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The Investing for Beginners Podcast - Your Path to Financial Freedom

by By Andrew Sather, Stephen Morris, and Evan Raidt | Stock Market Guide to Buying Stocks like · English

The Investing for Beginners Podcast teaches you how to buy your first stocks and build long-term wealth in the stock market— without the hype or confusing jargon. Hosts Andrew Sather and Stephen Morris break down value investing fundamentals into plain English: how to read financial statements, value a company, avoid common beginner mistakes, and build a long-term portfolio you can actually stick with. Plus, in our At Any Rate episodes with host Evan Raidt, we tackle the personal finance side of wealth building— paying off debt, budgeting, saving, and the money debates every household faces before (and while) investing. Stop chasing "get-rich-quick" schemes and start building your path to financial freedom, one episode at a time. Follow for more.

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Path to Confidence: Build an Investing PlaybookHow to remove emotion from investing by creating a written “if-then” mechanical playbook (entry/exit triggers) so you don’t panic during market drops, dividend cuts, or thesis changes; includes…1 Oct 2026 · 44 min · 14 chapters
AAR69 - Behind the Curtain - How Money Actually MovesHidden “plumbing” of money—how platforms and financial institutions profit, and how to make more informed, lower-risk choices.29 Sep 2026 · 52 min · 16 chapters
Cummins (CMI): Record Quarter, Falling Stock — What Wall Street SeesCummins’ record Q2 results (revenue about $9.46B, ~9% above projections) alongside a falling stock price since June; discussion of what Wall Street may be discounting and how to evaluate the business…28 Sep 2026 · 45 min · 14 chapters
Path to Confidence: Why the Best Investors Rarely SwingThe episode explains “circle of competence” and “circle of confidence” for long-term investing, using baseball (Ted Williams’ 77-square strike zone) to argue that great investors don’t swing at…24 Sep 2026 · 55 min · 19 chapters
AAR68 - Correcting for Financial MistakesThe hosts discuss how to spot and correct “medium-sized” budgeting mistakes—especially overspending on eating out—and how to prevent repeat errors through partner communication, sinking funds, and…22 Sep 2026 · 47 min · 20 chapters
Path to Confidence: The 3-Step Safety Net Every Investor NeedsPart 2 of “Path to Confidence” for new investors—why you need a financial foundation before investing, and the first step (budgeting) plus how to sustain it with automation, emergency funds, and…17 Sep 2026 · 53 min · 21 chapters
AAR67 - Our Ratio Rulebook - Solid Financial Starting Points“Our Ratio Rulebook” gives financial “north star” ratios as starting points for budgeting and investing, emphasizing recalibration over perfection.15 Sep 2026 · 56 min · 16 chapters
Ian Cassel’s Rules for Profitable Small-Cap InvestingIan Cassel explains “investor life cycles” and his rules for profitable small-cap/microcap investing, centered on management quality, starting with fundamentals, and disciplined…14 Sep 2026 · 58 min · 25 chapters
Path to Confidence: Stop Chasing the Market and Pick Your LaneThe “Path to Confidence” series argues you must identify your investor “game” (401k set-and-forget, index/ETF, real estate/REITs, or stock trading vs investing) to avoid gambling and panic.10 Sep 2026 · 1 h 7 min · 19 chapters
AAR66 - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?A “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”-style quiz about U.S. personal finance and consumer economics, mixed with discussion of investing priorities (401(k), Roth IRA, emergency savings), credit card debt…8 Sep 2026 · 1 h · 24 chapters
The First Metric Every Investor Must Check Before BuyingHow to analyze a stock as a beginner, starting with the “first metric” of revenue growth; how revenue growth links to EPS and long-term stock performance; how to think about valuation (especially…7 Sep 2026 · 48 min · 20 chapters
Is NVIDIA’s High-Margin Machine Sustainable?The hosts analyze whether NVIDIA’s high-margin GPU/data-center business is sustainable, debating “AI gold rush” demand versus an eventual hype/bubble and considering valuation, competition,…3 Sep 2026 · 51 min · 18 chapters
AAR65 - Where Are People Wasting Money?Common ways people “waste money” through financial missteps: financing purchases you can’t truly afford, making unnecessary upgrades, holding cash in low-yield places, overspending on gifts, and…1 Sep 2026 · 54 min · 15 chapters
How to Get 9% Returns with Half the Market VolatilityThe episode discusses Jared Dillian’s “Awesome Portfolio” aimed at earning about 9% per year with about half the volatility of stocks, using a simple, low-fee ETF mix and annual rebalancing.31 Aug 2026 · 40 min · 17 chapters
Dissecting Capital One, Netflix, and Wall Street's Favorite MetricsHosts discuss a revenue-growth “breakout” stock screen (1-year revenue growth higher than 3- and 5-year growth) and how big numbers can be misleading.27 Aug 2026 · 50 min · 18 chapters
AAR64 - The Personal Finance Time Machine“Personal finance time machine” advice for a 22-year-old (early 20s) across personal finance, investing, retirement, and career—emphasizing patience, balance, “financial whys,” and compounding.25 Aug 2026 · 1 h · 21 chapters
AI, Space, and Defense: Separating Hype from True MoatsThe episode ranks U.S. public companies across AI, space, and defense, arguing how to separate “hype” from durable “moats” and margin-of-safety investing.24 Aug 2026 · 1 h 8 min · 19 chapters
The Psychology of Position SizingThe psychology of position sizing and controlling emotional extremes in investing—getting overly excited and buying too fast vs. being too uncertain to buy/sell.20 Aug 2026 · 43 min · 14 chapters
AAR63 - The Bottom Hits - What Most People Miss in Their Finances“Bottom hits” in personal finance—common mistakes people overlook that quietly derail progress.18 Aug 2026 · 56 min · 15 chapters
The Earnings Illusion: How Working Capital Exposes Cash-Burning CompaniesWorking capital changes can reveal whether “earnings” are real cash or an illusion.17 Aug 2026 · 50 min · 20 chapters
Accidental Indexing: Why Owning Too Many Stocks Destroys ReturnsThe episode argues that buying “too many shares” of a single exciting stock can destroy returns by creating an accidental, index-like concentration without proper position sizing.13 Aug 2026 · 44 min · 16 chapters
AAR62 - Homeownership Progress UpdateSolo “homeownership progress update” from first-time homeowners about one year after buying a new home in mid-August 2025, covering what felt good/bad, what matched expectations, and what was…11 Aug 2026 · 46 min · 15 chapters
Why Your Brain is Sabotaging Your PortfolioHow common brain biases/fallacies distort investing decisions under stress, and practical “guardrails” to reduce portfolio damage (especially avoiding headline-driven trades, over-researching to…10 Aug 2026 · 57 min · 21 chapters
The AI CAPEX Illusion with Thomas ChuaAI capex “illusion” and why hyperscalers’ power bottleneck, long-term energy contracts, and compute demand matter for long-term investing; plus general investing frameworks (thesis, pre-mortem,…6 Aug 2026 · 52 min · 16 chapters