What the COVID Pandemic Can Teach Us About Markets and Investing

04/14/20 • 20 min

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In this episode of The Agent of Wealth Podcast, host Marc Bautis discusses what the Coronavirus can teach us about hard-to-explain financial topics.

In this episode, you will learn:

Why the stock market sometimes goes up even when the news around unemployment, earnings, and COVID-19 is bad.
How a stock’s performance is based on it’s projected growth and not it’s current numbers.
The characteristics of stocks that outperform.
The difference between leading and lagging indicators and which one the stock market is.
Why Albert Einstein once called compounding interest the most powerful force in the world.
And more!

Resources:
Episode Transcript & Blog | Bautis Financial: (862) 205-5000

In this episode of The Agent of Wealth Podcast, host Marc Bautis discusses what the Coronavirus can teach us about hard-to-explain financial topics.

In this episode, you will learn:

Why the stock market sometimes goes up even when the news around unemployment, earnings, and COVID-19 is bad.
How a stock’s performance is based on it’s projected growth and not it’s current numbers.
The characteristics of stocks that outperform.
The difference between leading and lagging indicators and which one the stock market is.
Why Albert Einstein once called compounding interest the most powerful force in the world.
And more!

Resources:
Episode Transcript & Blog | Bautis Financial: (862) 205-5000

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How The CARES Act Applies to Small Businesses

Last Friday, Congress signed a mammoth $2 trillion stimulus package into law called The Cares Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security). Many of the programs and initiatives in The Cares Act are intend to assist business owners through a variety of needs. In this episode of The Agent of Wealth Podcast, host Marc Bautis shares details on the three relief programs: The Economic Impact Disaster Loan (EIDL), The Payroll Protection Program (PPP) and The Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC). Bautis also answers frequently asked questions about each program, such as:

What are the eligibility requirements?
Do I have to personally guarantee the loan or provide any collateral?
What do the loan funds have to be used for?
Is the loan forgivable?
What’s the maximum loan amount I can receive?
How do I apply?

This is the second part of a two-part series on The Cares Act. Listen to the first part, which covers the individual relief efforts outlined in the Act.

Resources:
Episode Transcript & Blog | Bautis Financial: (862) 205-5000 | CARES Act - Small Business Checklist

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