A Market Crash is Coming! (…Eventually) | Peter Lazaroff - E77

A Market Crash is Coming! (…Eventually) | Peter Lazaroff - E77

Author: Jesse Cramer March 27, 2024 Duration: 56:18

Peter Lazaroff is the host of The Long Term Investor podcast and serves as the Chief Investment Officer at PlanCorp, a registered investment advisory in St. Louis. On today's show, Jesse and Peter talk about the cognitive challenge of investing at all-time highs. It's normal to feel like a crash might be coming; but it always feels that way, and you shouldn't be worried about it. If you're a long-term stock market investor and want to think a little more rationally or learn, this is the episode for you! 

 

Key Takeaways:

  • Why you should expect corrections and bear markets,, but shouldn't worry about them.

  • Why the stock market keeps going up, regardless of the political party in power.

  • Should you continue investing when the market is at an all-time high?

  • Why you shouldn't be worried about what's happening in the short run. 

  • How the evidence cuts both ways in investing, and how to simplify it.

  • Why you should diversify into global stocks.

  • How to prepare for a bear market.

 

Mentions:

🌐 Website: https://peterlazaroff.com/ 

👉🏼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterlazaroff/ 

🎙️ The Long Term Investor Podcast: https://peterlazaroff.com/podcast 

📚 The Market Crash Is Coming! (…Eventually): https://bestinterest.blog/market-crash/ 

📚 "Boring" Money Topics That I Find Fun: https://bestinterest.blog/boring-money-topics-that-i-find-fun/ 

📚 Decades of Zero Return: https://bestinterest.blog/decades-of-zero-return/ 

 

More of The Best Interest:

Check out the Best Interest Blog at bestinterest.blog

Contact me at jesse@bestinterest.blog

 

The Best Interest Podcast is a personal podcast meant for educational and entertainment. It should not be taken as financial advice, and is not prescriptive of your financial situation.


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