One of the hardest parts about writing my book on financial scams, frauds, charlatans, and hucksters was figuring out what to include and what to leave out. Every time I read a book or story about a ridiculous financial scheme it would be topped by the next one I read. Here are some straight from…
Ben Carlson
Introducing My New Book – Don’t Fall For It: A Short History of Financial Scams
My new book, Don’t Fall For It, is out now!
Animal Spirits: Millennials on Communism
This week’s Animal Spirits with Michael & Ben is supported by YCharts: Mention Animal Spirits and receive 20% off your subscription price when you initially sign up for the service. We discuss: The future of books Why the future of publishing is all Amazon Why the relationship between markets and geopolitics isn’t as simple as you’d think Why…
My First Piece in Fortune Magazine
Something I never would have imagined when I started writing about finance.
10 Things Investors Can Expect in 2020
My non-prediction predictions for the year ahead.
I Gotta Say, It Was a Good Year
2019 was a good year for risk assets. Basically everything worked this past year: Large caps, mid caps, small caps, foreign stocks, emerging markets, REITs, bonds, TIPS, and gold were all much higher in 2019. If you couldn’t make money last year you were extremely unlucky, concentrated in the wrong securities or betting against the…
No One Wants to Follow a Pessimist
Why leaders have to be optimistic about the future.
Animal Spirits: Everybody’s Busy
On this week’s Animal Spirits with Michael and Ben… We discuss: Why do Americans work so much? Why hasn’t innovation made us happier? Tech bros vs finance bros Shopify’s approach to running a happier organization Why “busy” is such a crutch Why most private equity associates and MDs feel underpaid Is college becoming less important…
The 2010s Market Decade in Review
What happened in the 2010s in the markets.
Peter Lynch: The Barry Sanders of Investing
One Up on Wall Street is one of the first 5 or 6 investing books I read early on in my career when I still knew nothing about how the markets operate. I enjoyed it mostly because Lynch’s affection for the markets is infectious. His love for the game of investing leaps off the pages…
