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Invest Like a Boss

129: Q4 Investment Updates & Portfolio Review - Sam & Johnny

Invest Like a Boss

Sam Marks Johnny FD Derek Spartz

Business, Investing

4.8518 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2019

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Sam Marks and Johnny FD are self-made entrepreneurs who use their hard-earned cash to invest in the best investment platforms, grow their net wealth, and live their dream.

During this episode, Sam and Johnny share their investment strategies which helped them maximize investment returns. They also share their travel experiences which include finding an amazing recording studio, living a new home, and flying on a private jet. This is an episode filled with asset-growing ideas that will help you with your next investment venture.

Where we are:

  • Sam & Johnny – Los Angeles

Discussed:

Recommended:

  • ArtofFX– Start with just a $10,000 account (reduced from $25,000)
  • Fundrise– Start with only $1,000 into their REIT funds (non-accredited investors OK)
  • Betterment– Get up to 1 year managed free
  • PeerStreet– Get a 1% yield bump on your first loan
  • Wealthfront– get your first $15,000 managed free

Time Stamps:

  • 02:32 – How to invest in PeerStreet
  • 03:23 – “Widespread diversification is the key to consistency” – Sam & Johnny
  • 04:54 – What is PeerStreet?
  • 09:02 – Lending Club investing
  • 10:00 – Investment advantages of Fundrise
  • 13:01 – “The financial dream is that you create enough passive income to live your lifestyle while growing your net wealth” – Sam & Johnny
  • 18:19 – How municipal bonds multiply profit
  • 20:42 – Where to invest for individual stocks
  • 28:24 – Sam’s investments for this quarter
  • 33:41 – Vanguard dividends and income returns
  • 37:03 – Johnny’s Wealthfront account
  • 41:15 – Managing your own finances
  • 46:16 – Upside in investing in US dollars
  • 49:05 – Johnny’s private jet experience
  • 55:54 – What you need to know about LA
  • 1:08:56 – Sam and Johnny’s travel plans

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey bosses, before we get started with this episode, I want to thank our sponsor, Diversiefund.com.

0:06.4

We'll tell you more in the mid-roll, but they allow you to invest like the 1%.

0:12.1

Welcome to the Invest Like a Boss podcast. I'm Sam Martz and I'm Johnny FD.

0:16.8

We're self-made entrepreneurs who invest our own money and use modern technology to invest like a boss.

0:21.2

Join us each week for exclusive interviews with our network of modern investors, business

0:24.9

owners, and multimillionaires to discover new ways to invest our hard-earned cash.

0:31.2

Hey, boss, this is Johnny FD.

0:32.9

And welcome to episode 129 of the Invest Like a Boss podcast. If we sound extra crispy, it's because Sam and I

0:41.2

are in studio here in L.A. Sounding extra crispy, looking even crispier. So make sure you guys

0:48.2

watch the YouTube version of this podcast. This is the one to watch because we are in unfunny

0:53.7

studios here in LA, professional

0:55.5

recording studio. We have young Nolan in the house. What up? And it's going to be fun. Dude, we're never going to be able to go back to the portable setup. We're going to have to take Nolan with us wherever we go to set the studio. This is too good. Yeah, so Nolan, if you want to fly with us to Asia, to Thailand, to Europe.

1:10.9

I'm so mobile, man.

1:12.0

I was at the beach earlier.

1:13.0

I'm down for whatever.

1:13.9

You throw this thing in a... is too good. Yeah, so Nolan, if you want to fly with us to Asia, to Thailand, to Europe.

1:11.9

I'm so mobile, man.

1:12.9

I was at the beach earlier.

1:31.1

I'm down for whatever. You throw this thing in a ship container and bring it over. All right? Let's do it. So we're going to have a really good episode because we're going to able to actually bring up the screenshots of our dashboards go over everything. So we'll probably go over that first and then talk a little bit about the lifestyle of travel and all the kind of fun things.

1:28.0

Including. go over everything so we'll probably go over that first and then talk a little bit about the lifestyle of travel and all the kind of fun fun things including our first

1:32.8

ever invest like a ball summit here in LA manana yeah and I'm finding an answer

1:38.5

how and why I got it ride a private jet here you go there you go looking

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