Ben Carlson

How to Spend Money

I love this story from Gene Hackman about lending some money to Dustin Hoffman in their younger days and how Hoffman used to budget his money:     Hoffman’s mason jar strategy is probably better than 90% of the budgets in this country for the simple fact that many households don’t have one. You can…

Animal Spirits: The Smart Money

We discuss: Is the bond market really the smart money? Why aren’t bond yields rising is inflation is coming? Can the Fed keep a lid on rising rates? Where have all the small public companies gone? The Stubstack bull market Fractional investing is a win for investors Why is gold rising? Where does GLD buy…