Ben Carlson

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1,555 appearances 4 recordings 4 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 11 Jun

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Everything is seemingly speeding up.

I think what that does is, it makes it harder to be a slow-down, patient investor.

Because the bearish entry have just been completely knocked down.

I told this story to someone a month ago or so.

When I first got out of college in 2005 or so, I wanted to invest in an index fund at Vanguard.

And they said, $3,000 minimum.

And I'm like, well, I don't have $3,000.

I'm a broke college student.

Now, there basically are no minimums.

There's no fees to invest.

So, all those barriers to entry for everyone.

You can buy fractional shares.

It doesn't matter what the share price is anymore, because you can buy fractional shares.

So, all of those barriers to entry have been taken down.

The types of products that you can buy in ETFs now, like a tax-efficient wrapper, are kind of insane when you think about it.

The things that would have only been available to 2 and 20 hedge fund investors 15, 20 years ago, now individuals can just buy them.

There's new ETFs springing up all the time.

But what that does is just makes it so much more tempting to make changes, because it's easier to make changes now, right?

The frictions are essentially gone.

And so, I think it's harder to not try to keep pace with that fast-paced world.

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