Is Optimism an Important Trait for Investors?

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The process really does have to start with your goals. And it turns out that the rest of it gets easier if you start there. I saw a statistic the other day that we've gone from having 70% of the world's population living in just terrible abject poverty to just 10%. If you don't think the future is going to be better than it is today, then why are you investing anyway?

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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