Don't Stress, Just Invest: It's time to set up your investments and get on with your life

by Alec Renehan, Bryce Leske

Read this book, set up your investments, and get on with your life. Building wealth in the stock market doesn't require a finance degree or days spent in front of a computer screen. This book will show you the simplest way to invest and, importantly, why this strategy of automated, regular investing is enough.

Forget what you think about investing. Technology has made the wealth-building power of the stock market more accessible than ever. You can now get started with just a few cents.

Leading investment podcasters Alec Renehan and Bryce Leske cut to the chase in Don't Stress, Just Invest. They show you the absolute simplest way to invest in the stock market and explain why this straightforward, automated strategy is enough.

In four easy steps, you can access the full power of the stock market, then get on with the rest of your life.

'The sooner you get your hands on this book, the fatter your wallet will be over the long run.' - Mark Bouris AM, entrepreneur, founder of Yellow Brick Road and Mentored Platform

'This is an entertaining and valuable tool in making investing accessible to anyone.' - Ed Kavalee, comedian and media presenter

Genres: Finance, Nonfiction, Australia, Self Help, Audiobook

218 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 22, 2023

Reviews

[Matt Daq · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn’t know anything about investing and this book explained it really well. I now have a much better understanding of investing and what I need to do to get to where I want to go.

I did advanced maths in High school and College and can't belive this stuff wasnt taught.
This is a must read if you want to get some base line knowledge in investing.

[Philipp · Rating 4 out of 5]

Investing 101, with the goal of retiring with a decent nest pocket. No get-rich-quick-schemes, just decent advice that is summarised fast:

- take a tiny chunk of your monthly income (50 to 200, depending on how old you are)
- get an investing app
- put that chunk into index funds/ETFs, because the market on average always goes up
- do that every time you get paid.
- retire with roughly a million in stocks.

Nothing revolutionary, but nice, consistent, and easy. It's relatively stress-free, because timing the market is stress and luck, but if you chuck money in consistently, in the long run you'll outperform any crash.

You can read this in a day. Thanks, local library!

[Melissa Riley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very easy to read and will give people who don't have a huge understanding of investing a nice primer. I've only done a little reading around investing and have been overwhelmed by the sheer enormity of the choices and risks etc. In some ways if I read this book sooner and got started I would be miles ahead of where I am now with my investing. It would be handy for someone who wants to get started (in a small way - probably not ideal for someone who wants to invest tens of thousands straight up) and is unsure how to get their foot in the door as a standard-earning-individual.

[caffeinated reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

Apparently, the ballpark figure is $1 million to be able to retire comfortably (and this is assuming you'll be zero debt on retirement day). Working hard and saving are half of the story but Renehan insists that it is by harnessing the power of the stock market that will get you closer to the target amount. His strategy?
1. Get paid.
2. Automate your investing.
3. Buy a bit of everything.
4. Repeat every pay.

Renehan identified the following exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Australia endorsing that investing in just one of these diversified, global ETFs is enough.

Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF (VDHG)
Betashares Diversified All Growth ETF (DHHF)
Betashares Ethical Diversified High Growth ETF (DZZF)

The book simplifies investing in the stock market. I'm interested to know your thoughts.

[BingeReader · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a light read for a finance book—I finished it in just one day! It makes a compelling case for investing in index funds, which is a great reminder in a world where it's so easy to get tempted by picking individual stocks. My main takeaway? Consistent investments in the index can lead you to that million-dollar goal over the next few decades.

One of the key insights for me is the real power in automating investments and realising you don’t have to worry about something. The book effectively illustrates that with patience and discipline, index investing can lead to significant wealth accumulation over time. Highly recommend it for anyone looking to simplify their investment strategy!

However, it’s a shame the cover design makes it look like a boring textbook. Overall, this one’s worth a read!

[Ronald Nguyen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very basic introduction to the financial world of long term investments. This is not a bad thing, investing today has become too complex. This book breaks it down in plain English for us english and arts majors to understand and finally allows us to become financially free similarly to our maths and STEM field counterparts.

This book is very similar to a barefoot investor, easier to read, more current and from another perspective . This logic is akin to a major theme in the book; there are many ways you can do things, aka there different methods of budgeting , but all lead to the same outcome.

