The Sports World Is More Like Investing Than You Think with Cynthia Frelund

How we analyze investment opportunities and athletes is not all that different. Liz is joined by Cynthia Frelund, NFL Media's first analytics expert, at Penthouse 56 at SoFi’s hospitality space in downtown LA during Super Bowl week to compare the similarities and differences between investing and the sports world and how looking at investing through a different lens might help investors feel less intimidated. Liz also offers her take on why analyzing fundamentals is key in a year where strength matters more than ever. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 01:31 Comparing Sports Analytics & Investing 05:33 #1 Time Horizons 11:21 #2 Predicting Success Using Historical Context 16:35 #3 Fundamentals & Momentum 24:18 #4 Longer Term Trends 27:55 #5 Players & Types of Stocks For more, read Liz’s weekly column every Thursday at SoFi’s blog at https://sofi.com.blog or follow her on Twitter @LizYoungStrat. The Important Part: Investing With Liz Young, a new podcast from SoFi, takes listeners through today’s top-of-mind themes in investing and breaks them down into digestible and actionable pieces. Each month, Liz Young, Head of Investment Strategy at SoFi, delves into investing topics such as clean energy, inflation, market cycles, and crypto assets with special guests to get to the important part--why it matters to investors as they work toward their wealth-building goals. This show is the place to come for understanding how to approach your investments, with the inside scoop from those who are armed with the knowledge to help you do so. About SoFi: A finance company that can help you get ahead. Get Your Money Right® with SoFi. Connect with SoFi: Subscribe to SoFi on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuoYE0bfkZCwaspBVQ59jfQ Like SoFi on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoFi/ Follow SoFi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SoFi Follow SoFi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sofi/ Follow SoFi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sofi/