The Risk v. Reward Paradox

About this episode

Ben Carlson discusses common sense investing strategies in the context of the current stock market dynamics.

This headline driven stock market has tested investors’ ability to keep their animal spirits from taking over. But, history has proven repeatedly that time in the market and compounding are undefeated. Ben Carlson, author of “Risk & Reward”, and the co-host of the Animal Spirits podcast, drops in with the latest examples of common sense investing and time-tested strategies that work in any market. Plus, Space X has made its IPO plans public, and its $24 trillion ambitions go way beyond space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Caleb Silver

Guest: Ben Carlson

Topics covered

• stock market
• investing
• risk and reward
• IPO
• Space X
• compounding
• animal spirits

Keywords

• stock market
• investing
• risk
• reward
• IPO
• Space X
• compounding
• animal spirits

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Animal Spirits, Space X

Books & works: Risk & Reward

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