Ben Carlson: Exploring Risk and Reward

About this episode

Ben Carlson discusses the automatic investing revolution and lessons from past market bubbles.

The author of a new book about investing discusses the ‘automatic investing revolution’, what investors can learn from past bubbles, and the role of complacency in today’s market environment.

People in this episode

Guest: Ben Carlson

Topics covered

• risk
• reward
• investing
• market environment
• complacency
• bubbles

Keywords

• investing
• risk
• reward
• market bubbles
• complacency
• automatic investing

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: new book about investing

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