In this episode, Ato speaks with Andrew Craig, best-selling finance author of “How to Own The World, a financial educator of 13 years and founder of personal finance website: Plain English Finance and Debodun Osekita, former trader at Goldman Sachs, founder of stock pickers academy and investing coach.

We discuss:

- Passive Investing vs Active Investing in the stock market

- Global Index Funds vs S&P 500 Index Funds

- Should Crypto be part of your investing portfolio?

- Future opportunities in the stock market

- How to achieve financial freedom in the stock market and much more

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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewcraigpef/

Website: https://plainenglishfinance.co.uk

Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/plainenglishfinance

🔗 Connect with Debodun:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stockpickersacademy

Instagram personal: https://www.instagram.com/coachdebs.spa

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Preview

1:24 - Intro

1:35 - Meet Investing Expert & Author, Andrew Craig

2:55 - Meet Former Goldman Sachs Trader, Debodun Osekita

4:30 - What you NEED to know about investing

10:50 - Stocks vs Index Funds/ETFS: Which is the smartest path to build wealth?

13:41 - Single stock investing is a degree worth of knowledge

19:34 - Single stock investing is like trading!

19:48 - Buying and holding an investment is lazy

21:32 - 8-10% return is life changing for most people

35:08 - Where is single stock investing ranked?

39:46 - 80% of people have lost money in crypto

43:25 - Are Goldman Sachs, Blackrock, JP Morgan embracing Crypto?

47:16 - Andrew Craig’s stance on Crypto 

48:57 - Stock market contributes wealth to the economy Crypto doesn’t 

58:54 - Global index funds vs S&P 500 

1:05:07 - Will the S&P 500 stop returning 10% a year?

1:06:21 - The FTSE ALL share (UK) will outperform the S&P 500 (US)

1:09:38 - Future opportunities in investing 

1:10:24 - How to achieve financial freedom from the stock market?

1:14:00 - Final words

Disclaimer: The information contained on this video is not intended as, and shall not be understood or construed as, financial advice. I am not a financial advisor and the information in this video is not a substitute for financial advice from a professional who is aware of the facts and circumstances of your individual situation.

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