3517: Are My Investments Good? by Jesse Cramer of Best Interest on Rethinking Commutes

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🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3517: Jesse Cramer breaks down a deceptively simple question by showing that the value of any investment depends entirely on your goals, time horizon, and strategy. He contrasts emotional stock picking with disciplined, research-driven decisions, ultimately making a compelling case that for most people, simple index fund investing is a smarter, more reliable path to long-term success. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://bestinterest.blog/are-my-investments-good/ Quotes to ponder: "Hand-picking stocks is hard, and you’re probably not smarter than the market." "Investing is a no called-strike game." "I can’t tell the difference between good pitches and bad pitches, so the market throws me average pitches every single day." Episode references: A Random Walk Down Wall Street: https://www.amazon.com/Random-Walk-Down-Wall-Street/dp/0393358380 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.0	This is Optimal Finance Daily. Are my investments good by Jesse Kramer of bestinterest.blog?
0:38.8	Today we're starting with a common question, and we're going to answer it from a few different
0:43.7	points of view.
0:45.2	College student Caesar asked me, Jesse, take a look at my investments.
0:50.2	Do you think they're good?
0:52.0	Sounds simple enough.
0:53.3	Are my investments good?
0:55.2	But there's more to the question than meets the eye, so let's get to work.
0:59.6	Why are you investing?
1:02.2	Caesar is a college sophomore, 20 years old.
1:05.5	His current portfolio is a collection of five individual stocks from five different companies,
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