With lively humor and the simple clarity you'd expect from a gifted educator, Hallam demonstrates how average people can build wealth in the stock market by shunning the investment products peddled by most financial advisors and avoiding the get-rich-quicker products concocted by an ever widening, self-serving industry. Hallam guides readers to understand how the stock and bond markets really work, arming you with a psychological advantage for when markets fall. Some of these guidelines include how you can spend just 60 minutes a year on your investments, never open a financial paper, avoid investment news, and still leave most professional investors in the dust, promoting a unique new investment methodology that combines low cost index funds and a Warren Buffett-esque investment philosophy.
The Millionaire Teacher presents the incredible story of how a school teacher built a million-dollar portfolio, and how you can too.
This book explains how anyone can learn the ABCs of personal finance and strengthen their financial position.
It teaches you how to achieve financial independence through smart investing without being a financial wizard.
Through this reference, you'll find the right kind of financial advisor, and avoid scams and flash-in-the-pan trends.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Rule 1: Spend Like You Want to Grow Rich
Rule 2: Use the Greatest Investment Ally You Have
Rule 3: Small Fees Pack Big Punches
Rule 4: Conquer the Enemy in the Mirror
Rule 5: Build Mountains of Money with a Responsible Portfolio
Rule 6: Sample a "Round-the-World" Ticket to Indexing
Rule 7: No, You Don't Have to Invest on Your Own
Rule 8: Peek Inside a Pilferer's Playbook
Rule 9: Avoid Seduction
Conclusion
About the Author