Invest Like a Couch Potato

Written with a light touch, Invest Like A Couch Potato will guide you to financial security and personal freedom.

It begins with a simple, proven investment strategy.  It will liberate your time and free you from unnecessary worry. It will put you on the road to financial independence and keep you there. Unlike many financial books, this book is grounded in our shared human needs and wants. The book explains the basic tools for accumulating wealth. It will help free your mind from the pervasive influence of misleading media. Not to mention the over-promising of financial salespeople. Written by Scott Burns, one of the most prolific and insightful personal finance writers in the country, this book doesn’t try to make you the richest person in the world. It enables you to recapture the ultimate currency – your time. It lights your path to the bliss of having “Enough.” Supported by hard data, additional resources through Scott’s website, and tools like the Couch Potato portfolio cookbook, the book explores:

A Winning, but Simple, Investment Strategy. Nearly free ETFs provide low-cost compound growth and long-term returns superior to 80 to 90 percent, or more, of managed alternatives over long time periods. If you can fog a mirror and divide by the number “2” or make a margarita, he’ll show you how to get better investment results – and a better retirement — with little or no effort.
Results and Rewards: His “Pudding Report” shows “the meat” —actual retirement cash balances. Not percentage returns. Other reports show the accumulation differences between high and low-cost management while accumulating. The benefits of simple, low-cost investing continue when retired.
Moneyporn: He reveals the seductive and misleading habits of financial media.
The Big Kahuna: He shows how shelter, borrowing, time and health are critical pieces of our lifetime puzzle.

Invest Like a Couch Potato is the perfect guide for readers seeking to take control of their financial Destiny. It provides a simple investment strategy that will build a strong, independent mindset.