10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Investing | Investing for Beginners in Canada

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[@beaviswealth]

Sooo.... this video ended up being wayyy longer than I had hoped for (and it ended up being only 9 things) but oh well... I hope you guys enjoy - Thanks for watching! :D 📈📚 As always, if you're a beginner to the Stock Market in Canada and you're looking for a step-by-step blueprint on how to get started... Find out more about our Investing Academy here - bit.ly/theinvestingacademy

[@masternobody1896]

I got reccomended finally their is hope for canadians

[@masternobody1896]

you cant predict the market you need under stand the value by warren buffet

[@Andrew-kp2vk]

Thanks for posting this. I totally agree with you as I started investing in Jan. 2020 (The Peak) and I was luckily well educated to make dumb mistakes you've mentioned in the video!.

[@77stockmanager47]

Learned from this video alot thank you bro

[@MD-ro2eq]

Has anyone had a problem when registering for @brandonbeavisinvesting course? Registered twice and never got a call for the session.... @brandon can you reach out to me please.

[@Wynneth]

1:26 Falling for New Trends & Fads 3:10 Don’t Always Wait to Break Even 5:35 Investing Too Much Money 8:09 Never Trust the Media Headlines 11:05 Even Experts Can Be Wrong! 13:47 Invite Crashes. Don’t Fear Them 16:04 Reading Investing Books (One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch, The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham) 18:12 Never Chase Previous Performance 20:37 Investing is Like Soap

[@hosseinshams5242]

legend!

[@allenl9214]

What is the name of the guy mentioned in the soap analogy?

[@Wynneth]

@@allenl9214 this? Gene Fama Jr. “Your money is like soap. The more you handle it the less you will have.”

[@allenl9214]

@@Wynneth thank you.. Are you part of Brandon's Investment Academy course? How much does it cost to signup?

[@Wynneth]

@@allenl9214 I am not part of his course

[@yelnatsnart]

you should reupload these as a podcast onto spotify or something. I'd love to listen while im driving :)

[@SimonSkittleFace]

agreed

[@cole1954]

You can pay for KZbin premium and download threes videos.

[@kateapanovich5639]

YES!! Totally agree! We waste so much time commuting and being stuck in traffic, listening to such gold content would be of great value and make traffic hours less dreadful.

[@vishnuprasad8716]

Makes sense

[@petekelvin2736]

@@michealsmith2251 thanks

[@mikehittingernow3179]

I wish I had started sooner. I like number 3, invest within your means and don't compare your beginning to someone else's middle. We are all on different paths!

[@philly613]

Only a Canadian can give you the most safe, sound, unbias advice. Thanks for the content bro, i hope your channel blows up! Keep it up💪🏾🙏🏾

[@JamesBond-kj7yq]

Agreed. I was thinking the same thing. Calm, unemotional, solid and logical advice. No BS. If you want that, the Excited States of America awaits!

[@waterloodentureclinic1654]

What stocks is good to buy

[@ScubaSteveCanada]

@@waterloodentureclinic1654 You're asking a bot!

[@linusverclyte4988]

You exhibit great common-sense for someone so young and clearly speak from experience which is the source of all knowledge. Excellent video.

[@najmah6020]

this is the first time that "I got it" and I'm stunned with how easy it was to understand, thank you for breaking it down so well!

[@NB-np9oc]

Long video, can't believe I watched it without getting bored.

[@WDLDrider]

Wow. Thanks for the advice. I just started investing this year. Going really slow. Just $50 a week. And trying not to get too greedy and believing I can catch the next big thing 😄

[@anne-mariel3256]

My stocks that I bought from Bandon and ( Canadian in a t shirt Adrian )suggestions are all in green.

[@tomigrace5368]

hi what are you using to invest

[@StackAndPrepper]

From my own experience in investing over several decades, I think your advice is spot-on. I found myself nodding in agreement with each and every new point you made.

[@beaviswealth]

Appreciate that StackAndPrepper

[@camiloamaya6017]

Amazing tips. I just started investing in April. Took advantage of the market crash to invest in different companies. All your points are right on. I've learned so much in this short period of time. I've seen a couple of your videos and I like your take on investing and helping other new and experienced investors any way you can. Just subscribed! Good job 😄

[@LifeofRichh]

Great video, I am a beginner to investing, I'm 18 and instantly I found your channel, went back in time to your first videos and started learning. Thank you for all your advice and support AND book recommendations! look forward to every video you post, keep it up!!

