{"id":49468,"date":"2016-11-27T17:31:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T22:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=49468"},"modified":"2018-12-04T14:09:01","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T19:09:01","slug":"tdi-podcast-fake-news-and-your-portfolio-486","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/27\/tdi-podcast-fake-news-and-your-portfolio-486\/","title":{"rendered":"TDI Podcast: Fake News and Your Portfolio (#486)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-257 alignright\" title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/itunes_subscribe3.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/strong>We have all seen the headlines by now that fake news is invading every area of traditional and social media. But is this headline a fake as well? How we can stay ahead of the curve as investors and weed out the good and bad news. What to watch and what not to.<\/p>\n<p>Plus a really interesting stock screen that uncovered the recent reason why we are seeing some stocks move up BIG. A good review of stock screens and quantitative investing.<\/p>\n<p>We also spend some time discussing the benefits of active and passive investing.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Disciplined-Investor-Essential-Strategies-Success\/dp\/B001A3U600\/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8\">The Disciplined Investor Audiobook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewhorowitz\" data-size=\"large\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @andrewhorowitz<\/a><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">More information available on Horowitz &amp; Company&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/about-us\/tdi-strategy\/\">TDI Managed Growth Strategy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Download the Stock Screen 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