Guide
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The most important ideas in one place, and where to go next.
Three horizons, nine steps and five numbers: the Money Path
Most money advice tells you where to put your money. The Money Path also tells you what to do next, and how to know it is working.
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Invest
Invest simply, following the research
Broad, cheap, passive, global and automatic. Why it works and how to start.
Tools
Calculator
Your freedom number
How much you need invested for work to be optional, and when you get there.
Calculator
How big should your emergency fund be?
A year of expenses, minus the income you would still have.
Research and ideas
Research
What the studies say
Seventy one studies on investing, behavior and happiness, each explained in plain English.
Superinvestors
What the great investors reported owning
Read straight from SEC filings, with the age of every filing shown.
In charts
Compound growth
$500 a month becomes about $690,000
Over 30 years at 7%, growth adds more than twice what you put in.
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Podcast
GetRicherTogether, the podcast
A reader's question, one study in plain English and one step on the Money Path, plus conversations with the authors and researchers whose work this site builds on. Coming soon.
Money is more fun, and simpler, than most people think
We share what we do with our own money and what the research says, in plain English. No stock tips, no hype and nothing to sell you. Start here.