Ben Carlson, Director of Institutional Asset Management at Ritholtz Wealth Management, joins the show to discuss how understanding the history and cyclical nature of the financial markets can help you be a better investor, why the counterintuitive strategy of sitting on your hands and doing nothing can improve investment decisions and minimize mistakes, big tech's dominance, and disconnecting the definition of wealth from money. Hosted by Morgan Housel and Doug Boneparth.

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