The Independent Musician’s Guide to Investing [SSP #019]

In this episode, Justin Colletti tackles an unlikely topic for a channel that’s all about music and audio production and business: Investing.

You’ll get some evidence-based best practices for managing your surplus so that you can weather lean times in a creative field, more confidently make the leap to working for yourself full time, or even just support an expensive calling in the arts.

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If you need help making sure you have a surplus each month to begin with, try “The Independent Musician’s Guide to Not Going Broke” or SonicScoop podcast episode #009.

For more of Justin’s writing on this topic, try:

How To Tell When Stocks are Overpriced (It’s Easier Than You May Think)

Are You Investing, Trading, or Speculating?

“The Great Bubble”

And for the charts and graphs in this episode, see:

https://www.multpl.com/shiller-pe

https://www.multpl.com/inflation-adjusted-s-p-500

http://pricedingold.com/charts/SP500-1880.pdf

https://www.macrotrends.net/2574/dow-to-gdp-ratio-chart

https://mebfaber.com/2019/01/06/you-would-have-missed-961-in-gains-using-the-cape-ratio-and-thats-a-good-thing/

https://mebfaber.com/2014/04/15/a-spectrum-of-possibilities-probabilities/

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