The Index Card
2016 • 256 pages
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Average rating4.2
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Ratings6
Average rating4.2
“The newbie investor will not find a better guide to personal finance.” —Burton Malkiel, author of A RANDOM WALK DOWN WALL STREET TV analysts and money managers would have you believe your finances are enormously complicated, and if you don’t follow their guidance, you’ll end up in the poorhouse. They’re wrong. When University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack interviewed Helaine Olen, an award-winning financial journalist and the author of the bestselling Pound Foolish, he made an offhand suggestion: everything you need to know about managing your money could fit on an index card. To prove his point, he grabbed a 4" x 6" card, scribbled down a list of rules, and posted a picture of the card online. The post went viral. Now, Pollack teams up with Olen to explain why the ten simple rules of the index card outperform more complicated financial strategies. Inside is an easy-to-follow action plan that works in good times and bad, giving you the tools, knowledge, and confidence to seize control of your financial life.
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I will buy copies of this book for my teen-aged children once they have their first jobs. It is perfect for them.
I enjoyed this book. I've heard the Freakobomics episode where they talk to, I believe, Harold. I've listened to that episode multiple times and have since implimented many of the index card suggestions. reading this book was just getting detail in a picture I already had but it was interesting none the less.
