list here.
And Finally
If you missed out on FinFest this year, don’t worry! We’ve been releasing the recordings of each session on our YouTube Channel. There is so much amazing content on there.
If you want to register your interest for next year, this is the place!
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