IFB375: Missed NVIDIA or Netflix? Why FOMO Isn’t Always Bad

The Investing for Beginners Podcast - Your Path to Financial Freedom

Andrew Sather & Glassbox Media

Business, Investing

4.2 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In this episode of the Investing for Beginners Podcast, we dive into the emotional side of investing—FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). From missing NVIDIA to lessons from Costco, we explore how emotions influence decisions, why it’s okay to miss big stocks, and strategies to stay disciplined and focused on your goals. [00:00:00] Introduction to FOMO in investing and its emotional impact. [00:01:00] Why missing NVIDIA didn’t cause regret but Netflix did. [00:03:00] The importance of exposure to industries like semiconductors. [00:05:00] Lessons from focusing too much on one sector. [00:09:00] Industry growth trends and weak correlations over time. [00:11:00] Why some industries trigger FOMO more than others. [00:17:00] Strategies to combat FOMO: trust your process and plan. Today's show is sponsored by: Go to SHOPIFY.COM/beginners to start selling with Shopify today. Find great investments at Value Spotlight Have questions? Send them to [email protected] Start learning how to value companies here: DCF Demystified Link SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW Apple | Spotify | Google | Amazon | Tunein Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:24.2	Thank you. All right, folks. Welcome to Investing for Beginners podcast. Today we have episode 375.
1:38.3	Today, Andrew and I are going to actually continue a conversation. We've been having off and on off air about FOMO and companies
1:47.0	that we feel like we missed out on and maybe some of the feelings or emotions that are tied to
1:53.2	those and maybe explore why we feel that about one particular company and maybe not another.
1:59.8	And so maybe we could start off by talking about one of the ones I was just mentioning,
2:04.8	which is Nvidia.
2:06.7	So I have absolutely zero FOMO about missing out on NVIDIA.
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