Q&A: Getting Started from Ground Zero; Is there value in the Mag 7?

The Investing for Beginners Podcast - Your Path to Financial Freedom

Andrew Sather & Glassbox Media

Business, Investing

4.2 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In this episode, Dave and Andrew answer listener questions covering essential steps after opening a brokerage account, actions and due diligence before opening an account, and advice for new investors. They emphasize the importance of building good investment habits, such as making investing a part of the budget. They also discuss beginner-friendly stock picks, the appeal of index funds, and how to manage a diversified portfolio. Additionally, they explore the value in ‘The Magnificent Seven’ stocks, offer personal insights on portfolio allocation, and deliberate over the emotional and practical aspects of investing. 00:00 Welcome and Listener Questions Introduction 00:14 First Steps for New Investors 00:41 Building Good Investment Habits 02:37 Recommended Book for Investors 03:40 Stocks for Beginners 08:43 Advice on Roth IRA Investments 14:59 The Magnificent Seven: Value or Hype? 22:43 Portfolio Management Strategies 35:37 Conclusion and Contact Information Timestamps are generated by artificial intelligence, and are not 100% accurate depending on the platform used for listening. Today’s show is sponsored by: Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SHOPIFY.COM/beginners⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to start selling with Shopify today. Get your summer savings and shop premium wireless plans at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MintMobile.com/beginners⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What do Dave and Andrew recommend? Our #1 recommended stock research platform is FinChat (now Fiscal.ai). Get 2 weeks access for free using our link (no card required): ⁠⁠⁠⁠fiscal.ai/ifb ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Andrew works really hard to find the best insights he can every single month at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Value Spotlight⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. To see a sample of his previous work, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠stockwriteup.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Have questions? Send them to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tunein⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For sponsorship inquiries, reach out to us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.3	You're tuned in to the Investing for Beginners podcast.
1:03.6	Led by Andrew Saither and Dave Ahern.
1:07.3	Step-by-step premium investing guidance for beginners. Your path to financial freedom starts now starts now all right folks welcome to
1:20.7	investing for beginners podcast today we're going to answer some great listener questions we got a group
1:26.0	of questions from the spotify machine we also got some from reddit and so we're going to answer some great listener questions. We got a group of questions from the Spotify
1:28.1	machine. We also got some from Reddit. And so we're just going to kind of work through these.
1:32.9	First one's going to be a great question from Nathan. He said, hey, love the podcast, been listening
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