Ben Carlson

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The Rational Reminder Podcast · Ben Carlson: Investing at All-Time Highs | #412 · 4 Jun 2026 podcast

It's one way to doing things.

My way is the best way.

But then I met with so many other investors that have been successful doing other things.

People have been successful investing in individual stocks.

People have invested in index funds.

People are real estate investors and technical analysts.

There's tons of different ways to be successful.

I tend to think that the ways to be unsuccessful are all pretty common though.

I think anyone who pretends that they're smarter than the market is due for pain.

It's funny because many people think if they're smart in one area of life, that it's going to translate automatically into markets.

And it rarely ever does.

I've still yet to meet anyone who can consistently time the market.

Things like chasing performance.

And one of them that I really learned after the 2008 crisis was fighting the last war.

of like, okay, that big risk just happened.

How do we prepare for that one next time?

And the next risk is rarely like the last risk.

I think stuff like that is really tough.

I think anyone who panics during a downturn and changes their whole investment philosophy because they're living through bad times, I think that's a good way to lose some money.

One of them that I've been harping on for a while is just kind of ignoring the billionaires out there who are giving you advice about what to do and saying, I'm going short the market or I'm predicting a recession or the biggest thing.

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