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ALEXANDER GREEN is the Chief Investment Strategist of The Oxford Club, with more than 35 years’ experience as an investment analyst, portfolio manager and financial writer. He writes a highly acclaimed financial newsletter, The Oxford Communiqu, along with three VIP trading services: The Insider Alert, The Momentum Alert and Oxford Microcap Trader. Alex is the bestselling author of three other financial books: The Secret of Shelter Island: Money and What Matters, Beyond Wealth: The Road Map to a Rich Life and An Embarrassment of Riches: Tapping Into the World’s Greatest Legacy of Wealth. Foreword vii Preface xi Acknowledgments xxi Part I Get Wise 1 Introduction 3 Chapter 1: The Unvarnished Truth About Your Money 9 Chapter 2: The First Step on the Road to Financial Freedom 15 Chapter 3: Change Your Mindset, Change Your Life 25 Chapter 4: Why Some Investors Succeed . . . But Most Don’t 33 Chapter 5: Why Manage Your Own Money? 47 Chapter 6: Know What You Don’t Know 57 Part II Get Wealthy 65 Chapter 7: Common Stocks: The Greatest Wealth Creators of All Time 67 Chapter 8: Don’t Buy What Wall Street Is Selling 81 Chapter 9: Your Single Most Important Investment Decision 93 Chapter 10: The Gone Fishin’ Portfolio Unveiled 111 Chapter 11: The ETF Alternative 141 Chapter 12: Why the Gone Fishin’ Portfolio Is Your Best Investment Plan 151 Chapter 13: How to Legally Stiff-Arm the IRS 161 Part III Get On with Your Life 169 Chapter 14: The Last Two Essentials 171 Chapter 15: Your Most Precious Resource 179 Afterword 193 Appendix A: Vanguard Funds 199 Appendix B: ETFs 241 About the Author 257 Index 259
