 Hey, what's up you two, I'm Zeke and welcome to the dream green show. In this episode, I'm going to bring you guys the top three smart, big brain investments that you can make if you have any extra cash laying around. I get the question all of the time, Hey, Zeke, I got a thousand dollars. I got a hundred dollars. Where are some stock stock and investing it to to make me some money? And I always say, Hey, please do your own research. You can invest it here. But but really, what is your risk tolerance right now? You can invest inside of these stocks. You can do options and all the day and you can make a lot of money. But you can also lose a lot of money. Everybody would say, Hey, I'm not trying to lose the money. I'm just trying to make some money over time. And this is going to be the big brain smart investments that I'm bringing you guys today that I actually do myself to help grow my portfolio to a six figure portfolio in just a couple of years, guys. And you could do the same thing too. As long as you follow these big brain strategies that I'm about to bring you guys today, because these tips, these secrets, these tricks is the same thing the millionaires use. I'm giving it to you for free. So if you want it for free, go ahead and hit that thumbs up button that helps out this channel more than you can even imagine and subscribe to the channel so you don't miss out on any future videos. But before we dive into it, before I give you guys the secret, this video is brought to you by Moomoo. Sign up now by clicking the link down in the description. If you deposit $100, you can get up to 16 free stocks with those free stocks. They offer plenty of different tools inside of their investing platform that offer commission free trading, commission free investment. Back in the day, you used to have to pay just to invest. You used to have to pay just to sell. And now they're offering it commission free. You could buy stocks before market hours, during market hours, after market hours. I'm telling you guys, this is one of the best promotions they had to date. So I'm going to click that link down in the description. Sign up to deposit $100 to get your 16 free stocks. It takes no time to sign them, guys. So don't miss out on the opportunity. So let's go ahead and dive straight into this video. Welcome back dreamers. The first big brain strategy that I'm going to bring you guys is actually called a stock split. Now, when companies do a stock split statistically, this is a very smart investment depending on the company. So you only want to do this on good, high quality companies to have stock splits. Now, what you're asking yourself, what is a stock split? Stock split is basically when these companies take a share of their portfolio and divide it in however many questions that they wanted to divide into. So for this example, we're going to use Apple. Apple back in 2020 had a 41 stock split. So for every one share that you own of Apple, after that stock split, you're going to own four shares of Apple, but the price is going to be divided in fours. So it's just like having one big pile of rice and you section off that rice in half. Then you section off that rice in half. Again, it's the same amount of rice on the plate. It's the same amount of rice on the board, but it's just section into four different parts. Now you're saying, hey, if it doesn't change the value of the company, if the price really doesn't change, if I still have the same rice on the board, how does that help me make money and be a smart investor? Well, let me explain it to you right quick. The first thing is that it is a satisical, psychological play by these big companies. Now, stock splits, they can make shares seem more affordable to small retail investors. Just like us, we are small retail investors. Even though the value of the company doesn't change, this can lead to increased buying. Now, basically, if you see Apple for $500, right? If you see Apple for $400, a lot of retail investors like us will not buy one single share of Apple for $400 because it just seems too expensive. Now, if they had a 401 stock split and Apple price came all the way down to $100, more people will be inclined to buy, sell, trade and invest into Apple because it seems more affordable. So on a psychological play that is also smart. Now, this is why this is a big brain investment. That's this is why stock splits are good investments to invest into. And this is why they're smart to invest into. It's because of the long term effects after you buy stocks after they have a stock split because of the long term effects of the stocks that you buy after they have a stock split. Now, there was this study conducted by David. He was the lead school business at the University of Colorado. He looked at the performance of these stocks during the three year period following a stock split. He found on average that companies that had a stock split outperform the stock market within that that 365 days within that year by 8% and that outperform the stock market by 12% over the next three years after they have a stock split. Now, that just imagine the stock market usually goes up 6 to 8% every single year and stock splits outperform that by 8% in a year and by 12% in three years. That is smart investment guys. Now, that is a study shown of looking at the top companies that have stock splits. Now, you don't want to just invest into any old regular daggity company that has a stock split. You want to invest into good quality blue chip style companies that have stock split. They don't happen often, but when they do, guys, that is something that