Fear Mosquitoes, Not Investing: Ben Carlson Tells Us to Learn to Love Stocks

In his new book, Risk & Reward, financial analyst Ben Carlson uses a wealth of historical data to defend U.S. stocks as the ultimate wealth-building machine. While Carlson effectively uses psychology and past market performance to encourage investors to ride out short-term volatility, the text reveals that long-term success often depends heavily on having decades for early investments to compound.

By John Coumarianos