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1) Summary of Mel Lindauer, Taylor Larimore, Michael LeBoeuf & John C. Bogle's The Bogleheads' Guide
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Book Preview: #1 The government will not let you starve, but it is not committed to making your golden years golden. That is up to you. The majority of Americans who are about to retire will depend on government handouts for their retirement.
#2 The Borrowers' financial future is headed over a cliff. Not only are they failing to build wealth, but they are building negative wealth,...
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#1 A bank is an institution that accepts deposits from savers, extends loans to borrowers, and provides a range of other financial services to its customers. Banks are a central part of the modern financial system.
#2 The global financial crisis of 2007—9 was a rude awakening for many commentators who had believed that modern, technologically sophisticated banks would...
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#1 The interplay between risk and return is what makes investing so fascinating. In the past, stocks have had high returns because they were risky. But stocks are now so expensive that there are only two possibilities: they are going to fall dramatically in price and then have higher returns after that, or there will be no big fall in price and little risk but low returns...
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Get the Summary of Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo's Poor Economics in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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Why do the poor borrow to save? Why do they miss out on free life-saving immunizations, but pay for unnecessary drugs? In Poor Economics, Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, two award-winning MIT professors, answer these questions based on years of field research from around...
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#1 I was fucked. But something happened that made me rethink my life choices. I'm not sure if it was divine intervention, but three weeks after the $10,000-a-month loss, I got a call from a woman who wanted to invest in my business. This would have been a perfect opportunity to rebuild the business's capital base and save the day, but that woman wasn't interested in investing...
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#1 Index funds are a type of mutual fund that mimic the performance of a specific index. They are designed to simply reflect the value of a group of investments. There are indexes that track just about everything, and more are being created every year.
#2 Stocks, bonds, and mutual funds are all forms of investing. Stocks represent shares of ownership in a company. Bond...
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#1 The sound of a boat exploding is what you would expect it to be. It is the sound of gas fumes ventilating, which can create a bomb just waiting for a spark.
#2 My father, Edgar, was a die caster at Buss Machine Works in Holland, Michigan, who in 1965 sold the company to create Prince Manufacturing. He had to borrow $10,000 from his mother to support his family.
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#1 For me, going to college in Kansas was a relief. I felt like I could be myself there. But when I started to think about coming out to my family and friends, I realized that not everyone would understand.
#2 I felt sick after going to the store and buying the Bible. I had always been extremely connected to my church, but I was now faced with the prospect of...
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#1 The classic experiment done by Darley and Batson in 1973 proved how seemingly incidental contextual factors have a significant, but under-appreciated, influence on behavior. The situation, not the person, determines the behavior.
#2 The truth is that consumers have not changed at all since 1973. The more agencies try to convince us that everything is changing, and...
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#1 You can overcome your pessimism by thinking about all the good things in life, and how everything will work out in the end. It just takes some work to consistently execute on this new way of thinking.
#2 This book will not teach you to become an unrealistic optimist or someone who views life through rose-colored glasses. It will not give you permission to constantly...
11) Summary of Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford & Orlanda Ruthven's Portfolios of t
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#1 The world's poor are defined as those who live on less than two dollars a day. It is difficult to imagine what it is like to live on such a low income, and it is even harder to imagine how you would prosper if your income was just two dollars a day.
#2 Existing data sources are limited in their ability to answer these questions. However, after conducting several...
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#1 The author interviewed Beverly Sills, an internationally acclaimed opera singer and director of the New York City Opera. She was bitter, but Bubbles, her friends call her, is not. She has been through a lot, but she still has peace in her pain.
#2 The king was a man with cerebral palsy who lost everything in one instant. He was ridiculed, and his neighbors tried to...
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#1 I chose seven of my best and most committed students and invited them to come to my house every Thursday morning to discuss literature. I was sure at least one would turn against me. But the students stood by me, and took off their headscarves.
#2 I had many students over the years, and I would often photograph them together. I would always include Nassrin, but she...
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#1 Your life is a system, and it is important to understand that everything in your life is interconnected. One event can affect another, and the impact it has on the system as a whole.
#2 Systems are like maps. They model a situation, but they are not the situation itself, just like a map is not the land itself. Systems are simplified models of reality. Their function...
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#1 The American Revolution was supported by many private creditors, who were among the Constitution's most ardent supporters. However, Beard's interpretation does not explain the enthusiasm that the proposed national government inspired in men such as Madison and Alexander Hamilton.
#2 The American economy was in dire need of capital in 1787, and the framers believed...
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Book Preview: #1 Despite the economic problems America is facing, many politicians seem more committed to finger wagging and ideological solutions than taking concrete steps to get out of the mess.
#2 We must understand that we are the ones who have given away much of our financial freedom through the decisions we have made. We wanted what the banks and advertisers sold us, plain...
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Get the Summary of Joshua Brown & Brian Portnoy's How I Invest My Money in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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In this unprecedented collection, 25 financial experts share how they navigate markets with their own capital. In this honest rendering of how they invest, save, spend, give, and borrow, this group of portfolio managers, financial advisors, venture capitalists and other experts...
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#1 As a child, Mary may not have realized that she was enslaved, as white and Black children were often allowed to play together. But as she grew up, she would be given jobs to do, and by the time she was ten years old, she was doing the same work as grown women.
#2 Slavery in Virginia was similar to that in other states, in that it was common for enslaved people to...
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#1 The Romans were a latecomer to the power politics of the Mediterranean. They borrowed many institutions from the Greeks and Phoenicians, but put their own accents on them.
#2 The Romans were able to conquer most of the Mediterranean because of the political and military stability that republican institutions and militaristic values provided. The empire's northern...
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#1 The notion of national output is at the heart of macroeconomics. The total amount of output produced by a country constitutes its ultimate budget constraint. A country can only use more output than it produces if it borrows the difference from foreigners.
#2 The most widely used measure of national output is gross domestic product, which is the value of all the goods...