Unusual Animal Stories

About Unusual Animal Stories

Learn the language of the securities industry while you’re on the road. SIE in the Car breaks down capital markets, investment products, risks, trading, customer accounts, regulations, prohibited practices, and other Securities Industry Essentials concepts into approachable audio lessons. Build your financial vocabulary, understand the reasoning behind the rules, and turn otherwise unused commuting time into SIE preparation.

Publisher

Circle Of Insight Productions

Category

education · kids & family · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Feb 2021

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

52 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026

   Market Orders vs. Limit Orders — How Investors Accidentally Get Unexpected Prices

   You see a stock trading at $50, place an order to buy it, and discover that you paid $53. How did that happen? Understanding market orders, limit orders, stop orders, and execution prices is essential for the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) examination and everyday investing. In this episode, we explain how different order types work, why liquidity and volatility matter, and how emotional decision-making can lead investors to make costly execution mistakes.

2. 

   18 Oct 2026

   The Sunk Cost Fallacy: Why Investors Hold Losing Stocks

   Investors sometimes hold declining securities because they cannot accept realizing a loss. Learn how sunk costs, loss aversion, and anchoring influence investment behavior, and connect these concepts to risk, diversification, and rational portfolio decisions.

3. 

   11 Oct 2026

   Bond Prices and Interest Rates: Why They Move in Opposite Directions

   Why do bond prices fall when interest rates rise? This inverse relationship is one of the most important concepts tested on the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam. In this episode, we explain how changing interest rates affect bond prices, yields, and investor decisions. Through simple examples, you'll learn how to recognize interest rate risk, understand bond premiums and discounts, and answer common SIE exam questions with confidence.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 2 / 100

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Quality

4

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

0