A professional investor teaches me how to pick stocks | Jess Gets Investing

A professional investor teaches me how to pick stocks | Jess Gets Investing

June 8, 2026 · 41 min · Season 13 · Episode 10

About this episode

Jess learns how to pick stocks from professional investor Anna Milne while exploring her investment options beyond ETFs.

Jess wants to venture beyond ETFs to the world of stocks. Eeek- intimidating! After deciding to set up a Core-Satellite portfolio, she is keen to explore adding that some individual companies to the Satellite. But she’s never bought a stock before, let alone analysed a company. So where on earth should she begin? Who better to answer that then a professional investor who picks stocks for a living. Anna Milne, Deputy Portfolio Manager at Wilson Asset Management joins to the show to teach Jess what an absolute beginner needs to know about buying stocks - things like: How to start researching a company. Where to find the information you need. The Red & Green flags to look for. Plus - Jess meets a community member who’ll be a familiar face to any AFL fans- Chad Warner from the Sydney Swans. They chat about how he caught the stock picking bug and what he has in his portfolio. Chapters: 00:00:00 How Do You Pick Stocks? 00:02:10 What Stock Picking Really Means 00:04:19 How Experts Find Ideas 00:07:50 The Research Most Ignore 00:10:05 Green Flags to Watch For 00:12:58 Warning Signs To Watch For 00:16:42 Great Business But Bad Buy? 00:20:36 When is Enough Research? 00:25:09 Mistakes…

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