u/financefreed

I’m an investor and entrepreneur, and I’m curious what people are actually finding useful right now.
What books have had the biggest impact on you?
Which podcasts do you listen to regularly?
What investing or business strategies are working for you?
What advice, trends, or techniques turned out to be a waste of time?
I’d love to hear what’s producing real results versus what’s just popular online.

I’ve been investing for a while and spend a lot of time studying business, wealth-building, and entrepreneurship. One thing I’ve noticed is that there is no shortage of advice online, but a lot of it seems outdated or disconnected from what people are actually experiencing in today’s market.
I’m curious what younger investors, entrepreneurs, and business owners are currently consuming and applying.
A few questions:
• What books have had the biggest impact on your investing or business decisions recently?
• Which podcasts do you listen to consistently, and why?
• What investing strategies are you actively using right now?
• What business growth strategies have produced real results for you?
• What advice did everyone say would work, but ended up being a waste of time or money?
• If you could go back 12 months, what would you tell yourself to focus on and what would you completely ignore?
I’m particularly interested in hearing from people building businesses, investing in stocks, real estate, cash-flow assets, side hustles, or any other wealth-building vehicles.
Looking forward to hearing what’s actually working in the real world versus what’s just popular on social media.

My core is boring: S&P 500, SCHD, some BRK.B. Solid but not exciting. What areas are you finding conviction in lately outside the usual suspects?

My core is boring: S&P 500, SCHD, some BRK.B. Solid but not exciting. What areas are you finding conviction in lately outside the usual suspects?

I’ve been DCA’ing into VOO and a few dividend names, but thinking of adding some international exposure. What’s everyone’s take: are you increasing foreign allocations, doubling down on US large caps, or going elsewhere? Always curious how others are positioning.