you might want to peek into. Do a little bit more research to see if you want to buy this company if they're having a stock split that year. Now, I'm not saying that stocks only go up or they only perform well after the stock split. I'm just showing statistically speaking, good quality stocks that have 41 stocks 3 to 1 stock splits, 5 to 1 stock splits outperform the stock market by 8% in a year and 12% over the next three years. So let me show you a quick example right quick. All right, so here we are on Moomoo. Let's type in Apple AAPL is the ticker symbol right here on Apple. And if we go down to the weekly chart right here and go all the way back, Apple had a 4 to 1 stock split back in 2020. So that is around, around in this area right here that had a 4 to 1 stock split later on in a year. So around 90 ish dollars or so in this area in late 2020 that had a stock split. So Apple, as you guys can see, is doing fairly well going all the way from 80 to 90 dollars from the stock split to up to ahead of all time high of $197. So doubling going up 100% within the three year period is definitely outperforming the stock market. And the next one that we're going to look at is that had a stock split back in 2020 was Tesla TSLA. All right, so we got all the way back to 2020 when Tesla was already booming. They had a stock split back in 2020 right here. When was that stock split? That stock split was August 2020. So let's look at that right quick. August 8, 2020. So around the $167 price point and Tesla had an all time high of $414. So they definitely did meet that up 8% over the next year after that stock split. And they did meet that up 12%. And they did meet that up to a percent out over the next three years because it's 2023 right now. And Tesla is still performing fairly well up to $271.30 at the time of the recording of this video. So yeah, guys, I tell people all the time, I'm an investor. I'm not a trader. I really don't trade that much. I do an option trade, but I sell options and I only really swing trade when I see a good entry point. But I tell people all the time, I'm an investor and I make smart investments. And that is one of the smartest investments I can make is when a good quality company come in, have a stock split when the portfolio is already looking good. I know that statistically speaking, that they're going to perform pretty well over the next three years. I go in and I buy up a lot of shares as long as it's a good quality company that I do not mind holding over the next five, 10, 15 years. Now let's move over to big brain play number two. And that is when companies buy back their shares. Now for this example, we're going to use Microsoft because Microsoft usually has some of the largest buybacks out there inside of the stock market. Now a company buyback is when they go out and they buy out shares that's out there inside the stock market that's flowing around. And when there's less shares out there, right? When there's less shares out there, it makes there the shares that the investors have in their own shares that they have more valuable, right? Because when there's less out there, the shares that you do have is more valuable. Now exactly what does that mean? It means that when companies buy back their shares that have a less shares out there, that mean they have a higher earning per share when they have their earnings report. So it kind of do make that earnings report look a little better. And they also believe that their shares is undervalued and they're going to go out there and buy up a bunch of shares at that price. So it shows even more faith inside of that company. So if you ever took an economics class, you know the supply and demand when there's a lot of supply, demand is low when there's a high demand and supply low, the price goes to the roof. So that's why you want to have less shares out there. And Microsoft has one of the largest company buybacks out there. The last one that announced was back in 2020 for a $4.9 billion share buyback of their shares that's out there floating. That is huge guys. Now don't just go out there and say, hey, this company is having a buyback, but they're only buying back $10 million or this company's only buying back $100 million, which is still a lot of money. But Microsoft announced a $4.9 billion buyback. What does that mean? When companies have a large buyback like that, there's going to be a lot less shares out there, right? Statistically speaking, again, usually when companies have a large buyback of their shares, they outperform the stock market over the next year. All right, so here we are on Moomoo. This is the Kirker guys ticket symbol MSFT is Microsoft. Now, as you guys can see over the last couple of years, all of it from 2019 to 2023, Microsoft has been killing it. You're wondering why Microsoft almost do a buyback every single year, which is completely insane. It's not always huge like $4.9 billion. Sometimes it's a little less. Sometimes it's a little more. But as you guys can see the stock usually it goes up. It's a very little chip, dependable company that when they announced that they're having company buybacks, this might be one that you start the dollar cost average in, maybe pick up a couple shares here and there. It is a very smart play to me to go in and look at other companies that are doing buybacks that I believe that I'm willing to hold over the next five, 10 years that I will invest in too. If they have a large enough company buyback that I'm willing to invest in too. So let me know what would you guys do down in the comments section if your favorite company announces that