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How to Fund the Life You Want: What everyone needs to know about savings, pensions and investments
*WINNER OF THE WORK & LIFE BUSINESS BOOK AWARD 2023*
An accessible and practical guide to personal finance that busts myths, clarifies jargon and provides the best options for building your wealth.
More and more people are reassessing their lives as a result of the pandemic. Many have left their jobs or reduced their hours. Others have resolved to work only as long as they must, retiring early to focus on families and friends, hobbies or travel. Meanwhile, employers all over the world are experimenting with a four-day week.
Making the most of these choices requires having and growing enough money to enjoy your future life, without needing to worry about it running out. But when it comes to investing in a pension, there is a dizzying number of complex options available.
This book is designed to provide clear, objective guidance that cuts through the jargon, giving you control over your financial future. The authors strip away the marketing-speak, and through simple graphs, charts and diagrams, provide an evidence-based money manual that you can use again and again. They also alert you to myths and get-rich-quick schemes everyone should avoid.
It's a highly practical and refreshingly honest book, written by two independent experts who have seen how the investment industry works from the inside, and how it profits from complexity, ignorance and fear. They show, in practical language, how UK savers and investors can beat this system and, crucially, make more money for themselves than they do for financial services firms.
An accessible and practical guide to personal finance that busts myths, clarifies jargon and provides the best options for building your wealth.
More and more people are reassessing their lives as a result of the pandemic. Many have left their jobs or reduced their hours. Others have resolved to work only as long as they must, retiring early to focus on families and friends, hobbies or travel. Meanwhile, employers all over the world are experimenting with a four-day week.
Making the most of these choices requires having and growing enough money to enjoy your future life, without needing to worry about it running out. But when it comes to investing in a pension, there is a dizzying number of complex options available.
This book is designed to provide clear, objective guidance that cuts through the jargon, giving you control over your financial future. The authors strip away the marketing-speak, and through simple graphs, charts and diagrams, provide an evidence-based money manual that you can use again and again. They also alert you to myths and get-rich-quick schemes everyone should avoid.
It's a highly practical and refreshingly honest book, written by two independent experts who have seen how the investment industry works from the inside, and how it profits from complexity, ignorance and fear. They show, in practical language, how UK savers and investors can beat this system and, crucially, make more money for themselves than they do for financial services firms.
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272 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 13, 2022
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August 19, 2023
I found this book helpful. The language is accessible without being condescending. The principles are explained thoroughly while remaining concise. The authors signpost to lots of useful tools and resources, along with providing a supplementary (downloadable) workbook to apply the principles to your own personal circumstances.
January 20, 2023
Concise, to the point. A lot of useful and practical information in one book.
April 6, 2024
One of the best investing books I have read so far! I’ve recently relocated to the UK and happened to borrow this book from my local library. This book broke down investing, pensions and savings in an easy to understand way. It’s not only helpful for beginners trying to understand personal finance but I think even experienced investors have something they can learn from this book. After reading this book, I’m tempted not to read the other personal finance books I’ve borrowed from the library. The book also comes with a downloadable workbook which I’ll definitely be devoting some time to doing.
April 9, 2023
Excellent Investing Handbook
If you are UK based and want to avoid the noise on Social Media and the press regarding investing then this book will act as your guide and support.
If you are UK based and want to avoid the noise on Social Media and the press regarding investing then this book will act as your guide and support.
April 17, 2023
Only slightly relevant to anyone outside of Britain.
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