Investing Finance

Alejandro and Michelle discussed Instacart, a grocery delivery and pickup service, which just became a public stock! Instacart’s IPO happened on September 19 with ticker symbol CART on the Nasdaq. Its Initial Public Offering was priced at $30 per share to give it an initial $10 billion valuation. Instacart was formerly known as Maplebear, and […]

Economists are projecting that the Fed will cut rates in the middle of 2024, potentially if a recession is happening. There’s been a lot of media coverage as to whether the Federal Reserve can achieve a “soft landing” for the American economy.To do this, the Fed would have its effective Fed Funds Rate be at

My friend Gabe and I discussed how PayPal stock is doing amid disruptive FinTech trends. The world of financial payments is evolving quickly as one of the earliest FinTechs, PayPal, has been struggling in the stock market. PayPal’s stock with ticker PYPL is currently off 80% from its all time high in 2021. Can PayPal

My friend Gabe and I discussed how tech stocks are being affected by Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML). Gabe aka Fuhat shared his insights the implications of AI on the technology industry going forward. If you’d like to reach out to Gabe, feel free to find him at the following handles because he

I discuss the latest investing activities of superinvestors as of Q2 2023. By studying what superinvestors are investing in or not, their trends might give us new insights, investing ideas, and help us to become better investors. It is fascinating that Berkshire Hathaway made some bets in homebuilding companies: D.R. Horton (DHI), NVR Inc (NVR),

My friend Gabe and I discussed what’s going on with Brookfield Corporation and its spinoff Brookfield Asset Management. Gabe aka Fuhat shared his insights into the many worlds of Brookfield, an area that was intriguing because Mohnish Pabrai had invested into this company once upon a time. In addition, Brookfield owns Oaktree Capital Group which

The best 70 high yield interest bank accounts I found in August 2023. Bank interest yields are getting decent again with most offering 5%+ interest rate across money market, savings, and checking accounts. Since the Federal Reserve hiked their latest Fed Funds Rate to the current range of 5.25% to 5.5%, that’s encouraged banks to

Warren Buffett said that many parents make terrible mistakes in the wills to their children. William Vaughan explains why estate planning is in dire straits and what you can do about it so your loved ones can be set up for their inheritance. Will Vaughan is a professional financial advisor working in wealth management, so

Alejandro and Michelle discussed Disney as its stock has been beaten down but the company has a lot going for it. In spite of Disney’s storied history and accomplishments, it has been encumbered by political controversy and the ousting of the prior CEO, Bob Chapek. Like a knight in shining armor, Bob Iger came out

Alejandro and Michelle discussed CAVA, a growing fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant chain that reminds us of Chipotle. CAVA just IPO’d on June 15, 2023 at $22 per share, but this stock has been as sizzling hot as the summer is! The last time I checked CAVA was trading around the $50 per share range, only about