Did vacation come as a surprise again this year? Get Signe and Michelles best tips on how to budget and plan for a vacation. Remember to subscribe to Investing Mastermind Podcast to get the most recent episode directly in your feed.

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With the Olympics happening right now, many people are getting exposed to brands, and some of Signe's clients are getting inspired to add sports brands to their wishlist of potential stock buys. However, being a famous brand is not equal to being a wonderful business. Michelle and Signe discuss how to determine if the business behind the brand is as strong as the brand. When Nike's stock recently declined, analysts anticipated that the stock price might slightly increase during the Olympics due to the brand being so exposed to the public. Signe is in France for the Olympics, and her sound might be impacted by not being home with her own equipment.

Remember to subscribe to Investing Mastermind Podcast to get the most recent episode directly in your feed. You can also follow us on Instagram @InvestingMastermindPodcast. To take an investing workshop, visit Signe's website: Investionista.com Learn more about Buffett-style investing by subscribing to Michelle's YouTube channel, @MichelleMarki Michelle's investing blog: www.michellemarki.com.

With the Crowdstrike outage on many enterprise Microsoft systems that happened on Friday, July 19, our listeners may be wondering if now is a good buying opportunity of CRWD stock. However, Signe and Michelle share some cautionary tales as discuss and learn about investing on this podcast. Since we recorded this podcast episode, CRWD fell even more to be down about 30% over the last month, much more than the initial 14% drop on July 19. Beware!