Meet Tom, the Savings Captain! [EP. 80]

Welcome to the Newcomer Investor Channel!  I love to chat about great businesses with awesome people. Please note: this podcast is not financial advice. I'm not telling YOU what to do... I'm just sharing what I do! FOLLOW TOM THE SAVINGS CAPTAIN: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SavingsCaptain His podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2zjNi99LEYHMwOpEbqensL?si=10af4fc815444870 Newcomer Investor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NewcomerInvest Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@newcomerinvestor/featured Email me at ⁠[email protected]⁠  TIMESTAMPS (1:28)- Tom’s introduction; life; investing methods; long term thinking & compounding vs trading & “beating the market”;how  every stock plays a role in portfolio (12:25) - Coca-Cola $KO (23:29) - Starbucks $SBUX (33:15) - Walmart $WMT (and a side of Costco, Smartcentres, Loblaws, Alimentation Couche-Tard) (43:12) - Tesla & Elon Musk (58:15) - International stocks - why Tom’s portfolio is 100% USA, and the ONE emerging country he would potentially be interested  (1:05:00) - Tom’s ETFs and allocation + some commentary on VTI, SCHD (1:10:00) - Tom’s strategies depending on market situations, crashes; investing psychology; approach to risk (1:15:00) - Musings on potentially risky stocks - $SOFI & the semi-conductor hype (1:19:00) - Disney $DIS (1:22:00) - One final piece of advice for investors