I’m continuing my journey to learning more about personal finance and a friend of mine recommended that I check this one out! The author is fairly well known in personal finance circles apparently1 so I figured it was worth checking out!
It’s good foundational stuff. The first half of the book has a lot of basic information about how stocks and bonds work, as well as the mechanics of how investing could work and how to set your goals.
Unfortunately, I am Canadian, so a lot of the more specific advice is not as useful for me. The tone comes across as very finance bro-y as well with a dash of FIRE movement, which is not my thing. He’s also very into Vanguard investments. Like, to the point where I think he has a share in the company for how much he emphasizes that everyone should use them and only them ever.
Overall, though, it’s not a bad starting point. I learned a lot about the basics of investing, and certainly enough that I could get started with something. Just… not Vanguard.
- Very early in this journey [↩]