Is Now a Good Time to Pick Stocks? The Pros & Cons of Active Investing with Jack Raines

Published: June 29, 2022, 4 a.m.

Given current market conditions, it seemed like a good time to revisit the age-old temptation for investors: Should I\u2026try to stop the bleeding and make more active investment choices? Surely I could do better than -22%!\nIn most personal finance circles, this question is heresy\u2014but lucky for you, I like to rock the boat. We\u2019re digging into the case against active, some oddly compelling arguments for it, and everything in between in this week\u2019s episode. Don\u2019t call the FI/RE department on me! (See what I did there?)\nI'm joined by Jack Raines of the blog Young Money (https://www.youngmoney.co/) today to discuss 'the true cost of alpha.' (Alpha = an investment's ability to beat the market.)\nThis is also our first episode with a listener Q&A. Today\u2019s is about commission income: How it\u2019s taxed, how to budget for it, and how to invest it. Got a question you want answered? Make sure you\u2019re following Money with Katie on Instagram, where you\u2019ll see our call for questions!\n\u2014\nMentioned in the Episode\n\nJack's article, A New Definition of Alpha\n\n\nNick's article, Why You Shouldn't Pick Individual Stocks\n\n\nDalio's book, The Changing World Order\n\n\nMike Green interview on Resolve's Gestalt University\n\n\nFollow Along\n\nListen to Money with Katie here: https://www.podpage.com/money-with-katie-show/\n\n\nRead Money with Katie: https://moneywithkatie.com/\n\n\n\xa0\nFollow Money with Katie!\n\nInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/moneywithkatie/\n\n\nTwitter - https://twitter.com/moneywithkatie\n\n\nTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@moneywithkatie\n\n\n\nThis episode is sponsored by Betterment.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices