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As most of you already know by now, as of May 20, 2025 there is a new, updated version of The Simple Path to Wealth available. Indeed, it has already reached #7 on the New York Times Best Sellers List. If you buy the book at Barnes & Noble or any local bookstore, you’ll automatically… [Continue Reading] Your road map to financial independence and a rich, free life For a while now I have noticed people quoting me from my books. At first it was just charming and brought a smile to my face.

But then, as they continued and became more common, the number of quotes grew. I began to regret I hadn’t thought to collect them. Ah well, no going back… [Continue Reading] As most of you already know by now, as of May 20, 2025 there is a new, updated version of The Simple Path to Wealth available. Indeed, it has already reached #7 on the New York Times Best Sellers List. If you buy the book at Barnes & Noble or any local bookstore, you’ll automatically… [Continue Reading]

I’ve been an investor in the stock market for 50 years. Here’s the one thing that will determine whether the market makes you wealthy or leaves you bleeding on the side of the road: What you do when the market drops. Market drops fall into three broad categories: Corrections, which are drops of ~10% Bear… [Continue Reading] Almost anything can fit if it captures my imagination and I think you might be interested. The blog is best known for the Stock Series. If you are wondering whether to dive in, this independent review might help.

I think it captures blog’s essence perfectly. Beyond the Stock Series, and to give you some idea of what else around here resonates with the regulars, these are the Top 5 most popular posts: To help you get started, check out the sidebar for lists of the Most Popular and Most Recent, along with the Archives, and Categories. My talk at Google is also a good overview of my investing philosophy: I started out writing this for my daughter. It’s about what has worked for me and what has kicked me in the ass.

If you are wondering whether to dive in, give a couple posts a quick read. You’ll capture the blog’s essence. If after reading those The Stock Series is appealing, you will very likely enjoy it all. If by the same token your reaction is, “This doesn’t feel right for me,” it very likely isn’t. Part 1: There’s a major market crash coming!!!! and Dr.

Lo can’t save you Time Machine and the Future Return for Stocks As most of you already know by now, as of May 20, 2025 there is a new, updated version of The Simple Path to Wealth available. Indeed, it has already reached #7 on the New York Times Best Sellers List. If you buy the book at Barnes & Noble or any local bookstore, you’ll automatically… [Continue Reading] Filed Under: The Book: The Simple Path to Wealth

I’ve been an investor in the stock market for 50 years. Here’s the one thing that will determine whether the market makes you wealthy or leaves you bleeding on the side of the road: What you do when the market drops. Market drops fall into three broad categories: Corrections, which are drops of ~10% Bear… [Continue Reading] Let’s start with a couple pieces of exciting news, and then I’ll fill you in. First, there is a brand new edition of The Simple Path to Wealth coming to bookstores on May 20th. Second, my pal Pete Adeney, Mr.

Money Mustache himself, and I will be doing a live zoom conversation, open to everyone… [Continue Reading] Filed Under: Stock Investing Series, The Book: The Simple Path to Wealth Get updates from JL Collins and The Simple Path team as well as updates about books and more from Authors Equity. —Morgan Housel, author of The New York Times bestselling book The Psychology of Money, partner at The Collaborative Fund, and a former columnist at The Motley Fool and The Wall Street Journal Why downturns are opportunities, not disasters Ways to embrace frugality without sacrifice

How to sleep well at night knowing your financial plan doesn’t depend on predicting the unpredictable by lucas 36 Comments - Updated: July 26, 2022 Shawn and Jocelyn with Jane and JL in Steamboat Springs, CO 2021 Forgive me if you have heard this tale before. I’ve told it several times now on various podcasts. It is the origin story of this blog.

Back in 2011 I began writing a series of letters to my then college age daughter about things financial. See, in the years before I had managed to turn her off to all such matters. Who knew a four-year-old wouldn’t be enthralled with the Wall Street Journal and the story of Jack Bogle and how he created Vanguard and index funds? But there you go. Photo by anvesh baru If you are surprised to see two “case study” posts from me in a row, your reaction is no more than my own. For the last one it could be charged that I succumbed to flattery and bribery in taking it on.

No case to be made for that here, as… [Continue Reading] Photo courtesy of Van Trapp Farmstead It has been a long time since we’ve done a Case Study around here, but recently I responded to an email that feels like a good one to... It reflects an interesting dilemma and it allows me to, mildly at least, suggest something I have never… [Continue Reading] “I can’t believe that I got a college education just so I could end up selling old shoes on the internet.” Over the past five years of writing this blog – thru the comments,... While not universal,… [Continue Reading] Cinque Terre “Impossible!” That’s one of the less ugly responses you can expect from the typical American if you are bold enough to suggest that financial independence (FI) and early retirement is a realistic...

Push a little further and you might get a grudging: “Well maybe. If you lead a perfectly smooth life and… [Continue Reading] The Stock Series here is designed to slice thru the Gordian Knot of investing. To debunk the idea that investing is too complex for mere mortals and to dispel the fear surrounding it and our financial security. Routinely, I hear from people who lament “I’m 32. If only I’d discovered your blog when I was 22.” “I’m… [Continue Reading]

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Well looky here. Little ol’ jlcollinsnh is growing up a bit. With this post you’ll notice three big changes. We could have done them separately, but just seemed to make sense to plunge ahead.

Before we get into all that, let me start with some well deserved “Thank You” shout outs. Truly, with my near total lack of technical skill, none of this would have been possible without the help of giants. My pal Mr. Money Mustache weighed in with a list of the features that make the MMM site sing. jlcollinsnh reader Mark T. offered technical support and a list of ideas that helped guide the path.

by JL Collins 41 Comments - Updated: February 11, 2016 Just about three years ago jlcollinsnh.com underwent its first redesign and the sweeping changes you have become used to were ushered in. There were lots of reasons for this but the tipping point was when Sean over at Renewable Wealth, in the nicest possible way, said “…your current design makes my eyes bleed.” With that critique ringing in my ears, the goal became a design of “stark elegance” and, not meaning to sound immodest, I think we hit the mark. At least no one has again complained of their eyes bleeding.

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