they're having a share buyback. What would you do? Would you sit back and hold on to your shares? Would you sell your shares or would you go ahead and buy out more shares of that company that you believe in? What would you do? It is a smart play to me. Remember when a company has stock splits, they usually go up. Statistically speaking, big companies have big buybacks over the next year. It usually go up. All right. So the last big brain play I'm going to tell you guys. Those stock splits is usually when the stock market is performing well. Company buybacks is usually when the economy is performing well. What are you investing to when the economy is kind of trading sideways? Are you really believe that it's going to fall over in the next couple of years? Well, the smart investment, the smart thing that I have been doing over the last couple of years that's statistically speaking, this strategy does well in a recession. It does well when the market is going sideways and it goes in. It does well when the market is falling and that is investing into dividend kings. Now, usually I talk about dividends. That's when companies give back money to the investors either every month or every quarter in the form of dividends just for saying, hey, thank you for holding our shares. I usually talk about dividend stocks and how I make passive income that way. But in other times, I'll talk about dividend aristocrats. That's when companies that's inside of the S&P 500, that's the top 500 companies in America and they increase their dividend payments every single year for the last 25 years. Now, this video, I'm talking about dividend kings. Let me say it again. Dividend kings, dividend kings is when a company is inside the S&P 500. Remember, you got to be the top 500 companies in America and you increase your dividends every single year, every single year, even due to recessions, depressions, epidemics, throughout all that, they managed to increase their dividends every single year for the last 50 years. Now, dividend kings, there are a couple of them out there. I like Johnson & Johnson. I like Pratt & Gamble. I like Coca-Cola. I think PepsiCo just became a dividend king, P.P. All of these companies usually, statistically as shown, when the stock market is going down or in a recession, they do not fall as much. Some of them even go up in the recession, but they do not fall as much. Let's say the stock market fell 30%. These dividend kings might only fall 6%. So that's protecting your money. And the great thing about it is why people love investing to dividends during the recessions because now that you invest into these dividend kings, they're going to give you out your checks every single quarter. So you still have a source of income when everyone else's money is being cut, when people are losing their job. You're still going to have a source of income every month or every quarter from these dividend kings in order to still pay your bills, fulfilling your table, gas in your car and just live your everyday life from these checks that these companies, that these dividends are going to be paying out to their investors just from holding on to shares from that company. So there we go, guys. I listed three. I want you to go down in the comment section to be your favorite one. There's Stock Splits. There's Apple with Apple and Tesla Stock Splits. Usually Apple formed a stock market by 8% within a year if it's a good company. Now, the thing about Stock Splits is that they do not happen often. So when you do see the opportunity, when I do see the opportunity, I hop on as long as it's a good quality company. Number two is share buybacks. Now, when I see Microsoft announced a $500 million share buyback, cool. When I see Microsoft announced a $4.9 billion buyback, hey, that's a little different right there. So that's the ones I keep my eye on. Once again, Microsoft do it often, but it's not always the same price. And then number three, dividend kings. It protects yourself in a recession. It protects yourself from the market's trading sideways. And you're also going to have extra income by doing absolutely nothing. These companies pay you dividends by doing absolutely nothing. And you're creating passive income. So let me know down below in the comment section, one, Stock Splits, two, share buyback, or three, passive income with dividends. Let me know which one is your favorite down in the comment section. But that's it, guys. Don't forget to click the link down in the description down. Take it to Moo Moo, Moo Moo. It's by far having their best promotions yet. When you sign up, the $500 gets 16 free shares. That's a amazing way to start your investing journey if you're trying to find out the best way to invest $1,000. And you got extra money on the side. Getting free shares is an awesome jump start if you're trying to do that. So don't miss out on the awesome Moo Moo opportunity down with the link in the description. Also, I have a free e-book. If you want guys want to know more about passive income and dividend investing, click the link down in the comment section. That'll take you to my e-book signed up with that. And also join the Patreon where I post, where I buy and sell all of my stocks, where I post, where I buy and sell all of my stocks. And we also have pro-day traders in there that post their day trades, their option trades every single day. So if you want to be a part of an awesome community that want to be financially free just like you, go ahead and join that community with the Patreon. But other than that, guys, I'm Zeke. Bring you to Dream Grand Show and I'm out. Peace.