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• eposts · Jul 17, 2008 · Recommends

  …Mel Lindauer, and Michael LeBoeuf # All About Asset Allocation - by Rick Ferri # The Informed Investor - by Frank Armstrong # The Little Book of Common Sense Investing - by John "Jack" Bogle # The Coffeehouse Investor - by Bill Schultheis. Investor Behavior # Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes And How To Correct Them - by Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich # Your Money and Your Brain: How the New Science of Neuroeconomics…

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• gcv · Jul 17, 2008 · Recommends

  For the shortest introduction to sensible, index-based investing, read The Coffeehouse Investor (Bill Schultheis). It shouldn't take more than an hour or two to go through, and it contains all the basics. Then, if you're interested in a more in-depth analysis of the same thing, read A Random Walk…

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• scary-size · Feb 7, 2022 · Recommends

  The Coffeehouse Investor: How to Build Wealth, Ignore Wall Street and Get on with Your Life by Bill Schultheis. Short concise, actionable advice.

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• gcv · May 2, 2008 · Recommends

  Two recommendations for reading: A Random Walk Down Wall Street (mentioned in another post, long, detailed, and entertaining), and The Coffeehouse Investor (short and funny). Both lay out the principles behind the theory of efficient markets, and make a great case for it. In a nutshell: buy the cheapest unmanaged index funds you can find. Come up with an…

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• jseliger · May 27, 2010 · Recommends

  …with financial advisers, and that's why I suspect many are better off without, especially if they can find an investment column in a newspaper or something like that. Years ago I read a guy named "The Coffeehouse Investor," which helped me enormously, as did the books I recommended previously.

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