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Being in your mid-40s and doing what you like to do... That's not an image that comes to mind when we think of retiring. But, that's exactly what  Eric Cuka  is doing. Eric is a successful sales executive in his 40's and he is on track to retire in the mid-40s. He is the portfolio publisher of  Stock Card's Get F.I.R.E.D. Up! portfolio  and in this episode of Renegade Investors podcast, he lays ou...

After we published  part 1  of the two-part podcast episode about whether to invest in pot stocks or not, Mark Bernberg launched  The Green Fund  on Stock Card's  portfolio Store . Since then, the market has decided to test our intelligent ways of investing! Most of our picks in the portfolio are a bit down due to a variety of reasons, none indicating any changes in the future market potential. Th...

Worried about high valuations, regulation, and stock price fluctuations in the cannabis industry? You are not alone! Welcome to the party! Just in time for your weekend binge-listening, we published the latest episode of Renegade Investors podcast. It's part one of our CEO's conversion with Mark Bernberg, founder of TheGreenFund[dot]com and the publisher of a portfolio by the same name on Stock Ca...

We are taking a breather from the tech IPOs hype and exploring whether India is the new China. The Indian economy and the stock market has grown faster than the U.S. and China. Should you consider investing in Indian companies? India is an excellent mix of new, young companies that are creating the latest technology-driven products and old, large, stable ones that have been in business for several...

Have you ever listened to Lyft drivers' stories on Pick Me Up podcast show, sponsored by Lyft? Those stories are beautifully told and are truly inspirational. However, since a few days ago, there has been a bigger Lyft story that has me and potentially another 60 million stock market investors in the U.S. wishing to be a Lyft driver. You ask, why?  Lyft, Inc. has just filed its S1 documentation wi...

Passive index fund investing is arguably the most well-accepted wisdom of modern day finance. No one is smart enough to buy low and sell high consistently. And, all you need is to believe in capitalism and put your money in an index fund that is representing the overall market, and that's the winning formula. That's the proven formula of wealth. Or, is it? Borrowing some wisdom from the nutrition...

The first time I heard NVIDIA's CEO saying that Moore's Law is dead, I was confused! How can Moore's Law be Dead? How is it possible that we can imagine a future with chips and semiconductors in everything we own and use, from the packaging of the food we eat to the clothing we wear? And, at the same time, say Moore's Law is dead. More importantly, if Moore's Law is dead, does it mean Semiconducto...

What do Apple and IBM have in common? Well, in the past few years, the media is beating a new drum roll. It's not so much about IBM. Instead, it is about how Apple - once an arch enemy of IBM - is now morphing into a modern-day IBM. Considering the recent disappointing iPhone sales and the lack of any significant innovation by Apple in the past years, is it fair to assume that Apple is the new IBM...

Beyond Meat filled its S1 Documentation in November of 2018, which means the company is getting ready for going public soon. Typically, when it's a new IPO, we hold off on it. There is no rush to invest in an IPO for several reasons including the fact that most IPOs get hyped up at the beginning to give the company a chance to raise as much money as possible. But, Beyond Meat maybe an exception to...

Considering the U.S.-China tariffs and trade war and the rapid fall of the Chinese companies' stock prices in the past few months, a drift is shaping up in the stock market community. On one side, people believe China is a trap. It's full of fraudulent practices, the numbers are baked, and the government is unfair and has control over everything. Other investors believe that the decline is tempora...

This is an episode that we dissect the anatomy of a long-term investment using Stamps.com 's case study. Most long-term investments share a few characteristics. Some are logical, and some are counter-intuitive. But, knowing what's common among the companies worthy of a spot in your long-term portfolio will help you avoid panic-selling when the stock market and the companies in your portfolio exper...

This episode of Renegade Investors podcast is our Halloween edition. It's the day after the Halloween, and we put together a spooky episode with the help of our guest,  Jeffrey Leichenger . He is one of the moderators of our  Intelligent Stock Market Investors Facebook Group , and he shares the story of the dark side of trading commission-free with apps such as  Robinhood . As usual, there are sev...

This episode of Renegade Investors podcast is a part of our 2018 Top 30 Successful Investors series. We are featuring a guest renegade investor who is going against the prevailing wisdom of investing in his unique way.  Nitin Pachisia  is a professional investor, a venture capitalist, and an investor with investments across a broad spectrum of assets. As a founding partner, his work at  Unshackled...

On this episode of Renegade Investors podcast, we are featuring a guest renegade investor who is going against the prevailing wisdom of investing in her own unique way.  Terri Mead  is a professional investor, an IT and Life sciences expert, and an angel investor in female founders, femtech and pediatric tech companies. She is also the host of Piloting Your Life podcast which you should check out...

On this episode of Renegade Investors, we talk about the top nonsense ways we pick investments that prove we are all idiots!  Of Course, we are having a little bit of fun with this topic. But, in all seriousness, it is a good practice to ask yourself whether you have made a few of these mistakes and that will help you to get know yourself better as an investor and correct course in the future inve...

We have had 100s if not 1000s of conversations with Stock Card users. We always have honest conversations about what they think about the stock market. They share what they are excited about and what intimidates them. While every conversation has its own focus, there are a few well-accepted misunderstandings about the stock market that are the underlying themes of almost all such conversations. Th...