How To Smooth Out Your Investing Ride...or not (SB1668)
The Stacking Benjamins Show
Joe Saul-Sehy and Josh ‘OG’ Bannerman, CFP
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2025
⏱️ 58 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.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, hey everyone, just a reminder to tell Joe's mom she looks like she lost weight, |
| 0:07.0 | because I accidentally parked on the grass again. |
| 0:10.0 | Hey guys, mics are hot, quiet on the set. |
| 0:19.0 | Live from Joe's mom's basement, it's the stacking Benjamin show. |
| 0:37.2 | I'm Joe's mom's neighbor, Duggan, with all of us talk about tariffs and trade wars and consumer buying slowdowns. |
| 0:44.0 | How do you effectively hedge against all of this volatility? |
| 0:48.3 | Whether you're new to investing or a seasoned pro, we'll talk about smoothing out your ride in the stock market on today's show. |
| 0:56.4 | Plus, we'll help Stacker Ryan decide between using a diversified portfolio or a single fund |
| 1:02.7 | that combines the best of all worlds. Why not just keep investing simple? All that plus our |
| 1:09.7 | world famous TikTok minute and my world |
| 1:12.9 | famous trivia challenge and now two guys who are buckled in and more like |
| 1:17.7 | strapped down to their gurneys and they're cleared for takeoff it's Joe and |
| 1:22.8 | oh Jha Jha J J J J Jee I just want to know what airline you've been flying duck strapped your gurney and ready for takeoff. |
| 1:32.4 | Hey everybody. |
| 1:33.3 | Welcome to Doug's weird airline fantasy podcast. |
| 1:38.6 | I'm Joe Salci. |
| 1:39.6 | I have Joe Money on the tweeter machine. |
| 1:43.5 | And man, we are ready to roll on a potpourri episode, OG, |
| 1:48.5 | because we've got topics and more topics and heck even more topics. How are you today, my friend? |
| 1:54.7 | I am just happy to be here. Thanks for asking. How are you doing today? I am happy you're here, |
| 2:00.4 | but you and I getting some |
| 2:01.4 | rain like the next five days in a row. It's supposed to rain. You build in your arc? You know how people |
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