Miss Findependent

WTF is going on with GameStop, WallStBets, and the Stock Market?

Once again we see how powerful social media is in our modern day. A retail investor posted about how the stock was undervalued on a public forum, WallStBets, and brought to light GameStop (GME) was shorted at 120% of the available shares by hedge funds. 4 Million people follow this forum. Retail investors, and FOMO investors bought the stock, the stock price shot up. Listen to hear what happens next. 2:20 - What is Shorting? 8:00 - How did GME blow up? 11:20 - What is a Short Squeeze? 15:04 - Fr...

Awkward Conversations About Money

In this episode we share some of our tips on how to make money conversations feel a lot easier and less awkward. We guide you on how to approach these tough conversations around money with your parents and significant others. In addition, we provide our advice when it comes to having conversations about retirement, spending and saving, debt and financial management.

Let's Talk Bitcoin

We cover the following topics in this episode: 1) What is crypto currency 2) What is blockchain 3) How to purchase crypto currency 4) The risks surrounding crypto currency 5) Our thoughts on Bitcoin and Ethereum 6) And much more. This website has everything you need to know about Bitcoin: https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information/getting-started.html The best crypto hardware Wallet: https://www.ledger.com/ Wealthsimple - buy and trade Bitcoin and Ethereum: https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/produ...

Setting Goals You Actually Achieve

Why do people fail at keeping their New Year's resolutions? In this episode we unpack why only 8% of all people who set out to achieve their New Year's goals, actually achieve them. Studies have found that only 64% of people stick with their goals past one month, 46% past six months, and 8% through the end to long term achievement. We provide you with the steps to take in order to ensure that you set yourself up for success and join the 8%. We teach you how to create SMARTER, more specific goals...

Ambitious Adulting with Liz Enriquez

A special episode with Liz Enriquez (founder of Ambitious Adulting) where we discuss how to build the mindset to start investing, how to build credit, and how to get started with real estate investing. Liz Enriquez helps Canadian Millennials learn about personal finances in a fun and non-intimidating way. As a young adult, Liz struggled with anxiety around money, and became committed to improving her financial literacy to help her cope. She dove deep into Personal Finance books, blogs and podcas...

Holiday Budgeting

The holidays can be the most exciting and expensive time of year for some. While this holiday season is definitely going to look different from previous years, now more than ever is it important to show your friends and family how much you love and appreciate them. It's not about how much you give, but about how much love you put into giving. In this episode we go over how to have a conversation with friends/family about expectations around the holidays. A lot of people have either lost their jo...

Building Your Team with Michele Molino - Founder of FemaleCoFounder

On this episode of the podcast we are joined by a special guest, Michele Molino the Founder of Female CoFounder. Michele is a badass female entrepreneur, and also a Product Manager at Vmware Pivotal Labs. She's previously worked on brands like Virgin Mobile, CraveTV, Bell and Lucky Mobile. Michele is a proud Schulich alumna who graduated with Honours and Distinction specializing in Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Finance. Now she’s creating an opportunity to uplift women who are excited about bu...

Personal Finance Basics

Building financial literacy can be a daunting journey, especially if you don't know where to start. In this episode we break down the basics of what actions you need to be taking in order to set yourself up for success. We start with explaining what an emergency fund is and how to build one. We teach you to build a system for monitoring your cash inflows and outflows and how to be mindful of your spending. We dive deep into budgets and present an easy system - the 50/30/20 rule - for mindful spe...

The Hidden Job Market

We discuss the importance of asking for employee referrals and how to cold outreach. We talk about everything from what to say in your LinkedIn messages, or email, to how to increase your response rate. We break down how to connect with people you've never met and how to give back to people that reach out to you. We provide examples of networking tools you can utilize such as joining professional organizations (ie. Women in Capital Markets) and explain how these tools can be used to obtain job o...

How to Stop Being a Broke Millennial

We start off with a visualization of the future. You enter an elevator, press the top floor, and come out as you, only 10 years into the future. We ask you to question where you see yourself - what sights, sounds, and people surround you. The reason we do this is to help you understand that you need to be working for the life you want now. Things won't just fall into place, you need to call them into existence and take action to purse what's yours. We talk about some of the ways millennials ofte...

Debunking Your Mindset Around Money

Coming Soon! Miss Findependent Trailer

Hi everyone, It's Nika Farb, and Katie Karlos. Welcome to the Miss Findependent Podcast. We're passionate about helping women become financially literate and independent. Our aim is to help our listeners build the toolkit to be more confident investors, entrepreneurs or go further in their careers. Women have never been more empowered than we are today. We’ve made tremendous strides over the last century by becoming more educated and participating more and more in the workforce, but we are still...