111: Can Anybody Beat the Market? - Q1 Update of the Artistic Finance 6k

An update on the Artistic Finance 6k--the $6,000 of investments we made in May of 2021. We’re joined by a bond investment CEO and a data analyst to review how our investments compare to the S&P 500.

We discuss a new experiment! Our guests have purchased $1,000 investments of their own to see how they can do against my investments and the market at large.

 

Links & Resources: 

 

Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan - CEO of LiquidiFi:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/maithreyi-gopalakrishnan/

maithreyi@liquidificorp.com

 

Katie Buhrman - Data Analyst:

@ktbuhr on Instagram

https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherinebuhrman/

https://brokercheck.finra.org/individual/summary/6520240

 

Ethan Steimel - Lighting Designer:

@artisticfinance on Instagram

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethansteimel/

 

The Investor's Podcast - an episode about Bonds:

https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/bitcoin-fundamentals/fed-policy-bitcoin-etfs-euro-dollar-impacts-steven-mcclurg/

 

Previous Episodes of Interest:

 

Cryptocurrency with Najah Roberts:

https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/JM5QCXLUhsqOfRDC8Dd2/Cryptocurrency-Bitcoin-with-Najah-Roberts

 

Bond Investing - aka I-Bonds - with Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan:

https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/Ls2svcghok0FemQVcNBp/Bond-Investing-with-Maithreyi-Gopalakrishnan

 

Wine Investing with Anthony Zhang:

https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/G7sKrzcmEwJeor6iAy4t/Wine-Investing-with-Anthony-Zhang

 

Affiliate links:

M1 Finance - Good for Long Term / Buy and Hold Investors - I don't think there is a sign up incentive:

m1finance.8bxp97.net/XxYPZg

 

Coinbase - Cryptocurrency Exchange - $10 of Bitcoin:

https://www.coinbase.com/join/steime_0

 

Vinovest - Wine Investing - 3 months of free wine storage:

https://app.vinovest.co?grsf=2p0wk3

 

Robinhood - Stock Trading - Intuitive and easy to use - Free Stock On Signup:

https://join.robinhood.com/ethans21

 

We Bull - Free Stock Trading - Design for Traders - I find it difficult to navigate - 5 Free Stocks on Signup:

https://act.webull.com/pm/do1QnByzkAhA/a3j/inviteUs/main

 

ETF - the S&P 500 index fund we hold:

IVV - iShares Core S&P 500

 

Stocks:

VST - Vistra Corp

LAC - Lithium Americas

TAP - Molson Coors Beverage (owners of Blue Moon)

SKLZ- Skillz

 

Cryptocurrency:

Bitcoin

 

Wine:

We own one case through Vinovest

Vinovest

 

Real Estate - REITS:

UBA - Urstadt Biddle Properties

SRG - Seritage Growth Properties

VICI - Experiential Real Estate - Previously MGM Properties

STAG - STAG Industrial

 

Art:

Bret Slater - Artist

https://www.bretslater.com/

 

Photos of the Painting:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/64295618

 

Full story of commissioning the piece - only accessible to patrons:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/61516832

 

Ian Dunlap - The Investor Ethan follows:

https://linktr.ee/themasterinvestor

 

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Become a patron:

www.patreon.com/artisticfinance

 

Interview by Ethan Steimel