S02E57 - Tim Martin - Transitioning from Mutual Funds to Individual Stocks

Are you interested in managing your own investments, but don’t know where to start? My next guest was in the same situation. He was told to “trust the professionals” for most of his life until he realized his returns we lower than the market average. He tried to learn how to invest in the stock market, but there really wasn’t anything out there that clearly organized investing step by step until he found Tykr. In this episode, we talk about his career background and his journey to taking control of his own investments. Please welcome Tim Martin.

Key Timecodes

• (00:51) - Background history
• (05:54) - His media and video background
• (09:48) - Adobe and the evolution of that business model
• (11:59) - Understanding his investing background history
• (16:32) - The relationship with financial advisors and wealth managers
• (19:59) - When he started to manage his own investments
• (26:35) - How TYKR helped him to have confidence in managing his investments on his own
• (29:42) - The importance of being transparent and objective to help people to manage their investments
• (32:06) - Education is the key factor to empowering the TYKR users
• (34:06) - The crypto and tech bubbles as risks
• (36:08) - Where to find reliable information and good publications about finance and investments
• (45:14) - The worst business or investment advice he ever received
• (45:41) - The best business or investment advice he ever received
• (49:12) - Guest contacts

Payback Time Podcast

Payback Time is a podcast for investors. The goal of this podcast is to help make investing approachable and easy to understand. We will interview beginner and experienced investors and ask them to share stories on how they got started, what challenges they faced, what mistakes they made, and what strategy works for them today. The overall objective is to provide you with a roadmap that helps you become a better investor.