Investing Made Simple: Index Fund Investing and ETF Investing Explained in 100 Pages or Less Paperback – January 2, 2018

People ask me questions all the time about investing. The most important principle I always tell them, and begin with is: Buy Low! Sell High! If you don't do that, nothing else works. However, there are different ways to do this. There are techniques and instruments and investments that help us to do that, some better than others. Unless we know what these are, they cannot help us. And, not all of us are familiar with these. We all need to learn what is there. We need to know how to use them. For instance, what may be good for investing when we are young, may not be appropriate when we are older, on a fixed income, or require liquidity. There are investments that can promise growth of our money. There are investments that are more suitable for preserving our capital. There are not too many things most of us need to know to be successful investors. However, we need to know some things. We should be familiar with what is available, the potentials, the risks, etc. before we put our well-earned money into the hands of a financial manager, mutual funds, or go it ourselves into the markets. Yes, there may be some experimenting until we become more comfortable. We must definitely develop an investment strategy that we are comfortable and which suits our needs, long-term and short-term. There are conservative, somewhat aggressive, and the most aggressive strategies. The more we are willing to take risks, the greater the potential for rewards. We must certainly be wise and invest, in many cases, only that which we might be prepared to (but not necessarily) lose. A book like this can help us (or others we advise) to begin this process and gather enough crucial knowledge that will help us to invest our hard-earned capital with the best approach to be able to: Buy Low! Sell High!

I just graduated from college, and I wish I’d read this in high school. My roommate’s mother who works as a financial consultant recommended it. This book is the clearest introduction to investing I’ve found anywhere. It helped me understand all the options, and it uses academic research to back up its recommendations. It’s easy to read, requiring very little prior knowledge, and gives you great advice about how to invest your savings responsibly. I’m lucky to have found this gem so early in my career so I know I’ll be able to save for long term goals like buying a house, having kids, and retiring comfortably!

After my 35 plus years of investing, I totally agree accept with his overall recommendation to use bond mutual funds for the fixed income portion. Normally I would agree, however with interest rates at about 40 year lows, and going up, laddered new issue bank cd's between 1 through 5 years is better. Vanguard, Fidelity, or Schwab can 'hand hold' through the process for free and no commissions or annual expenses. Plus the are federally insured.

Great book for beginners. I buy these to give to people who have given no thought as to how to prepare for their future...and there are a lot of these. I was one of them, and thankfully I woke up in time, so I have made it a point to try to urge young people to give some thought to their financial future. This book is very accessible to someone who "hasn't got a clue." Several people I know began saving and investing as a result of reading the copy I gave them, and it is going to make a world of difference to them when they reach retirement age. So if you are one of the people "without a clue," this is the book for you.

This did a good job of demystifying a lot of investing concepts. Having done some additional reading since, I can say that this was a very solid introduction and I'm happy to have had the opportunity to start here as opposed to having to wade through the dregs of the internet trying to find clear, concise information.

If you're starting out on investing, this book is a very-much appreciated start and this is coming from a fellow newbie. I really appreciated the addressing of the facts from fiction on the consumer economics behind the investment sector. The sector that monitors sectors. I believe this book sets the tone of the proper perspective one should have before investing.The book establishes a baseline and inserts itself right in the middle of most americans, investment instruments for wealth and financial advisers. I don't believe any favors were made by writing this book except to be honest with the readers. Having just recently started investing as I approach 40 I've become more of an open airwave antenna picking up all the market news and signals. We have input sensors on 16 hours a day and we need to be cognizant of 'decision triggers'. The author associates the same principles to investing and tactfully shows the alternate view. The polite presentation of the views allow room for the investigative reader to explorer riskier areas (stocks). The tech stocks these days seem to be a lighthouse (not like the light bulb on the cover, but I'm in Tech... can't.. reeezist).The author is a CPA as clearly noted on the cover. That is, the letter designation for passing the much harder Series test. Ok, so I didn't mention the contents of the book. Hey, it's a "100 pages or less" and the man deserves his keep.

It does what it says on the cover. It covers in less than 100 pages simple investing advice. This advice, however, is available online on easily to find and free website so I am not sure it was money well spent for me. Should have invested it....dooh

Explica de forma muy sencilla la filosofía de ingestión pasiva (Bogle). No profundiza mucho, pero las indicaciones son buenas para empezar. Está muy enfocado a productos de inversión que no se encuentran en España, pero es normal para un libro en inglés, claro está. Lo recomiendo para quienes se inicien en los fondos de inversión con ánimo largoplacista.

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Index fund investing is certainly the way for us middle class, middle to older age people should be investing. After the scandal of the mutual funds over the last 25 years, it is really great to read books and guides on how to choose the best index funds. That is why I purchased this book. However, it was a little disappointing. It was good in the sense that it promoted index fund investing, but like so many weaker writers, he assumed his audience was pretty simple minded. In fact, most investors have become very sophisticated over the years and what we need is a guide which helps us to think through all the important factors to keep in mind when investing.I realize the title says "Investing Made Simple" and I did keep that in mind when I was reading. Nevertheless, investing is never simple. I believe the average return for the average investor over the last 50 years has been around 2%. This is unacceptable given that indexes have been growing around 9% a year and we need the power of compounding to allow us to accumulate enough capital to be able to retire with a reasonable income as we grow older.I wish I could recommend a better guide. The books by John Bogle are good, but for many people untrained in the investment industry they can be quite daunting. And some writers are recommending exchange traded funds (ETFs) just like all the hype about mutual funds so many years ago. ETFs have proliferated to the point where is can be very confusing for someone not trained in investment analysis. What is needed is a good solid guide for sophisticated savers who need help thinking through and deciding on the key elements and factors which will lead to a positive investment experience with index funds and ETFs.

The books keeps its promises. Simple, clear, a good cut through all the bs we are bombarded everyday with. You won't become a seasoned investor right after you finish the book, but it's a great start to go with further more detailed analysis. Good book whatsoever.