Value Investing IS Thrifty Investing

When I first started Thrifty Investing, it was to discuss ways to invest in the market with the best apps and least amount of fees. It’s hard to have only one brokerage or app these days, because most have a feature that the other does not have.

When I first started investing, I tried my hand at Day Trading. After a few months of ups and downs (emotionally as well) I decided I would become a long term investor. I began to really look into why Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger were so good at what they did. I learned and I am still learning how to be a Value Investor, as well as a long time investor, instead of swing trading or day trading. My family and I are in the market for the long haul!

I feel like Thrifty Investing has become a combination of the two. Using the best apps with the best features, to find and buy stocks and ETFs with the best value. (due diligence required). In value investing, we’re constantly looking for businesses that are undervalued and not talked about. We look for long term plays that maybe in a 1-5 year time line, the company has a turn around and increases in price.

Being thrifty is all about finding the best deals, and saving as much along the way as you can. With these apps like, Webull, SoFi, Public, and M1 offering so much, not just in terms of access to stocks and ETFs, but High Yield Cash Accounts to park your money and earn interest. Credit Cards that give reward points to allow you to turn that cash back into more shares of companies you love. We have an edge on our investing forefathers, with no fees, no brick & mortar needed, and the speed of the internet in the palm of our hands that gives us up to date knowledge at all times. Yes, that last statement might be at times, too much, but it gives us an edge as well.

Using these apps and taking it upon ourselves to learn as much as possible about investing, we can defeat the odds of crushing debt, and increase the odds of early retirement.

Thrifty Investing will discuss Value Investing a lot more in the future and our hope is to help open your eyes and mind to a different style of investing!