Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xxi
Part I Get Wise 1
Introduction 3
Chapter 1 The Unvarnished Truth About Your Money 9
Chapter 2 The First Step on the Road to Financial Freedom 15
Chapter 3 Change Your Mindset, Change Your Life 25
Chapter 4 Why Some Investors Succeed … But Most Don't 33
Chapter 5 Why Manage Your Own Money? 47
Chapter 6 Know What You Don't Know 57
Part II Get Wealthy 65
Chapter 7 Common Stocks: The Greatest Wealth Creators of All Time 67
Chapter 8 Don't Buy What Wall Street Is Selling 81
Chapter 9 Your Single Most Important Investment Decision 93
Chapter 10 The Gone Fishin' Portfolio Unveiled 111
Chapter 11 The ETF Alternative 141
Chapter 12 Why the Gone Fishin' Portfolio Is Your Best Investment Plan 151
Chapter 13 How to Legally Stiff-Arm the IRS 161
Part III Get On with Your Life 169
Chapter 14 The Last Two Essentials 171
Chapter 15 Your Most Precious Resource 179
Afterword 193
Appendix A Vanguard Funds 199
Appendix B ETFs 241
About the Author 257
Index 259