|  | Authors: Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, Michael LeBoeuf
Creator: John C. Bogle
Publisher: Wiley
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Rating:  63 reviews
Sales Rank: 6769
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Updated
Pages: 336
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0470067365
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.6
EAN: 9780470067369
ASIN: 0470067365
Publication Date: September 28, 2007
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Excellent December 21, 2008
Matthew Snyder
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In short, get it, it's a very helpful book.
I am fairly new to investing and felt that I was uncomfortable making choices as to what to choose as investments. This book gave me a great explanation of the many different choices to make in investing and how to go about them. This book actually covers more than just investing though, it touches on retirement and how to plan for it, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, insurance and a few other subjects that I felt were great topics and they covered well enough for me to understand, but didn't go into so much detail that I couldn't follow everything. In my honest opinion, every single school should be using this book and teaching kids about all the topics in here in 12th grade before they are released into the world. I've never read a book so fast in my life. In fact, I think that I did more reading in this book than I did in all of high school. It kept me interested and I don't feel that any of it was a waste of my time.
For more experienced investors, I could even see this being a great refresher on topics, and I know that in the future I will be referring back to it when making choices in the future.
A practical book charts a clear course September 3, 2008
Stephanie Giovannini (Saint Charles, MO United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book establishes a set of basic principles for investing and, to a lesser degree, personal finance. The authors propose the principles, explain them, illustrate them and show you how to apply them.
The book glances on non-investment personal finance topics including adopting a net worth mindset, emergency funds, estate planning, and insurance. The insurance chapter was very valuable and exposed several fallacious rationalizations people apply to insurance purchase decisions.
The meat of the book is investing. Investing is covered in great detail, including in-depth descriptions of various investments, how they work, and how (or if) you should use them. The coverage of the effect of taxes on your investments is detailed and invaluable. The costs of investing are examined, and when you know where to look, you may find some nasty surprises in your current investments, especially your 401k plan!
The entire book is highly opinionated, and I found that refreshing. The authors know what they're talking about, have a good idea of what the average person saving for retirement needs to do, and never fail to call it the way they see it. The writing style is fact-based advice, with humorous sayings sprinkled about, and is best described as "grandfatherly."
The chapter on behavioral economics was an eye-opener. I thought that I was smart enough not to fall for any of those traps. I smugly read through the first half of them, then recognized myself in "Paralysis by Analysis." Oh my. That gave me some food for thought, and a new outlook.
I did find the chapter on Asset Allocation to be lacking in practical advice. It only glanced on how to make an asset allocation for yourself, and didn't address the difficulties of balancing an asset allocation over multiple tax-advantaged accounts that have contribution limits and withdrawal penalties. (But there's a list of recommended reading in the back, and maybe one of those books will have more information on this topic.)
Having just finished the book, I'm going back through it and making a list of information I need and actions to take. I finally have a direction to go in, and not just more conflicting details!
Bogleheads: A Book That Makes Sense Out of Wall Street August 14, 2008
William Shakespeare (Holden, MA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
There is nothing like a Bear Market to get you to question a lot of things about the wonderful world of investing. Having said that, this book which focuses on the ideas of John Bogle is just the ticket to set you straight on a number of critically important investment concerns. Asset allocation, the importance of having the lowest costs, how the mutual fund businss really works, it's all here and it all makes perfect sense. I wish now that I had heard more of the wisdom that this man has been passing along for so many years while inventing index funds at Vanguard Investments. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to invest with greater confidence and success for the long term. It may well change the way you think about the world of Wall Street and investing. It did for me.
Best book to get if you don't want to invest by yourself. July 21, 2008
A. Brunkhorst (Houston, TX-USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is absolutely wonderful. Bogle goes through everything to do with mutual funds and index investing. He points out that its a no-brainer to invest in an index fund if you don't actively invest yourself. One of the best books on stock investing i have ever read.
 Good Investment July 20, 2008
A. Advincula (California, USA)
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
I received the 3 copies of this book I ordered in a very timely manner. These are for the 3 children we have, who we feel will learn from reading the book or if they have questions can quickly look them up. Good for reference.
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