Welcome to Radical Personal Finance a show dedicated to providing you with the knowledge, skills, insight and encouragement you need to live a rich and meaningful life now, while building a plan for financial freedom in 10 years or less.

My name is Joshua, I am your host. Today we're going to talk about how stocks

always go up. Radical personal finance listener Benjamin writes in in the Radical Personal finance Facebook group a few months back

Joshua stated something along the lines of quote if the fed in Congress can dump an

insane amount of money and save this sinking ship one last time that would be awesome it would also mean I would

triple down on my bed against the future of x y z close quote that seemed to have

happened I don't see how it's at all sustainable and actually reflects the real economic state the United States is in,

but the market is indeed at an all-time high again

Despite the apparent dismal economic future that looms,

sorry, that looms.

I took a strong cash position in late March.

It seemed wise at the time.

Six months later, I personally know many people who were out of work

whose companies in the corporate

event space have completely collapsed yet the market carries onward and

upward as if the realities of many of my colleagues have absolutely no bearing on

the economic state.

No regrets, no grudges, my family's social wealth and mental health are higher than ever.

This post is a small challenge to radical personal finance to address this fact. The bet on the US stock market feels like it is an almost

guaranteed bet at this point based on what the Fed has done. What do you do with this

information knowing that it is not sustainable? As for me, I will continue to bet on me.

I'll continue to increase my flows of income,

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