{"id":54218,"date":"2020-10-25T13:58:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T17:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=54218"},"modified":"2020-10-25T13:58:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-25T17:58:50","slug":"tdi-podcast-isas-investing-in-education-685","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/25\/tdi-podcast-isas-investing-in-education-685\/","title":{"rendered":"TDI Podcast: ISA&#8217;s &#8211; Investing in Education (#685)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The future of student loan debt \u00a0may have a solution and we discuss with our guest, Charles Trafton, CEO of Edly.<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-257 alignright\" title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/itunes_subscribe3.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The countdown is counting down as we are awaiting big tech earnings, the election and a stimulus package.<\/p>\n<p>Plus &#8211; what to do with commodities right now &#8211; especially the energy component?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Trafton-headshot-larger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-54220\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Trafton-headshot-larger-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Trafton-headshot-larger-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Trafton-headshot-larger.jpg 528w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 121px) 100vw, 121px\" \/><\/a>Charles Trafton, Co-founder and President of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edly.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Edly, Inc.<\/strong><\/a> Chuck is responsible for Edly originations, working with schools and student channels to create ISA contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Chuck has two decades of experience investing and lending in the technology, education, and financial sectors. His prior experience includes portfolio manager and analyst at The Boston Company Asset Management, a $55 billion asset manager from 2006-2013 and FlowPoint Partners, an alternative asset manager.<\/p>\n<p>From 1994-2006 Chuck was an award-winning research analyst, including being voted an Institutional Investor magazine \u201cAll-America Equity Research Analyst\u201d in 1997 at Canaccord Genuity (formerly Adams, Harkness &amp; Hill) and a Greenwich Associates \u201c4-Star\u201d Analyst in 1996 at Cowen &amp; Co. Chuck graduated cum laude with a degree in Finance from Boston College and lives in North Andover, MA with his wife, three children and two bulldogs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chucktrafton\" data-size=\"large\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @ChuckTrafton<\/a><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>About Edly<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edly.co\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-54219\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/edly.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a>Edly offers an alternative to student loans that\u2019s designed to be more affordable and accessible for students. At Edly, they strive to offer affordable and flexible funding solutions for students. They partner with schools and investors to provide students with flexible payment plans, tailored to suit their lifestyles and career choices.<\/p>\n<p>For investors, Edly allows investors to invest in the education of students and get paid a percentage of the students\u2019 future earnings. Edly seeks investments in ISAs that they believe are likely to produce attractive risk-adjusted returns for investors, while also providing access to education for promising students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edlyISA\" data-size=\"large\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @edlyISA<\/a><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/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 src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Looking for style diversification?<\/strong> More information on the TDI Managed Growth Strategy &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/tdi-strategy\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/envestology.com\/envestology-update-webinar-june192019\/\">eNVESTOLOGY Info and Webinar Replay<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.triggercharts.com\/webinar-pre-market-rundown-fridays\/\">Friday Pre-Market Run-Down Webinar Registration<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Stocks mentioned in this episode: (@CL.F), (OIL), (@NG.F), (GLD), (SLV)<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4256\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode685.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('4256','https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode685.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/TDI_PlayPodcast-679.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode685.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=54218-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode685.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tdi_episode685.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 46:00 &#8212; 42.6MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5vtvEVDPUi4221imwhXyXt\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Markets-and-Investing\/The-Disciplined-Investor-p414586\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The future of student loan debt \u00a0may have a solution and we discuss with our guest, Charles Trafton, CEO of Edly. The countdown is counting down as we are awaiting big tech earnings, the election and a stimulus package. Plus &#8211; what to do with commodities right now &#8211; especially the energy component?<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4257\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode685.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('4257','https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode685.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/TDI_PlayPodcast-679.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode685.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=54218-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode685.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tdi_episode685.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 46:00 &#8212; 42.6MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5vtvEVDPUi4221imwhXyXt\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Markets-and-Investing\/The-Disciplined-Investor-p414586\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,296],"tags":[482,297],"class_list":["post-54218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","category-shownotes","tag-podcasts","tag-show-notes","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54218"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54226,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54218\/revisions\/54226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}