FI School Lesson 6: Index Investing
Index investing is how most in the FIRE community grow wealth. It’s simple, it’s effective, and you don’t need a PhD in economics to be good at it.
The resources below will teach you everything you need to know!
Blogs
- The Stock Series (This is the best intro to investing you’ll find on the internet! It’s required reading for anyone pursuing FI.)
Podcasts
- 003: How to Invest for Retirement with Rick Ferri
- 024: How to Invest Like Warren Buffett (interview with Larry Swedroe)
- 041: A Rare Glimpse into Warren Buffett’s Asset Allocation Plan
- 049: How Much of Your Retirement Nest Egg Should You Invest in Stocks?
- 051: Rebalancing—How to Create a Plan to Easily Rebalance Your Investments
- 019: JL Collins, Part 1
- 034: JL Collins, Part 2
- 036: AMA With JL Collins (listen from 13:30)
Books
- If You Can (free ebook) by William Bernstein
- Millionaire Teacher by Andrew Hallam
- The Sassy Investor by Michelle Hung
- The Short Book on Investments for Canadians (free ebook) by Jin Won Choi
- The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins
- The Value of Simple by John A Robertson
Disclosure: The book recommendations above include Amazon links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases—at no extra cost to you. I only recommend products which I truly believe in. (But I’d suggest doing the frugal thing and borrowing the books from your library!)
Tools
- DIY Investor’s Toolkit from Canadian Portfolio Manager
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2 Comments
Cass
February 17, 2020 at 7:56 amHey Chrissy, just wanted to let you know that I am really enjoying this series but that the 2nd and 3rd Canadian Couch Potato links lead to 404 Page Cannot Be Found errors!
Chrissy
February 19, 2020 at 1:50 pmCass—you are AWESOME for letting me know! He must’ve done some cleanup and reorganized his site. I’ve checked out the broken links and it looks like all three are now covered by the one link I left in Lesson 6. Thanks so much for notifying me. 🙂