The only guide to a winning investment strategy you'll ever need
by Larry E. Swedroe · first published 1998
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The Only Guide to a Winning Investment Strategy You'll Ever Need provides you with a road map to growth and investment opportunities that will help you become a successful investor who consistently makes money rather than loses it. In this guide, investment professional Larry E. Swedroe describes the crucial difference between "active" and "passive" mutual funds, and tells you how you can win the investment game through long-term investments in such indexes as the S & P 500 instead of through the active buying and selling of stocks. In clear language, he shows how the newer index mutual funds
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Here is a good list: http://www.bogleheads.org/readbooks.htm General Investing # The Four Pillars of Investing - by William ("Bill") Bernstein. # Wise Investing Made Simple or The Only Guide to a Winning Investment Strategy You'll Ever Need - by Larry Swedroe # The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing - by Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, and Michael LeBoeuf # All About Asset Allocation - by Rick Ferri # The Informed Investor - by Frank Armstrong…
on “Ask HN: Best books/source to learn about investing?” ↗I couldn't find the book that I really wanted to recommend in my earlier post. But now I've found it: "The Only Guide to a Winning Investment Strategy You'll Ever Need," by Larry Swedroe. It's the book I used to base my investing strategy on. Its ideas are backed by a simulation of using the strategy against 35 years of historical data--with long-term results of 9-11%/year.…
on “Sold my dipshit company for $5m, where to invest?” ↗…but with risk. Index stock and bond funds yield in that range, with much less volatility. I've been using them since 2008 and have gotten an average of over 10% annually. I suggest the book I used, _The Only Guide to a Winning Investment Strategy You'll Ever Need_, by Larry Swedroe (endorsed by John C. Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group). Cheesy title, but it's ideas are supported by lots of data.