[Char · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not much substance especially compared to their first book. It felt like a street show where performers would keep hyping up the crowd for not much of an act. Waste of time. Riddled with unnecessary "research" and analogies to explain why dollar-cost averaging is important, something that most readers would acknowledge before even picking up this book. The other annoying thing is the very obvious attempt at monetising this book for the sake of profits - they have added in little crumbs about how other countries compare. Well, for a book and podcast that's domiciled in Australia, it was missing a lot of information specific to Australia: overall big disappointment and huge waste of my time.

[Jim Mc · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nothing out of the ordinary. Very much a book of commonsense. Or, at least what should be commonsense.

Summary of the book: we should all be investing, stop overthinking it and have trust that the future performance of the indexes may follow a similar trend of the past.

Definitely recommend this book to anyone new to investing. Even better, buy it for your teenage children to learn what they should be taught in school and have them ready to invest their income as soon as possible!

[Brendon Fehre · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good basic advice - however, the book needed someone more experienced and preferably a professional to proofread and edit (because there was both spelling and factual mistakes). Bruce Springsteen did not sell his music rights for $5500 Million he sold it for $500 million (HUGE difference), once you read this you think what else is not true?

But if you are a bit frightened to get into the share market and invest this book should give you some confidence to start investing.

[Vaughan · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you already understand the power of compound interest, the ability to use ETFs to simplify diversification, and the concept of dollar cost averaging then you don't need to read this book. Unfortunately, while the content wasn't bad I'm not sure that people who need it will hang around for them to get to the punch. The authors comment that soon AI can provide this type of training and advice... if you are starting out that might be a better path!

[Yuqing Sui · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book oversimplifies global investing to a naïve degree. The authors assume every country’s ETF market functions like the U.S., ignoring governance risks, structural inefficiencies and geopolitical realities. Much of the text repeats the same “just invest and relax” mantra without real analysis. Ultimately, they profit more from selling optimism than from actual investing. A comforting read for beginners, perhaps—but not a serious guide for thoughtful

[Sean A · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read many financial advice books but this one tops most of them. Short, concise and precise. Ren and Bryce write about interesting facts, compares with research and datasets to prove their point.
If there was one book I was allowed to read about finance in a short period of time, this should be it.

[Sam · Rating 1 out of 5]

Bought this because their first book was a wealth of knowledge. Easy and engaging read, but unfortunately, I didn't gain any new insights reading this one. I'd give this a miss if you've read Get Started Investing.

[Jane (Avid reader) · Rating 3 out of 5]

A simple entertaining book on investing that can basically be summed up as buy index funds or ETFs on a regular basis to build wealth.

Would have rated it higher if I hadn’t already read a bunch of investing books with more information.

[Thomas Cooper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Proof reading a book ahead of gifting to a relative: easy to read, simple framework to understand and implement.

Preaching a lot of what should be common sense for households across AUS & the world.

[Adam · Rating 3 out of 5]

An apologetic for index investing. Nothing groundbreaking but good advice nonetheless.

[Rosie Carbery · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short and simple read specifically about long term investing in indexed ETFs. Nothing groundbreaking but targeted to exactly my style of investing - set and forget! Only took 2 hours to read

[Leigh Bennett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this book

Fantastic read. Boils down complex ideas into simple strategies to help you build wealth.

These guys are onto something. Well done gents.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it, would gladly pass it onto so many of my friends

[Jane Stewart · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very repetitive but convincing. Off to get a Sharesies account now.

[Brendon Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Four simple steps to automate investing. This is a superb book that reminds us of the power of dollar cost averaging and index investing. Read it today and get started.

[alw · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Taka Tajiri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very easy to digest and understand the context; just keep buying and be invested whatever happens. Highly recommended for beginners guidebook.

[Gail Cook · Rating 3 out of 5]

good explanation for.spmeone who has no idea

[Marlyse · Rating 5 out of 5]

I listen to these guys podcast and already like them. I listened to this as an audiobook from my council library online. It was well worth my time and very easy to listen to.

[Edwina Mann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book for explaining ETFs and how to invest low risk in stock market. Practical advice.

[Ember · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very concise and clear explanations on how to understand ETF to start investing small. A guide to automated index funds with low risk and platform recommendations to get you going.

[Allie Way · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book for young players.