WCI #297: A Wealth Of Common Sense with Ben Carlson
White Coat Investor Podcast
Dr. Jim Dahle of the White Coat Investor
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Ben Carlson is our guest on the podcast today. He is a financial advisor, author, blogger, podcaster and self professed introvert. Todays discussion will have a little something for everyone as they cover a broad range of topics from inflation to crypto currency to how to pick an asset allocation and stick to it. They also get into more philosophical topics such as how to not let money ruin your life.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the White Code Investor Podcast, where we help those who wear the White Code get a fair shake on Wall Street. |
| 0:05.3 | We've been helping doctors and other high-income professionals stop doing dumb things with their money since 2011. |
| 0:15.0 | This episode is sponsored by All Global Circle. |
| 0:17.6 | You have valuable knowledge and can always use a little extra money. |
| 0:20.4 | The All Global Circle community is set up to provide a clear, easy, and efficient means of communication |
| 0:25.0 | between the pharmaceutical industry, the research industry, |
| 0:28.0 | and those professionals who are using new developments and end products on an ongoing daily basis. |
| 0:32.8 | If All Global Circle can get you a survey to take within 90 days, |
| 0:36.4 | they'll pay you a loyalty bonus just for logging in and checking a couple of times per month. |
| 0:40.8 | By signing up at whitecodeinvestor.com slash global, |
| 0:44.9 | you'll get an extra $50 just for being a member of the WCI community. |
| 0:49.0 | All right, welcome back to the podcast. |
| 0:50.8 | New Year, New Year, and Wish You a Lot of Luck and a Lot of Success in your careers this year. |
| 0:57.8 | In your finances this year, we don't know what the markets will do. |
| 1:01.2 | But if you're doing this correctly, your success does not depend on the markets. |
| 1:05.4 | As a long-term investor, the markets are down. |
| 1:08.2 | You get more shares. |
| 1:09.5 | If the markets are up, they're shares you're already own or worth more. |
| 1:12.2 | It's really a win-win situation either way when you have a solid financial plan in place. |
| 1:18.4 | If you don't have one, get one, please. |
| 1:21.2 | You need one. You need a written financial plan. |
| 1:23.7 | When I survey whitecode investors only half of you have one. |
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