Table of Contents

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. Part I Get Wise. Introduction. Chapter 1: The Unvarnished Truth About Your Money. Chapter 2: The First Step on the Road to Financial Freedom. Chapter 3: Why Manage Your Own Money? Chapter 4: Know What You Don?t Know. Part II Get Wealthy. Chapter 5: Common Stocks: The Greatest Wealth-Creating Machine of All Time. Chapter 6: Don?t Buy What Wall Street Is Selling. Chapter 7: Your Single Most Important Investment Decision. Chapter 8: The Gone Fishin? Portfolio Unveiled. Chapter 9: Why the Gone Fishin? Portfolio Is Your Best Investment Plan. Chapter 10: How to Legally Stiff-Arm the IRS. Chapter 11: The ETF Alternative. Part III Get On with Your Life. Chapter 12: The Last Two Essentials: Specific Goals and Realistic Expectations. Chapter 13: Your Most Precious Resource. Afterword. Appendix A: Vanguard Funds. Appendix B: ETFs. About the Author. Index.

About the Author

Alexander Green is the Investment Director of The Oxford Club, Chairman of Investment U, and the Editor of Spiritual Wealth. He has been featured on Oprah & Friends, CNBC, Fox News, and The O'Reilly Factor, and has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, and many other publications. He is the author of the bestselling title The Secret of Shelter Island (Wiley).