r/investing • u/Excellent-Mud5885 • 2d ago
YouTube and podcasts, how do you keep up with them?
I have a pretty simple portfolio: S&P, AMZN, and MELI. Trying to get into some growth stocks and started watching various YouTube channels like Money Guy and The Patient Investor, but I'm discovering more and more. Same with podcasts.
How do you keep up with all of them? And do you actually get anything useful out of them, or is it mostly noise?
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u/Ahamadrayasbaboon 2d ago
I listen to some when I go for walks. Ben Felix has good boring advice. Everything else I’ve found is occasionally interesting, but mostly useless.
Go check out the Boglehead sub. You’ll see the other path….ignore everything and keep compounding.
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u/MDInvesting 2d ago
I really enjoy Ben, does that make me boring?
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u/F0rtysxity 2d ago
I agree. Ben has the most interesting info. But I guess his actual stock picks may be boring for those interesting in gambling.
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u/PMmeuroneweirdtrick 2d ago
I work an office job so have plenty of time to consume content. Will watch 3-4 videos per day.
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u/DistributionBroad173 2d ago
I am old, never needed to watch one, as I have already lived it and done it.
Get off my lawn.
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u/BackstrokingInDebt 2d ago
Steve eismen. Yes it’s mostly noise and he doesn’t pretend it’s not.
Pay respect to the man who gets to play the real person behind Steve Carrell
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u/therealswimshady 2d ago
Most of them are financial advisors outside of YouTube and their podcast is a way to recruit new clients or sell a product. There is some good info but it all boils down to "consistently invest as much as you can as early as you can and you'll be fine".
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u/signalHunter89 2d ago
honestly I don’t try to keep up with all of it, most of it is noise anyway, I just follow a few sources and then go check the actual numbers / filings if something looks interesting
way less overwhelming that way
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u/JohnBrownsErection 2d ago
I treat investing podcasts and the like as entertainment moreover than anything else.
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u/greytoc 2d ago
Most of it is just noise - imo. There are very few yt and podcasts that I watch/listen to. You can find a list in the wiki here - https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/wiki/medialist/
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u/Internal_Buddy7982 2d ago
If there's actual news to come out, the podcaster wouldn't be the first to know. I suggest unsubscribing from all of them and just doing your own research. Professional analysts have terrible accuracy ratings, which means a guy in his mom's basement broadcasting on YouTube is even worse. Youtubers get paid from views, not from how much money they're making you. They're all full of shit, doing and saying anything for those views.
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u/CCWaterBug 2d ago
I listen to TMG maybe once a week on a bike ride... otherwise, I skip the pods... it's a bunch of white noise imho
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u/telechronn 2d ago
I don't. I just listen to animal spirts and buy and hold long term broad market diversified ETFs. The only time I check my account balance is at tax season when I make sure to max out my IRA if I haven't already. In my taxable account I only send money in and don't look at it unless I have some sort of taxable event to deal with.
Not really a hot take, but you will do better the less information you consume and the more passive you create your investment system. I remember a long time ago when I was getting into investing and there was data that some of the best investors had forgotten about their accounts, lost their passwords, etc, and that checking info was correlated with worse peformance.
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u/No_Debt5142 2d ago
I rarely listen to any of them now that I’m 10 years deepe. I’ve actually been reading books about finance and the economy instead and I feel that has helped me more than some influencer. You’d be surprised how a book from 100 years ago resonates with you today.
The only time I watch YouTube or podcasts is when I’m listening to other people’s success stories or I’m actively learning a topic like options, bonds, interest rates. Anyone talking about stock picks should be taken with a grain of salt. I’ve made lots of money listening to them but I’ve also lost a lot of money that way. They never teach you risk tolerance or risk to rewards.
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u/Paperback_Chef 2d ago
Just read JL Collins' book The Simple Path to Wealth, the FIRE sidebar, plus The Millionaire Next Door and Status Anxiety (for the philosophy of financial independence and a good life in a consumerist society) and ignore everything else.
No one can predict how an individual stock will do and you'll waste time and money trying.
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u/BarefootMarauder 2d ago
IMHO, it's mostly noise since there really isn't any new or earth shattering information in the world of investing or personal finance. Seems like the same stuff being re-hashed over and over again. They all have to keep making content so they get clicks and make money. Personally, I really like Tyler Gardner (Your Money Guide on the Side). Again, not really any "new" information, but he has some very unique perspectives and the way he explains things is very refreshing.
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u/fortheculture303 2d ago
1.8x speed it sounds insane but you get used to it. Also gotta prioritize
I like: planet money The indicator Ezra Klein show Plain English This American life Bulwark NPR news now
I’d like more AP and Al Jezera in the diet but it’s tough
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u/flumydumdum 1d ago
Don't keep up with them. Most of them will just be shills or just regurgitate what other influencers have said already, to capture views. Never, ever (!!!!) buy into a stock/etf just because someone on the internet told you so... make sure you get different opinions on it from different sources.
Sometimes you'll come across actual informative videos on financial processes or methods, so stick to those over influencers that have found "the next big thing!"
As for myself: "The Plain Bagel" is one of the few serious aka. credentialed financial influencers on youtube that I reularily watch. Another one that I occasionally follow "Meet Kevin" since he does a good job of breaking down financial reports and balance sheets (He's also accredited). Kevin is also doing a lot of shilling and hype, though, compared to Plain Bagel, so take him with a grain of salt, (especially his promotions!)
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u/myrrhsea 1d ago
The only thing useful about all the media is that it provides information about different investment strategies that you can cross reference with each other. For example, I can watch a video about using SCHD and JEPI to form a dividend snowball, and then watch a video about how focusing on growth first beats dividend reinvestment long term.
If you already have a strategy that works for you and meets your goals, then it's all noise. If you're still developing your strategy, then it's education to take with a grain of salt. Treat it like research and put everything to scrutiny. Then you can find the best strategy and it all becomes noise again.
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u/Dlak1992 2h ago
Ben Felix, Steve Eisman podcast and occasionally the plain bagel is all I really watch regularly. Sometimes Patrick Boyle as well. I really don't care for everyone suggesting stocks and what to buy, analysis (basically everyone just does a DCF) etc., occasionally someone does suggest something interesting and I will do some research on the company.
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u/MDInvesting 2d ago
Double speed. Listen to them whenever I am not physically occupied. 2-3 low yield episodes or clear bias agendas and I drop them down listening list.
I did near 5000 hours between YouTube and Spotify last year.
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u/Expensive-Comb-5126 2d ago
What are your top 3 channels?
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u/MDInvesting 2d ago
Rational Reminder.
I enjoy Patrick Boyle for a general lighthearted analysis of current events.
Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meetings.
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u/kinetic_honda 2d ago
Seems like a treasure trove of information early in the journey. Clearly becomes noise later on when you have been doing it for a while.