Show Notes
When it comes to navigating the twists and turns of stock market investing, do you choose poorly? Or wisely? Experience suggests most of us are bad investors, although you may not hear this from speaking with friends and family. Sadly, the compounding effect of poor investment decisions can add up to a lot of money lost and time wasted.
On Invested Poorly: Sad Tales of FInancial Fails, host Jeff Harrell offers unique perspective and energy as he guides you through common pitfalls that trap everyday investors. You’ll hear real-life investing stories sure to make you laugh, cry, think, and learn. These “don’t let this happen to you” lessons teach you to recognize, and eliminate, the bad behavioral tendencies most investors have—so you can become the hero of your own investment story.
You might be surprised (or you might not!) when you realize just how attainable financial independence (FI) can be if you invest simply and “ignore the noise.”
ABOUT YOUR HOST: Jeff Harrell spent over two decades as a financial advisor, portfolio manager, and public speaker. He left his financial services career for a more flexible, less stressful, location independent (LI) lifestyle, and now enjoys educating family, friends—and everyday investors—on how to invest their money wisely.
Podcast produced by Ted Cragg of QuickEditPodcasts.com
Music Credit: Dream Cave / Adventure Awaits / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Transcript
Investing in the stock market is like a great action movie. One filled with adventure, drama, suspense, love, loss, and of course it must have a climactic ending where the hero prevails.
Well, I think most of that is true with one exception, the ending; because when you think about all the options we have to choose from when it comes to investing, more often than not, we choose… poorly.
I’m Jeff Harrell, former portfolio manager and financial advisor, and I spent over two decades in the financial service industry helping people invest their money to reach financial independence, or FI—capital F, capital I—as those in the know like to call it. And what I can tell you from experience is that investing is hands down one of the easiest things in the world to do well, if—and I can’t emphasize this enough—if you can overcome one major hurdle. YOU. No doubt about it, you are your own worst enemy when it comes to investing.
Working as a financial advisor gave me a front row seat to a ton of sad, but true, real-life stories that will make it hard for you to figure out whether to laugh or cry. I think you’ll find these stories compelling and relatable, so be sure to check out Invested Poorly: Sad Tales of FInancial Fails where I’ll give you numerous first-hand accounts of bad decisions other investors have made, providing you with multiple “don’t let this happen to you” lessons that you can use to prevent yourself from making these same mistakes.
Shows are released seasonally, to be enjoyed in any order, with each binge-worthy episode about 10 minutes in length. Short, sweet, and to the point. So if spending a few hours learning how to invest wisely sounds like a good use of your time… listen now to Invested Poorly and let the adventure begin. I hope you enjoy the podcast!