Sure, historically speaking, the stock market always goes up but will it continue to go up?! None of us are willing to make any predictions, but let’s just say that if that’s NOT the case, we’ve got much bigger problems at hand. But the fundamental question remains: why does the stock market grow? This question is answered today by Brian Feroldi, whose journey into the financial realm has led to writing over 3,000 articles on stocks and investing for the Motley Fool. He’s a YouTube star with millions of views where he explains the ins and outs of individual companies and broadly speaking the market as a whole. And Brian’s recent book: “Why Does the Stock Market Go Up?” is what we’re getting into today. This episode is an investing deep dive as we demystify some investing concepts like why stocks are the top performing asset class, what it means to ‘own stock’, why introverts are better investors than extroverts, investing in psychopaths, how to know if single stock investing is for you, and much more!

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