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As the authors sensibly explain in the beginning, however, basic rules often require a little elaboration to be implemented, and that is what the book tries to do. Most of us dont want to follow rules unless we know why they are rules. Beyond outlining rules for financial success, the authors also explain why so few people follow them. Somewhat paradoxically for a book of 210 pages, the premise of the index card is that the necessary rules of personal finances can fit on wait for it an index card. The book is about 220 pages, not including the reference section. About the index card the newbie investor will not find a better guide to personal finance. Personal finance index card advice personal finance the. Exposing the dark side of the personal finance industry, and the index card. Much of the index card is written to feel as though helaine and harold. The index card summary by helaine olen overdrive rakuten.
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Now comes the index card by helaine olen and harold pollack a financial plan boiled down to nine simple rules that fits in your pocket and can help you navigate the all too often complex world of personal finance and investing. Why personal finance doesnt have to be complicated by harold pollack and helaine olen. However, until now, most of us have not had access to such a list, much less know how to implement it in our personal lives. University of chicago professor harold pollack wrote his entire financial plan on an index. But according to professor harold pollack of the university of chicago, you can fit all the financial advice youll ever really need on a single index card. The index card why personal finance doesnt have to be complicated. Pollack said that the best personal finance advice can fit on a 3by5 index card, and is available for free in the library so if youre paying someone for advice, almost by definition, you. But that didnt stop him from turning his index card into a book, coauthored with the journalist helaine olen. Financial advice is often intentionally complicated. Ive interviewed coauthor thakor several times, and shes like a hybrid of life coach, financial adviser, and friend who has her shit together but doesnt judge you if you dont. Its creatorharold pollack, the helen ross professor in the school of social service administrationtransformed the 10 simple rules on that note card into his 2016 book, the index card. He proved his theory by handwriting a list of personal financial advice on an index card, which then made the internet rounds. I know that so many of you agree with me that personal finance should be.
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