Category Archives: Personal Finance

Money, habits and building real wealth.

Stop Acting Rich Review: Useful Data, Familiar Message

Stanley's survey data punctures the link between luxury and wealth, but the book repeats one [...]

The Big Short Review: The Crash Told Through the Outsiders

Lewis turns the 2008 mortgage meltdown into a gripping character story and explains the machinery [...]

The Most Important Thing Review: Howard Marks on Risk and Cycles

Howard Marks distills decades of investing experience on risk, cycles and market psychology into a [...]

The Psychology of Money Review: Why Looking Rich Keeps Us Poor

Morgan Housel shows that real wealth is what you don't see, and The Millionaire Next [...]

The Automatic Millionaire Review: Great System, Shaky Maths

Bach's pay-yourself-first automation plan is genuinely useful, but the book leans on optimistic returns, the [...]

Your Money or Your Life Review: Spending Measured in Hours Lived

A thoughtful, life-changing programme that recasts money as life energy; the tracking steps are brilliant, [...]

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing Review: Buy the Haystack

Bogle's short, forceful case for low-cost index funds is the clearest explanation of why costs [...]

The Total Money Makeover Review: Debt Freedom, Tough Love

Ramsey's no-nonsense plan has helped countless people escape debt, but its maths, return assumptions and [...]

The Richest Man in Babylon Review: Old Parables, Sound Rules

Clason's Babylonian parables deliver timeless basics such as saving a tenth and avoiding get-rich schemes, [...]

Just Keep Buying Review: Data Beats Gut Feeling

Maggiulli's data-driven guide answers the practical questions of saving and investing better than most, though [...]

One Up On Wall Street Review: Peter Lynch’s Case for the Amateur

The most enjoyable book ever written about picking stocks, and essential for would-be stock pickers, [...]

I Will Teach You to Be Rich Review: Automate It, Then Enjoy It

Sethi's six-week programme is one of the most practical starter guides for young earners, with [...]