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Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School

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This is the 1 book that every beginning investor and high school student should read. The author shows the average person the 9 rules he or she needs to follow to build wealth steadily and safely. He shows how he did it through self-discipline, index funds and asset allocation. Start young, pay off your debts and invest, invest, invest. The "Opportunity After Chaos" section (page 78) alone is worth the price of the book. I like this book because it was written by a high school English teacher who has "been there and done that", he's a millionaire about 40 years old. This book was not written by a finance / economics professor or a "talking head" in the finance industry or a financial advisor. I couldn't put this book down, and will probably read it again a few more times.

Yes indeed, it is about time someone wrote a finance book for adults so that they can have meaningful investment conversations with their children. For some reason, finance is a taboo subject in most families. And it's a real shame, as Andrew Hallam correctly points out, because the time to begin investing is when you're young. And taking advantage of man's 'greatest invention', compound interest, and investing in low-fee Index Funds, means anyone can become wealthy over their lifetime.

Andrew does an excellent job of making complicated concepts easy to understand. He does this by simplifying and demystifying the investment process in an entertaining and enjoyable way. Buying/Reading "Millionaire Teacher" is an excellent investment to make!

I have read your book cover to cover many times and every time I do I seem to learn something new! Just love it! I feel like a student again! You know you have a good book when the spine is creased and cracked and the the corners of the pages are bent from all the bookmarking. Thanks for all of your insight into Canadian Banks! it is amazing to see how our interests are not looked after and how making money for themselves is always on the agenda.

This was very good book. easy to read and understand. The beginning of the book was really simple and almost pointless I thought the book was going to be a waste of time. But when it started getting into index fund, I started to learn more. One thing in the book I found sort of misleading was how he says gold is not an investment, which maybe be true. But the thing that got me, is how he said after the 2008 collapse you would have made more from index funds than in gold, which is true. But during the collapse gold did not get hit hard at all, while the index funds plunged. He did not explain that, which to me was a little misleading when he gave the facts. so if you bought gold and index funds in January 2008, you would have made a lot more on gold than in index funds.

I have never understood how the stock market works, never mind knowing how to invest in it properly. After reading Millionaire Teacher which I wish I could have read at 14, I now have a pretty clear idea about both. I strongly recommend this book if you are thinking of investing for the first time or if you want to rethink how you have been investing. Oh, and get your kids to read it.

There are enough investing books out there to fill a library. However, my main criticism of most of these books is their virtual irrelevance to Canadian investors because of the heavy American content. Some of the most well-known investment writers are American. I've read a Canadian investment book once but it was written not in the most accessible way, especially for people who are not familiar with investment concepts. You can spend years and years in school without ever encountering any financial concepts. I'm finally happy to read a book that is targeted to an international audience. As well, the book is highly readable, very down-to-earth. It's filled with humour. I like that the book takes real-life examples of people just like you and me and traces their success from financial illiterates to solid investors. This book is a good starting point for people to start thinking about investment. Most importantly, the book will also make you critically think about the so-called financial advisors, the investment literature and advertisements around us. I definitely recommend this book.

I recently bought the Millionaire teacher, and could not put the book down until I was through. I have had no previous financial exposure, but everything in this book made sense. I have no doubt in my mind that following the key advice from this book will help me retire somewhat wealthy in some 25 years. Buy this book, no joke!

This book is likely the best book purchase I've ever made. I've read multiple books and Internet sites desperately trying to expand my investment knowledge. I'm an educated person, I have a good career, yet I had no idea how to successfully invest my money. I've been following the advice of the bank sales rep and after a few years of poor returns thought it was time that I took more interest in my investments. I finally bought this book and have learned so much! Andrew explains the rules of wealth in plain English. I devoured the book in less than a week. Furthermore, he references many other good investment books and authors which has lead me to other good reads. As an added bonus, through his blog, Andrew has been kind enough to answer my personal investment questions. Thanks Andrew! You will not regret buying this book.

I've only recently started to learn about investments, and a whole new world opened to me.
The book "Millionaire Teacher" was the first book on investments I ever bought and I'm so happy I picked this one. With terms a layman can understand, and a healthy dose of humor, the author describes all the DO's and DON'Ts in the world of investing, describing some of the pitfalls you gotta be careful for.
My wife doesn't like finances at all, but when I started to read parts of the book out loud to her, I got her excited as well, and she is currently reading the book. I finished the book in one day, and I'm sure it will prove to be the most efficient day spent in my life.

Thanks Andrew for introducing me to the book, and I hope to read more from you!!

I have read several finance books, I follow several financial blogs, and this is the first book that helped me understand the best way to invest, and why. Everyone should read this book, regardless of age. And if you're reading this and thinking money doesn't interest you, or you don't feel like putting any thought into investing, that you would rather leave that to your advisor, please read this book! I am really glad I did.