[@TRABITY]

Keep it up! Love these stock videos

[@RachelHardy]

Awesome video! I was so sad when he didn't include "palantir" with the magic 8 ball and crystal balls that people think the experts have

[@xo_kryptoknight4147]

Wow I felt like #3 was made just for me, great video Brandon. I love the quality of the info, editing and background here

[@jimmylobos4819]

I will be starting to do investments. As a newcomer, I realized I have a lot information to absorb. Your videos are giving me the learnings I need to get. Hope to watch more videos from you. Thank you

[@StockInvestmentAnalysis]

I like your point about not needing to wait to break even. A lot of people do that, but sometimes you have to cut your losses. By taking the loss, you can put that money into something more likely to grow so you come out ahead. Thanks for this great video.

[@SimonSkittleFace]

True

[@alexm8954]

Always consider the opportunity cost.

[@missyb96]

Awesome job Brandon! You have a great voice and presentation.When you spoke about you experience about selling your RRSP, don’t forget to mention that you’re also taxed on your withdrawal. Keep up the great work!!! I look forward to watching your other videos.

[@UGOTTHIS1LIFE]

Thanks so much - I’m very grateful you share with us. I’m very new and so excited to learn and grow

[@Freakdemachines]

hey man. i just turned 18 and i decided i would take better care of my money and see long term! i found one of your video and the way you explain it is extremely nice and...appeasing ? i love it. youre better than those extreme and loud investing advisors on every goddamn youtube ad. Thansk for that.

[@marchm5877]

Thank you for very informative video as I was about to chase previous performance !! Excellent wake up call !!

[@stephanie9640]

I LOVE when you say stock market crashes are once in a decade opportunities ! I started investing at the peak in august 2019 and it started going down and I wanted so bad to sell but I didn’t end up doing but I also did not buy more .. And then it went back up and I realised I had missed an opportunity. So glad I realised that a year ago ! When it started going down in february this year, I started investing a lot .. So glad I learned that life lesson a year ago and was able to do some dollar cost averaging during the current situation :) great video BTW 😊

[@kynandesouza]

thanks for sharing your exp Brandon very helpful, great for young people also looking to do something worthwhile

[@DavidsInvestmentAnalysis]

Great Video! Thanks for sharing your insights, it's definitely very helpful to many. Really inspires many to invest intelligently. Keep up the good work.

[@chanderanand209]

I started watching your videos and liking more and more, you’re more mature than your age. Excellent Presentations over and over, keep it up.

[@mindyminhasprec]

great insight for current times esp!!!

[@budgetgino392]

Dropping that knowledge komrad! 🙌

[@Tulip37354]

So young and yet so matured! Subbed!

[@allensoriano5293]

wow I'm 18 and so eager to invest that I've been putting over 75% of my income into my portfolio, your comment on the consequence of pulling money out of the rrsp saved me because I was considering selling my 150 AC stocks in the near future....11/10 video.

[@misterguy9051]

Great advice!! #4 was a typical case of dunning-kruger effect's first peak!!! Cheers!!

[@stefanopontoni2847]

You are a very wise young man. Thanks for the great advice.

[@michaewelina7983]

Buy the dip works only in current limitless print system. We have to watch out for system swap coz if paradigm change fleecing will occur.

[@aaronleung4531]

Thanks Brandon, this is awesome

[@RJ-ht7lq]

obviously great advice for a new investor, thanks! some great tips in here

[@chuckandary7115]

Thanks for the video truly enjoy and value your opinion...keep up the good work lots of love from Ontario

[@beaviswealth]

Cheers Chuck. Appreciate the comment :)

[@vishantpatel6990]

Very resourceful content here... Cheers👍🏼

[@jamesgroomes1812]

this book intelligent investor is a hefty book but actually so plainly laid out across so many pages, it becomes very clear, soon after reading, just how useful it was to have gone over the material within. That said I appreciate a lot of the bullet points in this, I am currently looking at recovering gains, am not really technically down contributions only down profit. I won on international trucks and AMD last year. +33% overall. Considering cutting losses. One thingI personally do is leave the profit in a stock, the equivalent gains stay within and i move my contribution into a new area. Worked last year and I mean this year just keeping money still, and dollar cost averaging.

