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Ben Carlson

@awealthofcs

Trying to bring some common sense to the world of finance. Book: amzn.to/1FmQOXf Podcast: awealthofcommonsense.com/podcast/

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Some things I don't spend money on: Golf Starbucks High-end booze Pricey sunglasses Hedge funds Middle-aged dad shoes Luxury vehicles awealthofcommonsense.com/2025/05/some-t…

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Is Financial Education Working? | Animal Spirits 413 Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick discuss how retail became the smart money, why long-term investing caught on, chances of re-testing the lows, millionaires next door, takeout food culture, the broken housing market and more!🔥

Is Financial Education Working? | Animal Spirits 413

<a href="/awealthofcs/">Ben Carlson</a> and <a href="/michaelbatnick/">Michael Batnick</a> discuss how retail became the smart money, why long-term investing caught on, chances of re-testing the lows, millionaires next door, takeout food culture, the broken housing market and more!🔥
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Animal Spirits: Is Financial Education Working? Retail is the smart money now? Where is the $$$ coming from to buy the dips? Do valuations still matter? When will consumers feel the tariff impact? Real estate demographics & more awealthofcommonsense.com/2025/05/animal…

Animal Spirits: Is Financial Education Working?

Retail is the smart money now?

Where is the $$$ coming from to buy the dips?

Do valuations still matter?

When will consumers feel the tariff impact?

Real estate demographics &amp; more

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YO! Robinhood Chief Brokerage Officer Steve Quirk is joining Ben Carlson and Duncan Hill on YT and X at 1pm ET to discuss when buying the dip will stop working, the future of retail trading, AI as an advisor, and more! Don't miss it👇💸 YT🎥youtube.com/live/U4yAJyFix…

YO! <a href="/RobinhoodApp/">Robinhood</a> Chief Brokerage Officer <a href="/SteveQuirk_/">Steve Quirk</a> is joining <a href="/awealthofcs/">Ben Carlson</a> and <a href="/duncanhillphoto/">Duncan Hill</a> on YT and X at 1pm ET to discuss when buying the dip will stop working, the future of retail trading, AI as an advisor, and more! Don't miss it👇💸

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10 year treasury yields have gone from a low of 4% to 4.6% in a little more than a month Seems scary But one year ago from today yields were...4.5% Choose your narrative

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Realistic headlines you don't see: Stocks are down because they just went up a lot Stocks are up because they just went down a lot

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My working theory is that government debt and spending are just always going to rise and I don't think that's ever really going to change Ppl complain and get mad but nothing ever really changes

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Market/economic cycles this year: Jan/Feb: boom times, animal spirits Mar/early-April: recession, depression, deflation, financial crisis Late-April/early-May: boom times again Now: hyperinflation debt spiral Next month: recession again?

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When The Millionaire Next Door was published (1996) self-employed people made up less than 20% of the workers in America but accounted for nearly 2/3 of the millionaires Is The Millionaire Next Door still applicable today? awealthofcommonsense.com/2025/05/7-attr…

When The Millionaire Next Door was published (1996) self-employed people made up less than 20% of the workers in America but accounted for nearly 2/3 of the millionaires

Is The Millionaire Next Door still applicable today?

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Financial education is working Retail investors are more well-behaved than ever before The dumb money is now the smart money awealthofcommonsense.com/2025/05/the-du…

Financial education is working

Retail investors are more well-behaved than ever before

The dumb money is now the smart money

awealthofcommonsense.com/2025/05/the-du…