IFB116: Facing Stock Buyer’s Remorse and the China Tariffs




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Summary: <br> Announcer:                        <a href="https://www.temi.com/editor/t/VjM62o_eM_tEFksfYlrFO3_WwtPnmAVP7ts2vD1lmzEgPAjt9AclbyISrn6cSMcjzy31eYBXN7Tz-cZpl98saBnOW-g?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplink&amp;ts=0.63">00:00</a>                     You’re<br> tuned in to the Investing for Beginners podcast. Finally, step by step premium<br> investment guidance for beginners led by Andrew Sather and Dave Ahern, to<br> decode industry jargon, sirens, crippling confusion and help you overcome<br> emotions by looking at the numbers, your path to financial freedom starts now.<br> <br> <br> <br> Dave:                                    <a href="https://www.temi.com/editor/t/VjM62o_eM_tEFksfYlrFO3_WwtPnmAVP7ts2vD1lmzEgPAjt9AclbyISrn6cSMcjzy31eYBXN7Tz-cZpl98saBnOW-g?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplink&amp;ts=34.68">00:34</a>                     All<br> right folks, we’ll welcome to the Investing for Beginners podcast. This is episode<br> 116 tonight. Andrew and I are going to answer some listener questions. You’ve<br> been getting some great ones lately, and you guys keep sending us great stuff,<br> so we want to keep talking about it, see if we can help you guys. We’re in a<br> thing or two and answer any questions that you guys might have. So I’m going to<br> go ahead and read the first question and then we’ll go from there.<br> <br> <br> <br> Dave:                                    <a href="https://www.temi.com/editor/t/VjM62o_eM_tEFksfYlrFO3_WwtPnmAVP7ts2vD1lmzEgPAjt9AclbyISrn6cSMcjzy31eYBXN7Tz-cZpl98saBnOW-g?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplink&amp;ts=58.85">00:58</a>                     So<br> it says, Hello Andrew. I started listening to your podcast, and it is inspired<br> me to start investing. I found a list of dividend aristocrats that ran each one<br> through Finviz with filters. I did the research, looked into the balance sheet,<br> and warned about what the companies I was interested in did. The one I finally<br> decided on was WBA Walgreens Boots Alliance. I didn’t see anything to wrong,<br> and a balance sheet is slower growing its profits at debt as well, and I saw<br> nothing to my beginner’s eye that says it’s bad, so I bought three shares. That<br> being said, now I think I miss something and I don’t know what the price<br> immediately dropped in price hang it. They released an announcement saying<br> they’re going to close down 3% of their stores. Now I know most people freak<br> out about that, but they’re trying to do it to help more profitable because<br> everyone says they should be doing better than they are. I guess my question<br> is, as a new investor, I’m kind of terrified that I bought the wrong stock.<br> Even after reading the 10 Q and 10 k I’m still not sure I miss if I miss<br> something. Someone with more experience would have seen. I guess my question<br> is, as a new investor, how do I figure out if I’m right or wrong? Andrew, what<br> do you think?<br> <br> <br> <br> Andrew:                      &amp;n...