The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
by Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer and Michael LeBoeuf
The community guide to Bogle's philosophy: live below your means, invest early and often, diversify with low-cost index funds, minimize taxes, keep it simple, stay the course. It covers accounts, asset allocation, rebalancing, insurance and estate basics in plain English. The most complete single-volume do-it-yourself plan.
Read it if…
you want one book that covers the whole personal investing picture simply.
Skip it if…
you want active strategies; the book considers them a mistake.
Three things you will actually use
- Costs and taxes are what you control.
- A three-fund portfolio is enough.
- Rebalance on schedule; ignore the news.
Do this first
Write your target asset allocation in one sentence and check your current holdings against it.
Our verdict
Complete and sane; the DIY handbook.
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