A finance professor. A disciplined investor. And one surprising result: his wife’s portfolio became more than 2x his.

In this episode of The Long Game, I speak with Dr. Vidhu Shekhar, who has seen finance from academia, banking, private equity, fintech, and behavioral finance.

But the most powerful lesson from this conversation is surprisingly simple:

Personal finance is not stock picking.

A lot of smart salaried people think investing means finding the next hot stock, chasing IPOs, timing trends, or following what everyone is talking about online. But Dr. Shekhar explains why that approach often hurts people more than it helps.

In this conversation, we discuss:

• Why personal finance is different from active investing
• Why stock picking is a full-tim ...