Ben Carlson

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@awealthofcs

Trying to bring some common sense to the world of finance.

NEW BOOK: amzn.to/4bEiQs2

Grand Rapids, MI awealthofcommonsense.com Joined December 2009

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Ben Carlson @awealthofcs May 12

It's publication day for my new book!

Risk & Reward is now available

Tons of my favorite charts, stories and anecdotes

I read the audio version of the book myself

I had a lot of fun writing this

I think it's the best thing I've ever written

Ben Carlson @awealthofcs 42m

How are US household finances looking?

Incomes are higher

Net worth is at all-time highs

Credit card debt is reasonable

The economy is far from perfect but US households have repaired their balance sheets after the GFC destroyed them

awealthofcommonsense.com/2026/11/how-ar…

Ben Carlson @awealthofcs 1h

Drawdowns from the highs:

Coreweave -74%
Oracle -65%
Intel -59%
Netflix -53%
Nvidia -30%
Google -29%
Tesla -24%
S&P 500 -4%

Ben Carlson @awealthofcs 1h

Jensen’s best bet right now is to pull a George Costanza after he slept w/the cleaning lady at work

Ben Carlson @awealthofcs 1d

Question from a reader:

Wants to put $400k into dividend-paying stocks to live off the income for retirement

Doesn't want to touch the principal

Doesn't want to lose more than 10-15%

Is this realistic?

What would you tell him?

awealthofcommonsense.com/2026/11/is-it-…