Episode 318: Investing for Wealth Accumulation & Exploring Direct Indexing with Rich Compson of Fidelity Investments
Journey To Launch
Jamila Souffrant
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The introduction of mutual funds was a game-changer for the average American, allowing them to gain access to financial markets once only the wealthy had access to. Then ETFs came along and helped with diversification and potential tax efficiencies with intraday trading. What's next?
Rich Compson, Head of Wealth Management at Fidelity Investments joins us on the Journey To Launch podcast to discuss how "direct indexing" is the next evolution of market access for Americans. We also talk about general investing topics and why investing is important to building wealth.
In this episode, you'll learn more about:
- Definitions and basic concepts of investing
- The order of operations for successful (and financially responsible) investing
- Why technology and social media has made investing more affordable + accessible
- What Direct indexing is, the benefits of tax loss harvesting, how you can start direct indexing today + more
For more check out Direct Indexing Overview by Fidelity here.
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, a lot of information that's available throughout the internet, whether it be on |
| 0:08.1 | individual sites or social media sites or the like, where you can learn about it investing |
| 0:13.4 | and become an investor because think about it at one point in time, you probably had |
| 0:16.6 | to pick up a magazine, a book, or whatever else, but now you can find this information |
| 0:21.2 | that's ubiquitous. |
| 0:22.2 | Welcome to the Journey to Launch Podcast, with your host, Jamila Sufront, as a money expert |
| 0:30.7 | who rocks her top. |
| 0:32.3 | She helps braid juniors like you, get out of debt, save, invest, and build real well. |
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| 1:00.3 | In the show notes, you'll get the transcribed version of the conversation, the links that |
| 1:05.3 | we mentioned, and so much more. |
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| 1:31.9 | Hey, journeyers, welcome back to the Journey to Launch Podcast, or if it's your first |
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