The Smartest Investment Book Youll E..., Dan Solin
The Smartest Investment Book Youll E..., Dan Solin
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The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read
The Simple, Stress-Free Way to Reach You

Author: Dan Solin

Narrator: Craig Wollman

Unabridged: 2 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 12/05/2006

Synopsis

This book will change the way you invest. . .and it's about time!If your main concern is getting the most out of your money without sacrificing financial security, Dan Solin tells you how to take control of your finances and end up in the top 5% of all professionally managed money.Solin provides a clear, simple, easy-to-follow road map that will show you exactly how your assets should be invested, using trusted, brand-name funds. He explains how to assess risk and how to allocate assets so that your portfolio is tailored precisely for you.Most important, Solin's four-step plan will give you a portfolio that consistently outperforms the professionals (without the fees and without the worry.)You can avoid the biggest mistakes most investors make:Falling for ""dumb money"" solutions that give your hard-earned cash over to hyperactive brokers and investment advisors.Buying into the hype that stock picking and market timing are anything but a fool's errand.Giving too much credence to the media and self-styled gurus who peddle ""financial pornography.""Best of all, the vast majority of investors can implement Solin's plan in ninety minutes or less per year, without any broker or adviser. Read by Craig Wollman

About Dan Solin

Daniel R. Solin is a leading securities arbitration lawyer and a principal in Academic Wealth Management, LLP, a Registered Investment Advisor (www.academicwealth.com). The author of Does Your Broker Owe You Money?, he has appeared on The O'Reilly Factor, MSNBC's Weekend Economic Review, CNN's Money, and Bloomberg Television.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kara on April 30, 2018

4 stars for the premise, 2 stars for the execution. This short book has some good information in it — the advantages of index funds, the hidden incentives of the finance industry, etc. — but unfortunately it's stretched quickly thinly. For being so short, this book was oddly repetitive, and could ha......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on June 25, 2021

Pretty repetitive.. and even though it makes some good points effectively, it doesn't offer a ton of insights. Basically, the (4-step) recipe really is simple. If you can subtract your age from 100, then the hard math is done. Then Solin tells you exactly which no-load, index funds to buy depending o......more

Goodreads review by Adam on April 30, 2019

Strong, but better for a US audience.......more

Goodreads review by Brian on October 06, 2019

I would have given this book five stars as its principles are profoundly simple and yet completely accurate, but about 3/4ths of the way through the book the author states two inaccuracies. 1) “Most portfolios should never be more than 80% stocks as the difference in return is ‘merely’ .7% and the v......more

Goodreads review by Ankur Saxena on January 04, 2018

The book is a good start for beginners who plan to understand personal investing and the perils of hyper-manged investments. The author stretches this a bit too much and comes to the point only towards the end few chapters. Much of the information in the first 3 quarters of the book seems repetitive......more

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