#4 Jason Zweig: Elevate Your Financial IQ

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

Farnam Street

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2015

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

WSJ columnist Jason Zweig and I tackle important topics like how to be a smarter investor, filtering out noise, why philosophy and history matters, and his new book, The Devil’s Financial Dictionary.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Knowledge Project on your host Shane Parish.
0:12.6	I'm the author of the Farmstreet blog, a website with over 65,000 readers that's dedicated
0:17.3	to mastering the best of what other people have already figured out.
0:20.7	In the Knowledge Project, I interview people from around the world so we can learn from
0:24.5	them, expand our minds, and challenge our thinking.
0:30.2	In this episode, recorded live in New York, I have Jason's way.
0:33.9	Jason writes the Intelligent Investor column for the Wall Street Journal.
0:37.3	He's also written books like Your Money and Your Brain, The Little Book of Safe Money,
0:41.2	and taken part in revised editions of the Intelligent Investor.
0:44.3	He's got a new book coming out called The Devil's Financial Dictionary that we'll talk
0:47.6	about.
0:48.6	Jason is an extraordinary person who offers historical perspectives on today's seemingly
0:53.4	important financial news.
0:55.4	In this episode, we talk about a host of things, including what his day looks like, why he adds
0:59.7	a philosophical and historical view to his columns.
1:03.1	The relentless flow of news, his new book, The Devil's Financial Dictionary, and what
1:07.8	the average investor should do.
1:10.3	So without further ado, I hope you'll enjoy the conversation with Jason.
1:14.2	If you do enjoy it, please let me know.
1:15.9	I'm at Farmstreet, F-A-R-N-A-M, Street, ST-R-E-E-T on Twitter.
1:22.8	And thank you for listening.
1:30.7	But first, here's a word from our sponsor.
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