Automated Investing Can Make You Rich (don't think, just make money)

On of the strongest investment strategies now is to just automatically invest in an index and forget about it. We discuss the plus and minus of such a strategy.

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[MirinBrah]

Thinking you can beat the index in the long run is a fools game.

BUT

Someone will, Munger's quote which is very spot on here "never underestimate someone who overestimates themself"

[bernardm]

I am glad you have this channel that tries to tell a few obvious stuff that any person buying something should ask (mainly the value of the thing you buy). Every question you ask nowadays is immediately answered with just invest in an index, FTSE/S&P and chill etc. Huge market crash -> invest, bull market -> invest, an asteroid is going to destroy the earth next month -> np invest. I get that it can be a fine strategy with respect to stock picking if you don't know what you are doing but nobody even bothers to talk about the risks (stale market for years, over inflation of stocks because of passive investing so that intrinsic value becomes much less relevant etc). The whole thing seems almost like a new religion the last 5 years. With so many people doing it, it could also be the best strategy atm though idk time will tell. I mean if 100% starts passive investing then the whole value thing becomes irrelevant we might as well buy and sell pens every month for arbitrary prices based on their total market cap.

[bpurkapi]

As someone who started investing recently, I think its good to go index funds to build a base. Once you understand the basics of stocks, you can then take the occasional foray into individual stocks. For small investors, you can easily lose money and opportunity by trying to pick. I can see Sven's logic for value investing, but I am not at his level of education and experience in the matter. So for now I only put a small amount towards individual stocks.

[ljragsandfeathers]

Hi Sven - this is just awesome info. When I started investing actively, I already had a full pension guaranteed from my government job and a very strong emergency fund in cash. I started active investing two years ago because I saw how emotional and ridiculous market movements were. I wanted to develop a core portfolio that wasn’t as volatile and I was keen to learn. For me, the knowledge development, the processes, my understanding of debt and cap ex has not only made me a better manager of my own money, it has entirely renovated my view on life. This is the best mid-life crisis I could have had!! Thank you, Sven, for always keeping me on the right track ❤

[mohamedsalah-opms]

by the way,
I discovered your YouTube channel just last week, and I'm thoroughly impressed. The content is incredibly valuable, and I absolutely love it.
thanks for your amazing effort

[gillesverachtert]

I totally agree with this for long term holders. It's important to think what a stock represents and in which economic landscape we are and the company is. Than we can find a great entry point for buying and start automating investing with regularly checking if the fundamentals are still good around the company. Indexfunds are great to start which I didn't do and cost me a lot because I was to hasty with buying certain stocks without fully understanding the stock and the challenging economic landscape we now have. Thanks for the insights your providing it's very valuable and you seem to me like a youtuber with a good background and a lot of experience!

[_al_c]

don't think, just make money.... love this quote

[AtardecerRental]

Caffeinated, not calm, greedy, selfish and impatient - Sounds like a description of you Sven. You are the good example of the quote "Investing is about the temperament rather than intelligence" You can read hundreds investing book, become investment philosopher, still suck at investing simply because of lack of patience.

[tylerhealey]

Investing is like the gym, you can watch videos on what exercises are best but at some point you have to go and lift some heavy ass weight. No one can do it for you. gym is also slow and steady progress toward your goal, some times you get injuries, sometimes you go back wards in order to go forward but over a long period of time you get in better and better shape. same for investing, you keep chipping away, you make some losses here and there but over time your money compounds and you reach your financial goal. Passive investing is like the free classes, they’ll get you in better shape but don’t expect to be Arnold by doing some half assed workout.

[austinollinger]

Thanks Seven 😂! Sven I appreciate all the videos keep them coming! I will continue to think and search for great businesses at good/great prices rather than go on autopilot

[sihen]

Haha I will no longer make investment decisions on Caffeine, thank you sir 😂

[kirs]

I'm a firm believer of value investing. But it's demoralizing seeing NVDA up all the time. The past 1-2 months have been brutal on value stocks. I know it's just the short-term, but even in the medium-term these hoards of non-thinking investors have been getting rich. It's almost as if the world doesn't care about valuation anymore - it's become: buy great companies at any price.

[tamanousJP]

I use M1 for this reason. Set the percentage targets for companies I like and just auto invest twice a week. That way I buy more when it’s cheap and less when it’s expensive automatically without thinking, no ego and emotion and timing involved.

[afonsodeportugal]

When I saw the thumbnail I just thought: "Auto what? Has Sven gone mad???" 😂

[andrelizotte]

great explanation. price vs value at buying time oriente my choice all the time…

[vfxyz]

Hi Sven! I noticed you never add the buyback yield when you present the dividend yield. I’m no expert but I imagine that explain why the dividend yield of the S&P is on average lower than the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Am I missing something? Thanks. Great channel!

[Ravencroft]

I think valuating companies in different sectors is the most difficult for us mortal investors. Some best to look at PE, some EV/FCF, then REITs better to look at P/FFO and huge growth companies make losses for decades before making a profit. 🤷‍♂

[MysticalFalcon]

Thank you for sharing as always Sven, its much appreciated. Looking forward to the next book

[GovenorJerryBrown]

Sven, you don't like re insurance but what do think about Prudential spin off Everest Group Re? Some models show extreme under valuation even for insurance industry. I think too good to be true but seems like steady business.

[john]

Would you talk about lithium price and outlook for miners again, please? It seems lithium is falling back down unfortunately 😕