I used to know next to nothing about the stock market. The very idea of taking the time to study its unfathomable vagaries would set me on edge. I put my faith in a financial advisor to – well, to be honest – not necessarily make me money but simply ensure I didn’t lose the money I had. I had neither the time nor the patience for the stock market because I had so many other things on my plate: writing, reading, and, of course, fantasy football. With the kickoff of every NFL season, I would spend hours a day poring over statistics, reviewing expert opinions, seeking out the latest updates, and sussing out potential trends. And, every day, my wife Akemi would point out that if I devoted the same time and effort to stocks, I could finally take control of my investments. I resisted. Until 2020.
I’d like to say it was because I saw the truth in Akemi’s words or I was motivated by a desire to take hold of my own destiny but really, like most of my life decisions, I was motivated by anger. Anger at the fact that, after dedicating hundreds of hours to assembling my league’s top team, I ended up losing in the championship game after my hitherto brilliant team shit the bed. It was, simply put, bad luck. And when I came to accept the fact that all that time and effort spent could be undone by pure dumb luck, I lost interest in fantasy football and redirected my focus elsewhere – specifically, the stock market.
Now unlike many of the newbie investors who made the same move in 2020 owing to all that extra free time afforded by the pandemic, I wasn’t interested in day trading. I wanted to learn the fundamentals of investing. I studied financials and fundamentals, macro trends and technical analyses. I was eschewed meme stocks and momentum plays with the lofty evaluations in favor of commodities’ theses, value plays, and contrarian investing.
Over the course of these two years, I’ve educated myself – and built and grown a self-managed portfolio. And the following ten youtube channels were instrumental in helping me do this. In no particular order…
Steven Van Metre: Marco analysis and a compelling/contrarian view to the inflationist argument.
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Finding Value Finance: Andy uses ratios to identify value, then applies technical analysis to identify optimal entry point.
Everything Money: Paul, Seth and Mo show you how to evaluate companies, and trade them if you’re so inclined.
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Mark Moss: Macro view with a focus on asset protection.
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George Gammon: Macro analyses with informative overviews of the financial system.
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Value Investing with Sven Carlin: Focus on the investing mindset and stock analyses.
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ITM Trading: Lynette Zang breaks down the complexities of financial banking, currencies, and economic systems with an emphasis on asset protection.
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Cameron Stewar, CFAt: Using cashflow valuation to identify investment opportunities.
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Heresy Financial: Providing updates and overviews of an often opaque financial system.
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Kitco News: Comprehensive market coverage and informative interviews with industry leaders. Except when Jeffrey Christian guests.
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There are about ten others that round up my Top 20, but these are the never-miss favorites who have proven the most helpful and informative on my journey.
Other great follows include: Wealthion, The Daily Gold, Brandon Beavis, The Popular Investor, 40 Finance, Daniel Pronk, The Jay Martin Show, Real Vision Finance,Sasha Yanshin, and Allesio Rastani.
Who else you got?
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