I just finished reading TheBogleheads’ Guide to Investing. It’s an interesting book. Excellent forbeginning investors. It’s loaded with lots of practical, common sense, advice.Did I learn anything?
I learned a few things fromthis book. Here are my notes.
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Some GoodTips
- Choose and live a soundfinancial lifestyle. We need to pay off our credit card debt, establish anemergency fund, get our spending under control, and most importantly, learn howto live below our means.
- Start to save early and investregularly.
- Indexing via low-cost mutualfunds is a strategy that will, over time, most likely outperform the vastmajority of strategies.
- Costsmatter.
- Taxes can be your biggestexpense.
- Rebalancing isimportant.
- Market timing and performancechasing are poor investment strategies.
- Invest for your children’seducation.
- Tune out the noise and do notget distracted by daily news events.
- We need to master our emotionsif we want to be successful investors.
RecommendedBooks
For NoviceInvestors
The Informed Investor: Aneasy-to-understand explanation of how the market works.
The Coffeehouse Investor: Alittle book with a big message: How to invest simply andsuccessfully.
Straight Talk on Investing:Elegantly simple, eminently sensible, and delighfullyreadable.
For IntermediateInvestors
The Four Pillars of Investing:A brilliant, small-town doctor became fascinated with investing. The result isone of the best books on the subject.
Common Sense on Mutual Funds: Amust read for every investor.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street:A classic
The IntelligentInvestor
Bogle on Mutual Funds: May bethe best book about mutual fund investing.