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It is only $6 for the pdf file. Go for it!DH is preparing to "take the plunge" and I have found this to be the most comprehensive book in terms of determining if one is financially prepared for retirement.
I put a request into my county library system that it be considered for purchase.
YupIt is only $6 for the pdf file. Go for it!
am I missing something? The 2nd post in this thread is a link to a free version of the PDF. I am looking at it now and it appears complete?
Why am I spending the money to buy it when its free in the beginning of the thread? Is there something else you get from the purchase?
Pdf is free just read it and also being an engineer i love math but still skipped most of his graphs.
From most of what i have read on this forum i am a bit surprized that this book is well liked . It is down on index funds, it tells you to seek out active managers that will beat the market. And...it give you an equation to calculate market timing........?.?
I did find his sideways years interesting...and if i ever was to consider an annuity i would go back and read those chapters ( i skipped those they are a large part of the book)
am I missing something? The 2nd post in this thread is a link to a free version of the PDF. I am looking at it now and it appears complete?
Why am I spending the money to buy it when its free in the beginning of the thread? Is there something else you get from the purchase?
The Zone Strategy sections and the related calcs are best part of the book IMO.Pdf is free just read it and also being an engineer i love math but still skipped most of his graphs.
From most of what i have read on this forum i am a bit surprized that this book is well liked . It is down on index funds, it tells you to seek out active managers that will beat the market. And...it give you an equation to calculate market timing........?.?
I did find his sideways years interesting...and if i ever was to consider an annuity i would go back and read those chapters ( i skipped those they are a large part of the book)
REattempt said:Either way, you need to be able to live with yourself and sleep at night. As for me, though I am a LBYM type and I pinch pennies, I'd rather do the right thing...
YMMV
I found the book only so-so. From my recollection, pretty much all of the information you can find elsewhere online (bogleheads forum, papers, bernstein's site, etc.). It was also way too lengthy and could have used a good editing to make the same points more concisely.
Math wasn't the issue. To me, it just had the feel of a first draft where the author puts everything in and doesn't take the time to tighten their writing and content.
If you restart in the middle, you'll never get to the most valuable part IMO.+1 Photoguy and I seem to agree completely on this so far.
I really WANT to like this book, so I re-read the first 150 pages and the last 80-100 pages last night.
OK, OK, don't beat me up for this post. I'll try reading the middle of the book again tonight. I am really, really trying to keep an open mind. Maybe I was in a negative mood.
am I missing something? The 2nd post in this thread is a link to a free version of the PDF. I am looking at it now and it appears complete?
Why am I spending the money to buy it when its free in the beginning of the thread? Is there something else you get from the purchase?
OK, OK, don't beat me up for this post. I'll try reading the middle of the book again tonight. I am really, really trying to keep an open mind. Maybe I was in a negative mood.
to each his own.
I have no trouble sleeping at night. But that probably has to do with the fact that i am without morals, ethics, or conscience. and i don't believe in karma....