[@parththaker698]

Your content is so useful. Keep posting such valuable videos. Also can you put some light of topics like futures, options and commodity trading.Thank you

[@akilalightpro]

excellent advice bro Thank you!

[@alaindamas6322]

Thank you so much sharing your knowledge. I really like the example of soup. A friend told me that it was good to make a notes of all the positive things that you see in the stocks you buy and that when you feel like selling. Read your notes and remember all the benefits that you studied and therefore bought those stocks.

[@efs797]

An anchor in a choppy sea. Worth seeing more than once.

[@amandeepsingh2864]

Great Video. Thanks Brandon

[@shabanderdostalie2699]

Thank you for this amazing tips. I have only been investing for 1 week now. I am so excited to learn the smart and more valuable knowledge.

[@reyrey736]

Your videos are amazing, well explained each part, every time time I have a question you literally answer it in the video the next second really good video for a beginner like me thank you

[@michaelzein7231]

Hey Brandon, thank you very much for your videos I’m very interested in investing on the side and your KZbin channels are amazing to listen to in the morning when I’m doing my treadmill. Thank you again and hope to see more of your videos keep up the great work for all Canadians

[@samm6114]

Very informative Brandon! Love your channel.

[@Akilan21]

Great video!

[@probe11111]

I like this type of presentation. Fresh and genuine! Kudos!!!

[@beaviswealth]

Thanks Francis. Cheers!

[@leonoravena9526]

Thanks for sharing your experiences. Good content.

[@nativeondablock]

Great videos my brotha I'm glad you got a channel going on financial matters

[@lmcgbaj]

Thanks for sharing. Best to avoid is CNBC.

[@zamran100]

Thanks for great video Brandon

[@meetshah6639]

That was great video! Its very important for beginners specially and kind of refresher for those who are already into this business.

[@mikewood393]

Great content! Quick question: What are the repercussions of switching to a different ETF portfolio as you grow closer to retirement and may want a lower risk asset allocation? I'm thinking about every 10-15 years switching to a lower risk ETF portfolio.

[@dillianvramov]

Awesome video, Brandon! Greetings from Montreal, new subscriber but long time viewer of your content! On the topic of #4 "Never trusting Media headlines", it is absolutely true. Remember, everyone in the financial world has some interest and agenda. If someone tells you a certain stock will skyrocket, they're trying to make you buy stock, which will increase its price on the stock market. The opposite, a statement that 'judgement day' is coming and a stock or a sector will come down crashing targets easily spooked shareholders that will panic and sell their positions, which will drive the price down and make the hedge fund that shorted that stock millions. I am sticking to ETFs. I am a financial pussy, afraid to take much of a risk, and I like the passive approach.

[@SagarSharma-di5vt]

Thank You for guidance

[@OctaneStreet]

Every video I've seen so far mentions that Intelligent Investor book it sucks because I truly hate reading but I'm pretty fascinated by this whole investment and stocks journey I've embarked on so maybe it'll get me to finally start reading. Thanks for the video Brandon, great job.

[@divinelov3777]

#4 and #5 is also great advice in all of society, not just investing 😁

[@eugeniat5460]

This is excellent, thank you!

[@Takoyakisan7]

Great video, tnx my dude

[@anuradhajain3612]

Great points for the beginner.Thx

[@neilmackinnon5573]

I did all of these things... bang on!

[@jimmbboe]

Great video! Guilty of a few of these when I started out lol

[@charlesvillanueva2658]

Im basically ignoring rule number 4 of not listening to the media but your a media and yet im listening to you lol

[@manojmohan7264]

New to Canada.. love your channel.

[@jakenaylor]

I really appreciated this video; thanks, man!

[@javabk]

Incidentally I was looking into dipping into the stock market few weeks ago, I ended up with two accounts, Wealthsimple for Canadian market, and Questrade for the US, I have RBC US account which I was able to link with no exchange fee! so far, beside the transaction fee, it’s smooth sailing ... thanks for the informative video

[@assvinsiva1586]

How did u start out? I’m 17 and I’m going to start trading within the next week or two

[@andrewmcinnis3161]

Great work man. Solid video!

[@Oppa.]

Love the videos thanks!

[@nischalkhadka7308]

Hi, Are we allowed to day trade, options in our TFSA? Does PDT apply to canadians?

[@selectroses5708]

Really useful video ! Liked the soap analogy.

[@cnorth3036]

It's ya BOI!

