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20 Jul

Animal Spirits: Extreme Cost Cutting

On today’s show we discuss peaking inflation, confused banks, whys stocks are the best inflation hedge, and much more.

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19 Jul

The Longest & Shortest Bear Markets

My latest Fortune piece looks at how to think about bear markets depending on where you are in your investing lifecycle.

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17 Jul

The Last Time Inflation Was This High

Similarities and differences between now and the inflationary 1970s and early–1980s.

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15 Jul

Stocks For the Long Run

Stocks, bonds and cash over the long run and the short run.

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14 Jul

What Returns Should You Expect For Stocks & Bonds Over the Long Haul?

What are the real returns investors should expect in stocks and bonds going forward?

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13 Jul

Animal Spirits: Volatility Hits Main Street

On today’s show, we discuss stocks for the long run, Elon’s Twitter debacle, the labor market vs. inflation, the number of cycles we’ve experienced since the pandemic, peak inflation, and much more.

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12 Jul

Why the Financial Goalposts Are Always Moving

Why doesn’t more money make you happier?

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11 Jul

Talk Your Book: The State of Commodities

On today’s show, we’re joined by Sal Gilbertie of Teucrium ETFs to give us an update on global commodities markets, Russia’s weaponization of wheat, and much more.

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10 Jul

Investing a Lump Sum When the Stock Market is Down

Lump sum vs. dollar cost averaging in a bear market.

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09 Jul

Talk Your Book: The State of Venture Capital

On today’s show, we discuss similarities between the late 90s and today, how tough it is to get VC exposure, current market dynamics within the private markets, and much more.

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BEN CARLSON, CFA

A Wealth of Common Sense is a blog that focuses on wealth management, investments, financial markets and investor psychology. I manage portfolios for institutions and individuals at Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. More about me here.  For disclosure information please see here. 

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