Sandi Martin
What makes a good personal finance book? It has to be relevant, accurate, and - not least - entertaining. No sense slogging through a boring tome when you can read about personal finance for fun, am I right?
Okay, I'm a money nerd, so this might not be as likely to happen for you as it was for me: I laughed out loud when I was reading this book. More than once. Entertaining, relevant, and practical, this one's a must for any Canadian.
Don't let his name fool you (okay, do. But in a good way): Potato approaches DIY investing with no assumptions. He's smart, funny, and precise, just like scientist.
Also: he includes real, actual screenshots of real, actual online brokerage accounts.
November 4th, 2011 by Potato Hey, I have short book! And it's about financial literacy/investing for yourself! It's called Potato's Short Guide to DIY Investing. And it's exactly what it sounds like: a short guide (~40 letter-sized pages; ~90 paperback/kobo-sized pages) that brings a novice investor up to speed on how to get into do-it-yourself investing.
Investing is all about common sense. Owning a diversified portfolio of stocks and holding it for the long term is a winner’s game. Trying to beat the stock market is theoretically a zero-sum game (for every winner, there must be a loser), but after the substantial costs of investing are deducted, it becomes a loser’s game. Common sense tells us—and history confirms—that the simplest and most efficient investment strategy is to buy and hold all of the nation’s publicly held businesses at very low cost.
Fee only/advice only financial planner at Spring Financial Planning, ex-banker, curmudgeon.
Co-host with the really loud laugh on Because Money
