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Mar 2022
24m 58s

A Language Guide for Financial Stocks

The Motley Fool
About this episode

Looking to brush up your language skills when it comes to financial stocks? Motley Fool senior analyst Jason Moser and Matthew Frankel dive deep into the metrics they use to judge financial companies, and provide comparison guidelines for investors to watch. They discuss: - Why the P/E ratio is less important than you may think - The nuance of judging a bank’s efficiency - One metric to watch for any fintech company

Additional resource - https://www.fool.com/investing/stock-market/market-sectors/financials/bank-stocks/how-banks-make-money/

Stocks: AXON, WFC, COF, PYPL, JPM, AFRM

Host: Jason Moser Guest: Matthew Frankel Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Tim Sparks

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