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“THE MOST NOTABLE PERSONAL FINANCE WRITING OF 2013 . . . WAS A HANDWRITTEN 4 × 6 INDEX CARD.” —MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
TV analysts and money managers would have you imagine your finances are enormously complicated, and if you don’t follow their guidance, you’ll finally end up in the poorhouse.
They’re fallacious.
When University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack interviewed Helaine Olen, an award-winning financial journalist and the creator of the bestselling Pound Foolish, he made an offhand suggestion: the whole lot you want to know about managing your money could fit on an index card. To prove his point, he grabbed a 4″ x 6″ card, scribbled down a list of rules, and posted a picture of the card online. The post went viral.
Now, Pollack teams up with Olen to provide an explanation for why the ten simple rules of the index card outperform more complicated financial strategies. Inside is a straightforward-to-follow action plan that works in good times and bad, giving you the tools, knowledge, and confidence to snatch regulate of your financial life.