Ben Carlson

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

There's tons of different ways for different people.

And I wanted to show that.

But for everyone, understanding your time horizon matters, and making trade-offs between risk and reward matters.

So, I wanted to talk about investing from a high level of the things that you should think through, regardless of how you invest.

That there are certain things that you should focus on, and thinking about the trade-offs between risk and reward is the big one.

Yeah, I think that that's the kind of thing that gets someone in trouble is if you make an investment, whatever you're buying, you're buying stocks, you're buying bonds, you're buying some private investment or something.

If you don't have the right time horizon in mind, I think it's really hard to understand, like when you should lean into the pain and buy more or when you should get out.

Right.

We have a hundred people who have a trade that turns into an investment, or an investment that turns into a trade.

So, I think defining that can help you understand how much pain you're willing to accept to get to the other side of it.

And then, the risk profile is probably the tougher one.

I'd lay it out that there's your willingness, your need, and ability to take risks.

Those are the big things that matter.

And two of the three you can quantify, right?

Your need to take risk is just essentially, like, what is the expected return you need based on your current savings rate and current size of your portfolio to reach your financial goals, right?

What do you need to get out of your portfolio to get there?

Your ability to take risk is basically your current financial circumstances, right?

Where do you stand?

What's your net worth?

How big is your portfolio?

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