Does this whole investing thing still make you queasy? Today on the More Money for Beer an Textbooks Podcast we hear from one of Canada’s most popular DIY investors on what he wishes he might have done differently when he was starting out.
Mark Seed is the brains behind MyOwnAdvisor.ca and a successful DIY investor. Unlike a lot of bright financial minds, he’s also pretty good at giving the knowledge he has to others. As someone who readily admits to making a few mistakes early in the game, Mark’s approach is very open and modest as he strives to use common language (as opposed to intimidating people with advanced terminology). Give a listen and check out his site for more
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- Mark’s thoughts on the post-secondary world today.
- Why you should care about investing at all.
- What some of the long-term benefits are to paying attention to this sort of stuff.
- Why he regrets getting into mutual funds and penny stocks.
- What advice he has for today’s youth and people just getting started with investing.
- Why he invests in basic vanilla index-based ETFs and solid dividend-paying companies.
- What you can find if you head over to Mark’s site.
Before Mark and I get down to the good stuff, you’ll be subjected to an impassioned rant about the state of personal finance education in this country. It seems like such a common sense idea to teach people the basic skills they will need to survive in today’s complicated financial world. Teachers, administrators, parents and everyone else (or as we like to say in the world of education “various stakeholders” – yes we are that ridiculous) has a role to play if we’re ever going to the necessary changes in this subject area.
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Till next time, More Beers More Cheers That’s it That’s All!