Money for Something
Financial freedom through investing
by Matt Henderson
This is the first investing book every person should read. In less than an hour, you will learn the single approach to investing that has reliably worked for generations. It worked for me, and can work for you, too.
When finished, you’ll have everything you need to start down the road to financial freedom. Check out the Table of Contents below, or dive straight into Chapter 1!
Additional resources here include: information about myself, testimonials from people like Derek Sivers and David Heinemeier Hansson, recommended brokerages, books & podcasts, a blog, example portfolios, and an investment calculator.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Who is this book for?
- What is financial freedom?
- Compounding returns
- Asset classes
- Risk & return
- Investment period
- Diversification
- Asset allocation
- Rebalancing
- Passive investments
- The tyranny of costs
- Exchange traded funds
- Implementing the plan
- Stay the course
- What we’ve learned
- Teach a man to fish
- References from the book
- Acknowledgements
Brilliant clear-headed quick explanation of everything a non-investor needs to know. Don’t delay getting this book, and doing what it says. It will only take you an hour to read, and an hour to put into action. Then you’ll be making passive investments, instead of saying “someday…”
Founder of CD Baby, three-time TED speaker
Investing isn’t rocket science, despite what the alchemists of the financial industry would like you to believe. Matt shows you in simple steps how to build a no-frills portfolio using basic concepts anyone can understand. You’ll learn how to side-step the fees, stop acting like a day trader, and reap the power of compound interest. Get to it.
Founder at Basecamp & author of REWORK, REMOTE & It Doesn’t Have to be Crazy at Work