Best I Choose The Ladder Podcasts (2024)

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ML318: Catherine Allen & Ed Offterdinger (Leaders at AO People Partners) 46:56

4h ago46:56

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Catherine Allen and Ed Offterdinger are the Co-Founders of AO People Partners, a conscious leadership and people development firm that helps create successful, world-benefiting businesses. They have a combined 50+ years of experience working collaboratively with elite business and nonprofit leaders to successfully scale their business and mission o…

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46. Fed Update: What is Event Risk? Could it Trigger a Sell-Off? 29:40

1d ago29:40

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We recorded this on 08/01/2024, knowing that unemployment numbers will not drop until this podcast airs on 08/02/2024, and that might also change so keep that in mind. **Employment Report Update from Jess** Fed's View on Labor Market:Fed Chair Jerome Powell stated that the changes in the labor market are "broadly consistent with a normalization pro…

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45. What is Market Breadth & Concentration Risk? Why Should YOU Care? 30:10

10h ago30:10

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Inflation is at an all-time high and so is the stock market. This is a tale of two markets. How is the S&P 500 making record highs when so many Americans are living paycheck to paycheck? We're going to break it all down. What's happening in the stock market, what the S&P 500 actually is, what market breadth and concentration risk means and why it a…

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44. Replay: Where to invest first in your personal finance journey 33:21

34m ago33:21

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Let's refresh and re-assess our financial planning goals for our future selves. You've budgeted, you've saved, you've looked at what you've got going on in your spending and bills and what you have left over - what do you do with that extra money? (Invest it, of course 👻) *this is educational info, not advice - personal finance is personal, duh, an…

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ML317: Steven Shenbaum (Founder of GAME ON NATION) 34:42

3h ago34:42

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Steve Shenbaum is the founder of Game On Nation, a nationally recognized communication firm that employs game dynamics and improvisation to teach high-performance teamwork as well as communication, story-telling, public-speaking and presentation skills. Game On Nation provides authentic and down-to-earth courses, keynotes, and custom training progr…

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43. Stock Market During Election Years: We're Not Getting Political, But Is The Market? 29:39

1M ago29:39

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How Does The Stock Market Perform During an Election Year? We are not getting political in this episode -- however, we are on a fact finding mission to understand if the stock market is. Let your fin-mom and fin-auntie break it down for you. 😉🔮 Does the U.S. Presidential election affect the stock market? Does the political party of the elected lead…

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42. AI Under Power Grid Pressure: The Price to Energy Ratio Risk 28:20

15d ago28:20

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In this episode we re-visit our AI Portfolio and Investment Thesis that we discussed back in Episode 21, but with a new emerging headwind. According to our very own Jess Inskip, "the real ‘P/E Risk’ isn't overhyped price to earnings. The risk is price to energy." (Get it? That's a P/E Ratio joke 👻) AI Investing Most of us are invested in AI, whethe…

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41. Stock Order Types: Demystifying The Ways to Trade Securities 35:52

22d ago35:52

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There are so many different ways to buy and sell securities in your brokerage account. In this episode, we'll go over many of the different order types you may see in your brokerage account when you go to buy or sell a stock, or any securities. What does Bid and Ask mean? What is Stop and Limit Order? What are market orders? How many different Orde…

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ML316: Aslak De Silva (CEO of Selfly Store) 28:17

25d ago28:17

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Aslak De Silva has nearly 20 years of experience as a practitioner and instructor of Han Moo Do martial arts, competing in about 100 full-contact fights and winning the World Championship gold medal in Michigan, USA, in 2000. Martial arts has taught him the importance of leaders being life-long learners and coaching others. Aslak is the CEO of Self…

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40. Preparing for Rate Cuts: What are Bond Funds? 28:23

29d ago28:23

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What Is The Bond Market and What Are Bond ETFs? CPI is “cooling off” which means inflation is trending closer to the Fed’s target, which means a rate cut MAY be in our future! What does that mean? Well if the Fed, you know, good ol "Papa Powell" who we keep talking about, well if they actually go through with cutting rates this is what happens. Int…

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39. What is a Stock Split? (looking at the Nvidia stock split 👀) 27:44

