Table of Contents
How to use this book ix
Introduction 1
1 Where Should You Start? 7
I Saving 13
2 How Much Should You Save? 15
3 How to Save More 24
4 How to Spend Money Guilt-Free 40
5 How Much Lifestyle Creep is Okay? 48
6 Should You Ever Go into Debt? 56
7 Should You Rent or Should You Buy? 67
8 How to Save for a Down Payment (and Other Big Purchases) 78
9 When Can You Retire? 90
II Investing 101
10 Why Should You Invest? 103
11 What Should You Invest In? 113
12 Why You Shouldn't Buy Individual Stocks 139
13 How Soon Should You Invest? 148
14 Why You Shouldn't Wait to Buy the Dip 167
15 Why Investing Depends on Luck 180
16 Why You Shouldn't Fear Volatility 191
17 How to Buy During a Crisis 202
18 When Should You Sell? 215
19 Where Should You Invest? 230
20 Why You Will Never Feel Rich 249
21 The Most Important Asset 259
Conclusion: The Just Keep Buying Rules 267
Acknowledgments 275
Endnotes 277