Video summary
The speaker addresses a mix of enthusiastic support and harsh criticism regarding his recent content about stock market investments, specifically clarifying that while he shares free ideas on YouTube, his primary value lies within a premium research platform accessible for a fee. He acknowledges the frustration some viewers feel toward paid services but argues that high-quality analysis requires sustainable funding to maintain standards. To counter complaints about not offering extensive free trials or refunds without cause, he explains that strict access controls are necessary to prevent "haters" and trolls from flooding his community with negativity, thereby preserving a valuable environment for serious investors who contribute meaningfully rather than just complaining.
A central theme of the discussion is the current state of global markets, which the speaker describes as historically expensive when adjusted for earnings quality, making it increasingly difficult to find bargains in the US alone. Consequently, he advises viewers looking for true value to consider diversifying their portfolios with international assets or European stocks rather than relying solely on American equities. He emphasizes that seeking genuine investment opportunities requires paying a fair price and warns against expecting high-quality research to be available for free; using his analogy of "if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys," he illustrates how lowering prices attracts low-effort users who do not appreciate the depth of the analysis provided by dedicated researchers.
Despite losing some subscribers due to previous videos that were perceived as too promotional or critical of those seeking free content, the speaker remains committed to his mission of educating investors and building a diversified portfolio through rigorous research. He reveals that all profits generated from YouTube are donated after taxes to support schools in Nepal and other local educational initiatives, highlighting that his financial model is designed for impact rather than personal enrichment alone. Looking ahead, he plans to expand this educational approach by publishing new books and integrating them with free courses on value investing, ensuring that while the core research remains premium, foundational knowledge continues to be shared openly with the public.
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Good day, fellow investors. Last week I
did this video how I have three great
buys, great views, impression,
click-through rate, best ranking. Of
course, people want stocks to buy.
However, I want to react on the comments
because those were very, very spicy.
From clickbait, from this, from that.
Like this should be a banner. This is
just an advertising, nothing in there.
Complete waste of time. What's the point
of this video? But in that video at 9
seconds I said the following. Now,
before all the haters attack me, I have
a research platform. Yes, it's premium
content, so you have to pay for it. But
there is a 21-day money-back guarantee,
no questions asked. So, I said 21-day
money-back guarantee, check it out,
check everything what I do, and you get
your money back if it's not for you.
Just send me an email, no questions
added. There are a lot of complaints,
you're never buying anything, nothing,
this, every second comment is oh, great
analysis, not for me. And now I tell
you, here is what I'm buying. Check it
out. Maybe it's not now the time to
join. Maybe you will join in 10 years.
Who knows?
I'm just telling you, this is the best
value I can give you. There were also
some great comments supporting. Okay.
The thing is that we are in the most
expensive market if you adjust for the
fake earnings. We are even higher here.
Most expensive market in history, in US
history, in global history. And I cannot
find 20-30 buys so that five or seven of
them are on YouTube for free. I can find
a few here and there really good at this
moment in time, and that's what I'm
saying. Croatian value investor, so many
comments attacking me this or that. Very
interesting. When we were kids, Croatia,
everything was pirated. We had all the
games on computers, things like that.
Everything for free. I understand their
mentality. I find the comment in a
positive light. I will do much more with
it. Altis this Monday, we did flatter
yesterday. I think we do a lot of
stocks. Because, yes, I lost 50
subscribers doing that video, but okay.
If you are focused on this, all the
money each year is donated. We do
schools in Nepal. We donate to the local
schools. So, after taxes, 20,000,
something like that, comes from YouTube,
and we donate everything. So, on the
comment of the free trial makes more
sense than just sending me an email for
a refund. Just check the comments here
below this video or below that video how
much hate was in their comments. Imagine
allowing for free trial and that hate
coming on the platform. The most
valuable thing on the platform is the
great community. I cannot allow for
that. I need to have a threshold so that
it's not easy for haters or things like
that to come in. And that's for
increasing the value of the members
there. So, I cannot give 7-day free
trials. If you're serious, investing 500
is nothing for you. If 500 is a lot for
you, then you first have to make money
and then start thinking about investing.
We can also make a video about that.
Subscription economy, I think everyone
is sharing their frustrations, which is
okay. As someone says, ridiculous
comments, but thank you. The minority is
supportive, so I want to give you
something that a friend taught me. If
you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. If you
charge peanuts, you get a jungle for the
research platform. That's very important
to keep in mind. And when it comes to
paying, charging, be careful in life.
Seek true value, and that doesn't come
for free.
But the majority of comments, there is
some true into that. Whenever somebody
comes and joins my research platform to
check it out, the number of refunds that
people ask are minimal compared to the
number of those that join. So, there is
a catch there. I'm sorry, but you see
how it goes. There were some questions
on the research platform. We'll do a
detailed video US versus domestic,
international. Is it easy? The free
stocks I bought, two are Europeans, one
is traded on the Nasdaq. So, how would
be it from New Zealand? Then, from a
community, you can see immediately see
the community value depending on the
country. Always there to help. American
market is the most expensive market now,
and therefore it's hard to find
bargains, value investments. So, I'm
always saying you might want to think of
building another global pillar or value
pillar. There might be some value in the
US, but even if you get one idea that's
traded in the US
per year or per two years, that's worth
the platform. A lot of comments of
marketing. I've listened to Tony
Robbins, things like that, a lot of the
marketers. And if you're not promoting,
you're not selling. And when I do five
videos that I don't mention everything,
the only difference on subscribers, on
this, on that, is just I don't sell
research platforms. And then, I get an
email here and there.
Sven, do you have anything to buy? And
then I have to tell people. So,
it's such a world and therefore allow
for the marketing and I will try to give
my values as much as possible, discuss
stocks, but you have to accept that. And
that's the fight also in the comments
there. But, I appreciate the feedback.
We'll keep on working, researching,
giving value, building something.
I figured if I expand my research as I'm
doing now for my diversified portfolio,
which is an educational portfolio, I'm
investing 100K into it and from there I
will certainly be able to give more
value for YouTube. But, yes, the essence
of what I do, the biggest value is on
the research platform. I'm enjoying
doing videos, sharing my opinion,
learning from doing videos. So, for
example, yesterday we did Flutter
Entertainment, spend a few hours,
research, read, learn more, and
understand that in the process maybe
somewhere in the future of the risk,
connect things. So,
it's great value for me doing videos. I
hope it's value for you. I enjoy it, so
we'll keep doing that. The plan going
forward is to focus on research a little
bit more. The book has been written.
That will be published. We'll connect
that to the value investing free course
that you can enjoy again for free.
Things like that, build on the
diversified portfolio. That's the plan
for the next academic year after the
summer, and I hope you will enjoy it. I
understand the comments. Keep on
commenting.
I know how the business works on
YouTube, and that's why I'll keep also
marketing, but I'll keep also giving
value. Thanks for watching. Of course,
check my research platform, and I'll see
you in the next video.