1M ago27:44

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Happy Fin-Friday! The Nvidia stock is now one of the big 3 in the S&P 500. We've talked about Nvidia earnings and how much the stock price has soared just this year. Now they have announced a stock split and a dividend increase from $0.04 per share to $0.10 per share. Let's demystify stock splitting. 🔮 🍰 What Is A Stock Split? A type of corporate a…

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38. What is a Short Squeeze? (Talking About Meme Stocks, Hedge Funds & Market Mechanics) 34:35

1M ago34:35

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Finally, short squeeze and gamma squeeze make sense! (Did you know gamma squeeze was a thing?) Also, Roaring Kitty is out of hiding, remember that whole GameStop stonks thing that happened? Well apparently it's happening again with another memestock (super high risk, y'all). We also learn about hedge funds, meme stocks, market makers and the roles …

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37. Finding AI Stock Investing Ideas with Jacey Saige 33:26

2M ago33:26

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This week we are joined by Jacey Saige, a Gen Z financial literacy advocate who wants to discuss how to find AI opportunities and stock market impacts. Jacey is filling in for our beloved Jessie DeNuit - do not fret she will be back next week! AI is an important narrative to sustain this bull market. The S&P 500 is about 30% driven by technology. 5…

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ML315: Luke Van Der Veer (Founder of WRC) 23:02

2M ago23:02

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Business coach and SEO expert, Luke Van Der Veer is the Founder of Website Rental Coaching (WRC), a digital agency that trains people to earn through the rank-and-rent website business model and find a better work-life balance. WRC financially empowers clients by teaching them skills in SEO, lead generation, and client sourcing to build high-rankin…

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36. Refresher: We are Paying Attention to Bonds Again 28:20

2M ago28:20

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The bond market has always been relevant, but it hasn't mattered as much since the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) - that's when the housing market collapsed in 2008. When we have a financial crisis, there is a fiscal policy response and monetary policy response to stimulate the economy. Right now we are in restrictive fed territory, they have raised …

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35. What Is CPI, PPI & PCE Price Index (Indices) in Fed Speak - Decoded 32:33

2M ago32:33

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Come with us as we leap through the gallows and levitate down WallStreet. 🔮 Today we're discussing the most recent FOMC Press Conference led by the Hawkish Fed Chairman, Jerome Powell, and what it all means when he talks about the CPI & PCE Price Index. There's also a quick SMU (stock market update). New Vocabulary Word: Tapering Tapering is a mone…

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34. Investing Jargon, Demystified 🔮✨ The Top 20 Terms You Need to Know - In Order 26:24

3M ago26:24

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There's a loooot of jargon in the financial world. And it can seem overwhelming or like it's a language that was intentionally made to keep you in the dark, but Jess has been shining light on all this lingo since the beginning, and we've realized the jargon is actually pretty easy to grasp once it's explained to you in a logical, compounding way. C…

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33. Current State of the Stock Market + Q&A (Pt. 2) 29:32

3M ago29:32

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Questions on questions: Y'all submitted sooo many questions we had to make this Q&A a two-parter. Be sure to follow us and subscribe to our email newsletter (all links at the bottom) to keep up with all the stock market happenings! But First, A Quick SMU! We also get a quick Stock Market Update from Jess Inskip. This investing rollercoaster we're o…

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32. Q&A: Answering All YOUR Questions (keep 'em coming) 24:03

3M ago24:03

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We're back, we had to take a week off because, if you didn't know, Jess is the sun and Jessie is the moon - we had to eclipse. 🌚🌞 First, a quick market update for April 11, 2024 about CPI and PPI! Then we get to allllll your questions, yes, even questions from our very early episodes (told ya we'd get to them eventually 😅). Questions we answer in t…

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ML314: Eisha Armstrong (Co-Founder of VECTERIS & Author) 33:06

3M ago33:06

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Eisha Armstrong is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Vecteris, where she works with B2B companies to productize their services. As part of this work, she advises executives on how to transform their cultures and processes to allow product innovation to flourish. She is the author of the best-selling book Productize: The Ultimate Guide to Tur…

