1. What is Self-Directed Investing?

05/25/23 • 16 min

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Welcome to Market MakeHer, a podcast designed to help anyone who has ever felt kept in the dark about how stock market investing works achieve financial empowerment.
In this inaugural episode, join us as we introduce ourselves and share our mission of providing inclusive and accessible financial education for all - from HER perspective. We'll also give you a sneak peek of what's to come, as we break down complex investing concepts into simple, easy-to-understand terms and explain how the investing landscape has changed in the self-directed investing world.
Meet your hosts: Jess Inskip is the financial expert who gave up her financial licenses to be able to teach us how to invest (did you know that the finance industry is more regulated than the healthcare industry?) and Jessie DeNuit is a digital marketer by trade and life-long learner wanting to understand everything there is to know about investing in the stock market and making that money work!
Whether you're a seasoned investor or new to the world of stocks, Market MakeHer is your go-to resource for mastering the market and achieving your financial investment goals. Watch us on YouTube, listen wherever you listen to podcasts, and check out our website for even more free investment education resources: www.marketmakeherpodcast.com
And here is that BrokerCheck website we mentioned, so you can tell if the people you are getting your investment information from are legit: https://brokercheck.finra.org/ (you can find Jessica Inskip on there for sure).
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About Us 🌚🌞 Market MakeHer is an investing education podcast taught by a 15-year finance expert to her friend, a beginner investor. Our mission is to demystify the stock market and make financial literacy accessible to all self-directed investors! We teach complex investing topics in a different way - from "Her" perspective. Important Disclosures:
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Welcome to Market MakeHer - a stock market education podcast making financial literacy accessible to all, but taught from Her perspective.
Does the world of investing seem confusing and unreachable to you? Have you ever felt kept in the dark from understanding how to invest in the stock market yourself?
Jess Inskip and Jessie DeNuit created a podcast that breaks down complex investing topics in an easy-to-understand manner, empowering listeners to navigate the market with confidence. Join us as we break barriers and make a mark in the finance world together!

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2. Understanding the Stock Market

In Episode 02 of the Market MakeHer Podcast, we learn what the stock market actually is (with shopping analogies 👜) and how the overall performance of the stock market is measured. In true Market MakeHer fashion, Jess explains these elusive concepts to us in more simplified language, and Jessie stops her to ask questions, define jargon, and break things down in even more relatable terms.
And speaking of "fashion" - the theme for today's episode was "hats" (hence the witch hat and Nasdaq bucket hat). We're open to episode theme suggestions, so be sure to send us your ideas for the video version of this podcast.
What we learned in Episode 02:
* What the stock market is and how it is similar to those buy/sell/trade clothing stores (it even has open and closing hours: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EST)
* What the 3 major indexes are (also called "indices" pronounced in-dih-sees) and how they help us measure the "health" of the stock market - the value of all the stocks.
* Difference between "price weighted" and "market cap weighted"
* Difference between micro-cap, small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap (these things are not necessary to know right now at a beginner level, but are helpful terms to keep in mind for later)
* What are "points" when we hear that "x" index went up or down "100 points," for example?
* How do consumers influence the performance of the stock market?
* How does "fiscal policy" (what the government does) influence stock value? And how things like "the U.S. debt ceiling," for example, influence stock prices.
* The consumers have the power - where we spend our hard-earned money matters ;)
Episode 02 - Simplified and Summed Up:
The stock market is a "place" where a collection of stocks are bought and sold. A brokerage firm connects you to this place for you to buy and sell your stocks. The stock market is measured collectively through indexes/indices. Consumers influence sales by deciding where they spend their money, which makes the value of stocks go up and down. Stocks are commonly measured on 3 major indices/indexes (Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, Nasdaq - the S&P 500 is the best gauge of how the market is performing because it has the most variety) and this is how we get an idea of how the stock market is performing overall. Learning how to measu

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