Artephius Publishing
Index Mutual Funds: How to Simplify Your
Financial Life and Beat the Pro's
Comments from readers of the book:
I don't know anything about investing, but I always wanted to learn. Finally someone has written a book in terms I can understand!! Thanks to this book, I now understand the basics of investing and the advantages of index funds.
Why didn't you write this book 3 years ago?? Three years ago I had about $200,000 to invest. I put some of it in mutual funds my financial planner recommended. I put the rest in common stocks I selected. If I had just put the money into index funds, I could have made at least $100,000 more money!! I'm now a believer in index funds.
I have been buying and selling stocks and mutual funds for over 25 years. I learned more from this book than I have learned over the last 25 years of investing!!! I wish the book was available even 10 years ago because I would have known how to evaluate the performance of my mutual funds and could have used index funds. My wife, who normally doesn't like financial stuff, even read the book and loved it!! She especially like following Jill as she systematically learned the basics of investing. I'm recommending the book to everyone I talk to about investing.
I never had a chance to learn about investing, so I entrusted my investments to a financial planner. After I read the book, I discovered I could have made $38,000 more in 1998 if I had been invested in an S&P 500 fund!! My financial planner had me in a load mutual fund that actually lost 10% in 1998!! I have moved all my money into funds indexed to either the S&P 500 or Wilshire 5,000. Thanks for a great book!!
Great book!! I have moved my IRA in CD's into a mutual fund indexed to the S&P 500. I also bought copies for each of my children. My kids are just starting their careers, so they can use index funds to help them achiever their long term financial goals.
My husband and I don't know anything about investing so we hired a financial planner to manage our investments. Our planner put us in several professionally managed mutual funds. I bought the book and was about half way through it when we had to visit our financial planner. I took the book with me when my husband and I went to the financial planner's office. I asked the financial planner if the funds he had selected for us were keeping up with the S&P 500. The planner got very nervous and his face started to turn colors. He said he provided much better service than an index fund. The planner kept my copy of the book to read it himself!!
Thanks to the book, we know how to evaluate the performance of funds our planner chooses for us.
I have been investing for many years, and I run my own business. I was totally amazed how much I learned about investing from this book!! My wife, who hates dealing with anything financial, read the book and loved it!! In the U.S., women live an average of 8 years longer than men. I'm concerned that if I pass away before my wife, she won't know how to handle our investment portfolio. After my wife read the book, I feel confident she understands the basics of investing and will be able to work with someone to successfully manage our portfolio. I also gave a copy to my son who is VP of Financial Planning at a major bank. My son is considering the idea of giving a compimentary copy to each customer he has because it is the best book he has ever seen on investing. Great job on the book!!
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