Investing
A couple of short, enjoyable books that advocate passive, index fund investing.
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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing |
The Coffeehouse Investor: How to Build Wealth, Ignore Wall Street, and Get on with Your Life |
These books provide excellent background and perspective on investing.
You’ll get some history, theory and plenty of practical advice.
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A Random Walk Down Wall Street |
The Four Pillars of Investing |
Want to learn more about asset allocation? Here are three recommendations (level of difficulty from left to right):
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All About Asset Allocation |
The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk |
Asset Allocation: Balancing Financial Risks |
Additional recommendations for general investing.
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Stocks for the Long Run |
Winning the Loser’s Game: Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing |
The Only Guide to a Winning Investment Strategy You’ll Ever Need: The Way Smart Money Invests Today |
The Investor’s Manifesto: Preparing for Prosperity, Armageddon, and Everything in Between |
Personal Finance
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The Little Book of Main Street Money: 21 Simple Truths that Help Real People Make Real Money The former Wall Street Journal columnist covers investing basics along with insights on insurance, taxes, home ownership, debt and other personal finance topics. |
The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need Enjoyable and informative. Reading an earlier edition of this book when we were first married taught us to buy term (not whole) life insurance and no load mutual funds, among other things. Who knows how much money it ultimately saved us! |
A Fool and His Money: The Odyssey of an Average Investor Could be described as “Dave Barry Goes to Wall Street”. Highly entertaining, and you will learn something. |
How to Turn Your Money Life Around and For Richer, Not Poorer: The Money Book for Couples Highly respected financial teacher and counselor focuses on women and couples. |
Christian Personal Finance
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The Sound Mind Investing Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Managing Your Money from a Biblical Perspective This is truly one of the best primers on personal finance and investing that I’ve seen. It is laid out well and extremely readable. The author establishes a clear roadmap upon a sound Biblical foundation. |
Wealth to Last: Money Essentials for the Second Half of Life The authors are two of the pioneers in applying common sense, practical wisdom and Biblical principles to personal finance. They offer plenty of sound advice, and challenge of the conventional American view of retirement. |
Your Money Counts, Your Money Map, Free and Clear, and Money and Marriage God’s Way The founder of Crown Financial Ministries has authored a number of useful financial guides based on a Biblical framework. |
The Total Money Makeover Dave has motivated and instructed thousands to get out of debt and change the direction of their financial lives. Besides the straight forward guidance, the success stories of people who have turned their lives around are truly inspiring. |
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