Product Description

The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing is a slightly irreverent, straightforward guide to investing for everyone. The book offers sound, practical advice, no matter what your age or net worth. Bottomline, become a Boglehead and prosper! Originally just the chat–line ruminations of Boglehead founder Taylor Larimore, and Morningstar forum leading cohorts Mel Lindauer and Michael LeBoeuf, their trusted advice has been brewed and distilled into an easy–to–use, need–to–know, no frills guide to building up your own financial well–being – so you can worry less and profit more from the investments you make. Invest like a Boglehead, and let their grassroots investment wisdom guide you down the path of long–term wealth creation and happiness, without all the worries and fuss of stock pickers and day traders. If you face a financial crisis or problem, or simply want to know what is prudent to do with the money you save, the Bogleheads will have the answers you need to help you gain your financial footing and keep it.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #866760 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 336 pages

Review
"The Bogleheads march readers smartly through the basics...[and] pepper the text with practical tips and Web links." (Bloomberg.com, March 2006)

"The book provides sound advice on a variety of issues including mutual funds, bonds, diversification and taxes." –– Lynn O′Shaughnessy, The San Diego Union–Tribune (July 2006)

" ... if you′re planning on investing for the purpose of building a stable, lifelong economic backbone, I couldn?t recommend this book more highly. It′s a well–conceived explanation, from top to bottom, of an investment philosophy that will create a life full of steady gains and sustainable wealth." –– (www.thesimpledollar.com March 2007)

Review
"The Bogleheads march readers smartly through the basics...[and] pepper the text with practical tips and Web links." (Bloomberg.com, March 2006)

From the Inside Flap

Now, with The Bogleheads′ Guide to Investing, you′ll discover what it really means to be a Boglehead and learn how this approach can enable you to become a better investor and manager of your own financial resources. Assuming no extensive knowledge of finance on your part, Boglehead forum leaders Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, and Michael LeBoeuf show you how to invest with simplicity and minimize the costs and taxes that quietly eat away at returns. Along the way, they′ll also show you how to join the legions of Boglehead investors currently online—so you can post your own questions or help others solve their particular investment problems.

Other important topics covered throughout this book include:

• What types of investments you should use to get on solid financial ground
• How you can protect your investments against the ravages of inflation
• Steps to building a simple but effective investment portfolio and how to determine when to rebalance your portfolio
• How to live a comfortable retirement without running out of money
• How to efficiently pass on assets to your heirs
• How to keep your investing style simple, giving you more time to live life to the fullest
• And much more

With over a century of combined investment experience among them, authors Larimore, Lindauer, and LeBoeuf have seen a variety of different approaches to the market, but none more effective than the low–cost, tax–efficient philosophy of Jack Bogle. If you′re looking for better long–term returns for your investment dollars, The Bogleheads′ Guide to Investing can show you the way.