{"podcast":{"title":"Crazy Wealthy Podcast","slug":"crazy-wealthy-podcast-7065850","podcast_index_feed_id":7065850,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/crazy-wealthy-podcast/","website_url":"https://crazy-wealthy-podcast.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e7637977-bcf1-46bf-983a-cae8e018a5d9/7f9cHL2LJ8aYJAuhzpJp93ua.jpg","author":"Jonathan Blau","episode_count":43,"summary":"The Crazy Wealthy Podcast is a personal finance and investing podcast focused on behavioral finance, financial planning, wealth management, retirement planning, and smart investing strategies for long-term financial success. This podcast helps listeners understand how emotions, biases, and financial news impact money decisions and investing outcomes. Hosted by financial advisor and behavioral finance specialist Jonathan Blau, The Crazy Wealthy Podcast simplifies complex topics in personal finance, investing, portfolio management, budgeting, saving, and risk management. Each episode delivers practical, actionable insights designed to help listeners make rational financial decisions, avoid emotional investing, and stay focused on long-term wealth building goals. This investing and personal finance podcast explores how market volatility, inflation, interest rates, economic trends, and financial headlines influence investor behavior. Jonathan breaks down why fear, overconfidence, and short-term thinking can derail financial plans and how disciplined financial planning and investment strategy help protect and grow wealth over time. Whether you are a professional, entrepreneur, business…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T14:18:22.990513+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crazy-wealthy-podcast-7065850"},"episode":{"title":"Fix It Friday - From Wall Street to Main Street: How the S&P 500 Benchmark Became a Dangerous Standard","slug":"fix-it-friday-from-wall-street-to-main-street-how-the-s-p-500-benchmark-became-a-dangerous-standard","published_at":"2025-08-08T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crazy-wealthy-podcast-7065850/fix-it-friday-from-wall-street-to-main-street-how-the-s-p-500-benchmark-became-a-dangerous-standard","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crazy-wealthy-podcast-7065850","url":"https://crazy-wealthy-podcast.captivate.fm/episode/fix-it-friday-ep-13-from-wall-street-to-main-street-how-the-sp-500-benchmark-became-a-dangerous-standard","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/aef63c4e-89f1-4922-8c50-5650fd29a48c.mp3","summary":"Welcome to Fix-It Friday, the podcast segment that simplifies financial strategies to help you make smarter decisions. Hosted by Jonathan Blau, CEO of Fusion Family Wealth. Each episode dives into common biases that impact our financial choices—and how to fix them. This week, Jonathan tackles the investment public's obsession with the Standard and Poor's 500 or the S&P 500 index and challenges the common practice of benchmark comparison. He advocates for a goal-oriented approach to investing that prioritizes personal financial objectives over market performance. IN THIS EPISODE: [00:00] Introduction to investors’ obsession with the S&P 500 index [01:29] Jonathan explores the origin of S&P 500 obsession and its pitfalls [03:31] The importance of goal-oriented investing and creating a solid plan [06:36] Dangers of frequent portfolio checking and its impact on investment decisions [07:37] Real-world example: Lessons from the 2020 pandemic market recovery [09:10] Summary and recommendations for effective long-term investing KEY TAKEAWAYS: Benchmark obsession can distract investors from their main financial goals. There's no statistical evidence to support the consistent outperformance of random benchmarks, such as the S&P 500. Successful investing involves establishing clear goals, creating a plan, and choosing investments with historical returns that align with your objectives. An investor's plan should be the true benchmark for measuring success, not market indices. Adjustments should be based on life events rather than market fluctuations. Frequent portfolio checking can lead to harmful investment decisions driven by overconfidence or loss aversion bias, especially during market volatility. Diversification and maintaining a long-term perspective are cruc…","meta_description":"Welcome to Fix-It Friday, the podcast segment that simplifies financial strategies to help you make smarter decisions. 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