Recommended Reading

Personal Finance and Investing

The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins

The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey

The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko

The Millionaire Mind by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson

Everyday Millionaires by Chris Hogan

Gazelles, Baby Steps, and 37 Other Things Dave Ramsey Taught Me About Debt by Jon Acuff

The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason

Unshakeable: Your Financial Freedom Playbook by Tony Robbins (short version of Money: Master the Game)

Money: Master the Game by Tony Robbins

Principles by Ray Dalio

Unconventional Success: A fundamental Approach to Personal Investment by David F. Swensen

I Will Teach You To Be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. No BS. Just a 6-Week Program That Works by Ramit Sethi

Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

You’re Broke Because You Want to Be by Larry Winget

The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham

Stock Investing for Dummies by Paul Mladjenovic

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Buying Stocks

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Robinhood – the first free-trading platform I used

Get your free stock from Robinhood.

I like using Robinhood for swing trades and Buy/Sell Call Options although I don’t do this often. Investors can get started with a small amount of money, because Robinhood also does partial shares now.

M1 Finance – the second free-trading platform I used

Get $30 cash from M1 Finance.

I use M1 Finance for my taxed investments; I use VTI, VXUS, and BND. As with Robinhood. you can buy partial shares. This means that you can jump in with both feet with any portfolio. This is an increasing as a portion of our net worth, because I am retiring when I am 57 1/2. I can’t access 403b and Roth IRA accounts until I’m 59 1/2.

If you’re curious, here’s my current M1 Finance pie.