[@andrewdopaco5620]

Great analogy with the soap!

[@beaviswealth]

So good

[@KP-uj1wf]

Great video... one of your best yet! I’ve been a huge fan for the past year and you constantly get better! Keep up the great work! Thanks PS... ‘Interpretation of Financial Statements’ by Mary Buffet and David Clark is also an excellent book to read.

[@YG-vs3fq]

Hi Brandon, could you please make a video on how to switch from td waterhouse broker to questrade ?

[@josephwirth3892]

Thank you Brandon for your video, awesome

[@rodrigobarbosa8153]

Thank you! Very helpful hints

[@fredsmith809]

Awesome video. How anyone could down vote it is beyond me 🙄

[@lvbeauty3747]

Loved the video! Very interesting for a beginner 🤗

[@richardharris7418]

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[@amitjain5236]

A good one!!

[@sarahloker9409]

So confused with interpretation of point #8. I'm totally new, so sorry if this seems like a silly question, but are you saying that we shouldn't track (research) a stock's performance before deciding whether or not to invest? Doesn't a person need to look at the data to make an informed decision?

[@alibouhaddou5233]

Great advices !

[@petrosianus]

nice vid... subscribed!

[@mohammadoskuie9345]

Awesome advice! Thanks for sharing.

[@beaviswealth]

Glad it was helpful!

[@reynoadrianbraza5472]

Great video👍👍👍👍.

[@allinoneal4540]

All true. I knew all these but I was not able to articulate them as he did here.

[@atlantium65]

Great video, man.

[@karrde666666]

I've been looking at ETF reviews, the top ones say risky all equity ETF. Can you do a video that explains this vs other types ?

[@mikmaqmadness]

your humility is refreshing

[@GabrielPetersen]

Great content, keep it up!

[@charifsleiman6211]

Can we switch our normal canadian money account to a TFSA?

[@amyandnatasha1522]

Soap analogy was perfect

[@caleyschnurr5702]

really helpful!

[@chris123chris82]

I have no clue how to start. I have a tfsa with rbc. So I guess I start buy getting an account or access to invest(be able to buy my first stock) with rbc?

[@ronisworld2916]

Q? for a broke beginner: how can i open an account with Questrade if i only have $50Cad? if that is possible at al cause i see that it requires at least a $1000Cad to open an account.... would it be wise to start with that amount for an ETF savings? if so, how to open an account? do i need to contact my bank (RBC)? please help! - desperate.

[@prosperouslife8866]

Awesome video Brandon! The only thing I wish I knew before I started investing is why i didn't learn how to invest earlier! 😃✅🙏🏻

[@flyingiguana409]

don't make predictions, analyze the probabilities.

[@wuziwu8148]

Analyze the probabilities, then make an (educated) prediction. Investing is making a prediction.

[@alexm8954]

You should definitely research everything you can so that your investment is an informed decision, but inherently that involves predicting too. I started my channel to help people become better investors and sharing my experience from over 10 years as a professional investor.

[@philippebaillargeon5204]

Well it's the first time in my life that I have that much money in my account (I'm a student and my part time job is well paid) so I'm thinking about investing it because I have way too much money sitting in my account and I'm glad to have found this channel. + 1 sub

[@bhupinderlochav1532]

Hi Brandon, When do you say stocks on discount? 10% down from 52 week high or 20%? Just quick question. Thanks

[@wuziwu8148]

It depends on what you believe the intrinsic value of the company is. If the company is selling for $20 a share and you believe it's worth $17, then buy below that price. Some people might be comfortable with buying at $16, somebody else might be only trying to 'get rich' and buy for $10. You would need to look at the balance sheet to evaluate the company and its cash flow and debt to determine intrinsic value. Alternatively you can DCA (Dollar cost average), every paycheck put a consistent amount of money into a stock or ETF (say $100). You buy more shares when markets are low, and less when they are high. The advantage of this is you don't need to constantly evaluate a company, and you don't need to stress about market fluctuations. Assuming the underlying asset is stable, you will succeed in the long term. I suggest using ETFs over stocks (owning 1000 stocks instead of 1), unless you are comfortable putting all your eggs (cash) into one asset.

[@carlosv.1278]

New investor here from January, an scary roller custer to start investing but I survived picking some good companies and being patient. The most I learnt is don't believe the headlines and the short time issues. I am ready to buy more good companies in next correction.