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 [...]