How To Smooth Out Your Investing Ride...or not (SB1668)

The Stacking Benjamins Show

Joe Saul-Sehy | Cumulus Podcast Network

Investing, Business, Self-improvement, Education

4.2 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Market volatility, overthinking portfolios, and why simple might be smarter. Trade wars. Tariffs. Tumbling markets. When headlines scream and your portfolio wobbles, what’s a Stacker to do? Today, we tackle how to invest confidently during uncertain times—without overcomplicating your strategy or losing sleep. We start by breaking down smart ways to manage volatility, whether you’re just getting started or already a seasoned investor. Then we dig into a great question from Stacker Ryan: should you stick with a diversified portfolio or choose a one-stop fund solution like those from Dimensional or Avantis? 🧠 In this episode: How to hedge against market swings without panicking Why keeping it simple could beat fancy fund strategies What most investors get wrong about stock market “danger” The power of a long-term mindset and how it pays off Tips for building confidence in your own investment decisions We also take a break for the TikTok Minute (yes, we found another gem), and Doug brings a trivia challenge that'll take you back to the dawn of the space race. And later, we open the mailbag: A listener asks how to plan solo for retirement ...and also wonders how much is too much for an emergency fund It’s a full basement session—investing insights, listener Q&A, and a few unexpected left turns. FULL SHOW NOTES: https://stackingbenjamins.com/talking-about-taxes-and-tariffs-in-your-investment-plan-1667 Deeper dives with curated links, topics, and discussions are in our newsletter, The 201, available at https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/201 Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Are you someone who tries to drive all distracted by your phone?
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1:18.6	Live from Joe's mom's basement, it's the Stacking Benjamin Show.
1:31.4	I'm Joe's mom's neighbor, Duggan, with all of us talk about tariffs and trade wars and consumer buying slowdowns.
1:47.8	How do you effectively hedge against all of this volatility?
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