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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Stock Club · #315: How to Invest Through Booms, Busts & Bubbles (w/ Ben Carlson) · 11 Jun 2026 podcast

Like what, what makes sense for a long-term average and with companies and markets changing so fast, it's hard to know what, what it should be.

Yeah, I read about this in the book a little bit.

I think if you don't think the future is going to get better, what's the point of investing in the first place?

I know a lot of people who are like, the world is coming to an end, what should I do?

It's like, I don't know, if the financial system really did ever implode, it probably isn't going to matter what you're invested in, right?

Guns and ammo or canned food at that point probably matters more.

But I think you have to be an optimist because there is bad stuff that happens.

You can't be completely blind and naive to the fact that bad stuff can and will happen.

There's going to be recessions, there's going to be crashes, there's going to be a financial crisis at some point again in the future, there's going to be volatility, all these things.

And I think if you're not optimistic, if you're a pessimistic person, you can let those things kind of get you down and keep you out of the market, keep you from investing.

And so, I think you have to have a glass-half-full view to be someone who does stay invested, even in the face of bad things that can and will happen.

Yeah.

If you're going to be more conservative.

Yeah.

Say, you know, fine.

I, you have the stock market.

I'm going to invest in real estate or I'm going to invest in bonds or whatever it is.

You have to just understand the trade-offs and then adjust your financial life accordingly.

Right.

If I, if you're a more conservative investor, maybe you're just gonna have to save more or you're going to not have to spend as much or whatever it is, but,

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