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A Little Ahead (Vs. A Little Behind) Why doing less can lead to doing better! Whose Cup Are You Filling? I’m going to let this idea change…

A few months before he died Pope Francis offered some advice to his fellow preachers on how to approach a homily to the congregation: Speaking off-the-cuff,…

Spencer Jakab at The Wall Street Journal makes the case that we could use a long bear market: He explains: The average time to reach the…

A reader asks: Let’s say I have a brother. Let’s say he was on a lucky hot streak this year YOLO’ing into the most speculative plays…

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I love following the markets. The craziness. The companies. The historical returns. The risks. The investor behavior. The numbers. The psychology. All of it. But the…

Posted November 17, 2025 by Ben Carlson Today’s Talk Your Book is brought to you by State Street Investment Management: See here for more information on State…

Michael and I were out in Las Vegas last week to put on a live Animal Spirits at the annual FPA conference. It was a fun…

Why Aren’t Smart People Happier? Intelligence is easy; life, undefined as it is, is hard. You Don’t Need a Reason Is this true? Is it perfectly…

I’ve always been a glass-is-half-full kind of person. I don’t worry too much about things outside of my control. I try not to get stuck in…