Welcome to Ask The Compound, the weekly show where Ben Carlson, Duncan Hill, and a rotating cast of
"This week, I witnessed the craziest thing I’ve ever seen in the stock market. A merry band of trade
"Finding historical parallels to the pandemic ground hog day circumstances is all but impossible: St
"Which matters more to equities, valuations or the economy? This is not an abstract academic questio
"Just developing the habit of putting money aside – and accomplishing that goal right away – may be
"By accepting the potential for losses today, we earn the potential returns of tomorrow. Once you ha
"Learning to spend a little less in the present and a bit more in the future isn’t easy. We live in
"Perhaps the secret to long-term investing success is not to lose your password, but to entrust it t
"The constitution does not require you to turn over your home or businesses or any other property to
"What is so striking about all of the people embracing unorthodox views isn’t that they are insane,
"So much of the success for any investment or wealth-building strategy comes down to your personalit
"When speculation is running rampant, as I believe it currently is, people stop thinking about the f
"What is the penalty for being wrong? It is a surprisingly complicated question." - Barry RitholtzFo
"Simple beats complex in investing and life." - Tony IsolaFor more visit: A Teachable MomentFor disc
"As with any ‘investment’ you need to go in with your eyes wide open and recognize that what you are
"I might take a lot of heat for writing this, but I’m going to write it anyway. If you’ve made life-
"Vanguard and iShares basically killed the star mutual fund manager in recent decades." - Ben Carlso
"Regardless of which risky asset classes you have in your portfolio, as this post illustrates, buyin
"There’s a very simple way to avoid bear markets. What you do is pull all of your money out of the s
"The biggest issue: the failure of Congress to pass the broadest stimulus package in the depths of t
"Had you followed Fred Schwed’s maxim for dying rich, you’d have been out of stocks long ago. And ye