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31. Edu-action: How To Build a Brokerage CD Ladder 36:01

4M ago36:01

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In the last episode (Ep. 30) of the Market MakeHer Podcast, we discussed how “The Fed” projects to cut interest rates 3 times by end of year. Hopefully, this means lower inflation, but it also means lower interest rates on your High Yield Savings Accounts as well. Where can we stash our cash with higher interest rates for longer? Brokerage CDs! One…

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30. FOMC Meeting, Interest Rate Cuts & Inflation (aka Jess Watched The Fed Press Conference So You Don't Have To) 35:20

4M ago35:20

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The FOMC (aka "The Fed" aka The Federal Reserve) had a press conference on March 20, 2024 where they talked about federal reserve rates remaining unchanged, but there's 3 projected interest rate cuts by end of year. What does this mean for our High Yield Savings Accounts interest rates, mortgages, credit cards, loans, and the economy? What's going …

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29. Investment Risk Tolerance, HYSA Interest Rates and Fed Balancing Act 33:49

4M ago33:49

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What's your investment risk tolerance? (check out the risk pyramid below) How are you diversifying your investments in your portfolio? Are the interest rates on our high yield savings account coming down? What should we do with our cash to make sure it's out-pacing inflation? Figure Out Your Risk Tolerance There are lots of quizzes you can do at yo…

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28. $AAPL Stock Impacts & Tools to Compare ETFs ($VOO vs $VTI) 28:52

5M ago28:52

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Let's talk about what's going on with the $AAPL stock and also learn how to compare ETFs, like $VTI vs $VOO, with a tool! You'll want to watch the video about 10 minutes in, but if you can't watch it, we do describe everything we're analyzing. $AAPL Stock Is Down, But The Market Is Up? We know that Apple is one of the biggest stocks or companies in…

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27. Q&A Quickie: Investing at 40, Social Security and Money Mindset 7:57

5M ago7:57

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We have a Market MakeHer short and sweet Q&A for you today regarding investing a little bit later. Question from listener @spacey on TikTok: Should I be worried if I haven't started investing yet and I'm approaching 40? Short Answer: No, but get started ASAP! Like we've said in previous episodes, time in the market is your best strategy. Cut down e…

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26. Stock Market Update: Earnings Report Card, Nvidia Earnings, Sticky Inflation 33:02

5M ago33:02

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It's a Stock Market Tea Party, and you're invited! 🍵🍵 In our Feb. 2024 SMU, Jess serves Jessie the tea on the recent earnings season (the winners of positive earnings and growth in the market last quarter with many companies beating expectations) and they specifically focus on Nvidia's impressive earnings and its role in the AI industry. The hosts …

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ML313: Brian Van Korn (Author of HEALTHCARELESS) 34:00

5M ago34:00

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Brian Van Korn is the author of HEALTHCARELESS, a true story of a very special man whose life was suddenly and forever changed by a rare disease. Dealing with a severe backache for three days, he was taken to an emergency room. For five grueling months his world, his dignity, his very self was stripped away. Trapped in a system that all too often i…

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25. Q&A: Roth IRA 101, Backdoor Roth IRA Contributions, Lifestyle Creep 19:07

5M ago19:07

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Q&A from our listeners: How do I do a backdoor Roth IRA contribution or conversion? How do I rollover a 401k into an IRA? 🏘 Remember in Episode 12 how we used the "building your dreamhouse" analogy to explain how to invest in the stock market? Well remember that dreamhouse during this episode and the different rooms that are your retirements accoun…

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24. Pay Yourself First (Saving, Budgeting, Investing) 31:09

5M ago31:09

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Do I add money to my emergency account before maxing out my IRA? When do I put my funds into a taxable account? What makes the most sense for ME? In this episode, we cover the order of events of how to pay yourself -- and some of the nuances you may want to consider as you enter various life stages. This is not a one size fits all formula. We'll he…

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23. The Stock Market Explained with ONLY Taylor Swift Analogies 27:30

6M ago27:30

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Welcome to Taylor's Version of the Stock Market. We're starting off Season 2 with a refreshed brand (check out our website to see the makeover) and we're also giving you a little refresher on how the stock market works - from a Swiftie's perspective. That's right, you guessed it, Jessica Inskip is unhinged with the Taylor Swift references once agai…

