Two Rules of Trading

Tonight I’m excited to speak to UCI Alum and Students about the basics of Investing and Stocks. My #1 trading tip: Don’t buy something just because it went up a lot and everyone else bought it.

Here’s is what happens if you were to buy the top approximately 10 stocks bought by Robinhood users each day (as measured as the percent user change from the prior day).

That’s right – you’d turn $1 million into $1,000 over the 2 year period I have Rohinhood data.

I’m sure other new retail traders were doing this at other brokerages, but Robinhood encourages trading and emphasizes the top moving stocks each day.

Presentation on Presenting

Thank you to the UCI Paul Merage School of Business’s Deans Leadership Circle for inviting me last night to speak about presenting! I thoroughly enjoyed writing down what I’ve learned about public presentations over the last five years.

In summary:

  • Know what you want your one takeaway to be and make it the focus
  • Know your audience
  • Avoid common slide errors
  • Practice practice practice

If you are interested, you can download my slide deck here.