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ML312: Watchen Nyanue (CEO of I CHOOSE THE LADDER) 29:16

6M ago29:16

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Watchen Nyanue is the Founder and CEO of I Choose the Ladder, an employee development and retention agency that helps Fortune 500 execs develop and retain their high-performing Black women talent. She and her team have worked with top companies like Nike, McDonald's, Best Buy, and Walgreens, empowering countless women to conquer imposter syndrome, …

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ML311: Adam Jason (Leader @ Legacy Group) 35:10

7M ago35:10

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Adam Jason is a partner at the alternative investment firm, Legacy Group, and a board member at the Green Coffee Company, Colombia's largest coffee producer. He is an attorney specialized in corporate finance, governance, securities regulation and international business transactions. He has advised Fortune 500 companies and investment banks, includ…

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ML310: Kerry Stover (Leader at Pariveda Solutions) 28:48

7M ago28:48

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Kerry Stover is a leader at Pariveda Solutions, a leading management consulting firm that specializes in developing extraordinary talent that helps hundreds of businesses, from small startup ventures to Fortune 500 companies, solve complex technology and business problems. The company has been recognized as one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing priv…

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22. Q&A: Can I Have Multiple Roth IRAs? Are There 401k Rollover to IRA Tax Implications? 15:04

8M ago15:04

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Questions on questions! We answer 3 questions from our listeners related to IRAs, 401ks, and taxes...and then Jessie asks additional questions - as usual. Question 1: How to figure out taxes when moving 401k into a rollover IRA? Question 2: Can you control how your employer 401k gets invested? (side note: you can borrow money from yourself!) Questi…

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21. Investing in AI | Building the Investment Thesis 29:16

8M ago29:16

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🐰 Curious about how to invest in AI? Let's fall into the Artificial Intelligence rabbit hole, shall we? And, yes we talk about actual AI stocks as well. Beware the Jabberwocky (aka AI Tools that claim to "beat the stock market" or predict the best stocks to buy). 🤖 AI stocks are beating earnings upwards of 40% (and much much higher). Are analysts n…

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ML309: Dr. Jill Kushner Bishop (CEO of Multilingual Connections) 26:12

8M ago26:12

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Dr. Jill Kushner Bishop is the Founder & CEO of Multilingual Connections, a Chicago-based company that provides translation, transcription, transcreation, multimedia localization and research services in over 75 languages. Jill’s early fascination with language and culture led her to pursue a BA in the Teaching of Spanish and an MA/PhD in Linguisti…

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20. Stock Market Update: The Bull Case for a Santa Claus Rally 23:17

8M ago23:17

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What's happening in the stock market today? We tell you all about it in Episode 20. Learn a bunch of new jargon that Jessie makes Jess define for us all as we discuss everything from what the Fed has done and earnings to whatever a "Santa Claus Rally" is... 🎅🏻🎅🏽🎅🏿🎅 Stock Market Update November 2023: Deflationary Environment Dovish Fed Seasonality F…

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19. Q&A: Do I Need a Financial Advisor? 11:24

8M ago11:24

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Introducing our newest segment where Jess answers your questions and Jessie asks even more questions. Questions on questions. 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏾🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🙋🏾‍♀️🙋🏻 Today’s question comes from @kristinabrown86 “Do I need an investment advisor? I know they take a percentage of earnings so I have been hesitant and am trying to learn on my own. Am I the only mid-30s si…

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ML308: Anne Brown (Market Research Leader) 22:02

8M ago22:02

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Anne Brown is an experienced market research professional and serial entrepreneur. As founding partner in Gazelle Global Research she leads a global team with international data collection, data processing and total fieldwork management. She knows market research in multiple time zones, continents and languages. Anne Brown is a PRC certified member…

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18. Understand The Yield Curve, Treasury Bonds, and Stock Market Impacts 26:37

9M ago26:37

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Today we're talking bonds, Treasury Bonds, that is. 🍸 Along with yields, impacts on the market, and how the US always pays its debts 🦁😏 🤨 What exactly is the yield curve and what does an inverted yield curve mean? We're going to learn how to use this as a scrying tool to predict the future in terms of interest rate changes and economic activity. Le…

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ML307: Angel G. Henry (Author & Leader) 24:40

9M ago24:40

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Angel G. Henry, The Inclusive Manager Strategist and "Ceiling Breaker!" Is also the author of Award-winning book Dents in the Ceiling: Tools Women and Allies Need to Breakthrough. As a 20-year veteran of Corporate America, she has amassed quite a few lessons learned. Angel has a background in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries and over 15…

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17. What We Can Learn from Gen Z Investing Featuring Mary Esposito 26:24

9M ago26:24

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In 2022, a whopping 43% of retail accounts were opened by investors aged 18-35, reshaping the financial landscape. This surge in interest led to a rise in High-Yield Savings Accounts (HYSA) and Money Markets, which thrive in high-interest environments. The growing trend of financial literacy among Gen Z, has paved the way for better expense managem…

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16. What Are Dark Pools, PFOF & Market Makers? 28:23

10M ago28:23

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You've heard of Market MakeHER, but did you know there is an actual market maker job - the people who make the market? Have you heard about dark pools and do you know how payment for order flow works? We're going to learn about all of that, NBBO, the bid and ask, and more, in this episode. 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏾🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️ Feel free to ask us any questions you sti…

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15. Are We In A Recession? What and WHO Defines a Recession? 24:06

10M ago24:06

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Do you know how to spot if we're in a recession? We're back from a little break in our cycle, and speaking of cycles, in episode 13, we're talking about periods of economic growth and contraction and the turning points in the economy as defined by the NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) - a non-profit and bi-partisan, private research organ…

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14. What's Going on with Inflation? (Inflation Explained) 28:55

10M ago28:55

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Let's talk about the inflation situation. What is inflation? What causes inflation? And why we invest in the stock market (hint hint: to outpace inflation). Is Inflation Going Down? Inflation was 8.9% in the summer of 2022, and even though it's currently around 3.7% as of September 2023, we are still feeling the lag effects. The memes talking about…

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ML306: Peter Anderton (CEO & Leadership Transformer) 29:12

10M ago29:12

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Peter Anderton is most well known for his TED talk, "Great Leadership Comes Down to Only Two Rules", that has been viewed 1.5M+ times and is now being used in MBA programs globally. He is also the Founder of Internal Alignment, where he helps leaders build processes so they can 10x their companies from inside out. He knows that if teams are at thei…

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ML305: Yasir Ali (Founder & CEO of Polymer) 17:47

10M ago17:47

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Yasir Ali is the Co-Founder and CEO of Polymer, a no-code platform that prevents sensitive data leaks across SaaS apps such as Google Drive, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom without slowing down an organization's operations. With Polymer, organizations can redact HIPAA, PCI, GDPR, CCPA, PHI, and other sensitive data in near real-time. This enables …

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13. How to Analyze a Stock for Beginners 25:32

11M ago25:32

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How do you determine if a stock is a potential good buy for your portfolio? Today we're going to teach you, well, Jess Inskip is going to teach Jessie DeNuit and Jessie is going to ask alllll the questions along the way to make sure we can all understand the analysis and the jargon! Think of this as a beginners guide, because there is a lot more on…

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ML304: Adeyemi Adeyosoye (Founder of The Soul School) 39:31

11M ago39:31

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Adeyemi Adeyosoye spent over 11 years learning about spirituality, quantum physics, and energy. He studied Mechanical engineering and has an extensive background in Business Development and Sales. He’s helped companies accelerate their growth and build successful teams. Throughout his life, he has always had an insatiable appetite to gain a deeper …

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ML303: Sheila Kloefkorn (President of KEO Marketing) 26:57

11M ago26:57

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Sheila Kloefkorn is the Founder and President of KEO Marketing, a top B2B marketing agency that helps Fortune 1000 companies and mid-market businesses in 100+ countries scale faster by executing well-rounded, goal-oriented marketing plans. Their team of experienced specialists includes email marketers, digital advertisers, social media managers, an…

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