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By JLP | September 20, 2006
Here’s some exciting news! During the month of October, I, along with 21 other personal finance bloggers, will be hosting a month-long, chapter-by-chapter review of The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing
. Each weekday during October, a different blogger will review a chapter out of The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing. This is exciting to me because 1) to my knowledge, nothing like this has been done before; and 2) it’s one more project to bring a greater sense of community to the personal finance blogosphere. Also, as of this writing, I’m working on some other fun things to go along with this project. I’ll let you know if anything develops there.
How Did This Project Come About?
As most of you know, I like to do things that bring bloggers together. How and why I worked myself into this niche, I do not know. However, while the Question of the Day Marathon was taking place in August, I got to thinking about other projects that could be done with other bloggers. I happened to look up to see my copy of The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing sitting on my desk. I picked it up and started thumbing through it and then the idea of a community-wide book review came to mind. I emailed the book’s publisher and asked them if they would be interested in sponsoring such an event and they kindly obliged. So, I sent out an email to my blogger friends, told them about the idea, and asked for volunteers, which are listed in the table below.
Why the Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing?
I chose the The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing because I agree with what the authors have to say and I really enjoyed the book when I read it earlier this year. I also interviewed the authors and I think they have the readers’ best interest at heart. What more can I say?
So, that’s what we all have to look forward to in October. I’m excited. How about you?
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DATE
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CHAPTER
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HOST
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Monday, October 2
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CHAPTER 1
Choose a Sound Financial Lifestyle
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AllFinancialMatters
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Tuesday, October 3
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CHAPTER 2
Start Early and Invest Regularly
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FiveCentNickel
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Wednesday, October 4
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CHAPTER 3
Know What You’re Buying Part 1
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Young and Broke
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Thursday, October 5
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CHAPTER 4
Know What You’re Buying Part 2
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Penny Foolish
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Friday, October 6
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CHAPTER 5
Preserving Your Purchasing Power
With Inflation Protected Bonds
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Mighty Bargain Hunter
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Monday, October 9
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CHAPTER 6
How Much Do You Need to Save?
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Caustic Musings
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Tuesday, October 10
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CHAPTER 7
Keep it Simple
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Blueprint for Financial Prosperity
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Wednesday, October 11
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CHAPTER 8
Asset Allocation
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Consumerism Commentary
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Thursday, October 12
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CHAPTER 9
Costs Matter
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FreeMoneyFinance
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Friday, October 13
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CHAPTERS 10 & 11
Taxes Part 1, Part 2
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Don’t Mess With Taxes
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Monday, October 16
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CHAPTER 12
Diversification
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My Money Forest
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Tuesday, October 17
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CHAPTER 13
Performance Chasing and Market Timing
are Hazardous to Your Wealth
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I Will Teach You to be Rich
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Wednesday, October 18
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CHAPTER 14
Savvy Ways to Invest for College
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Pragmatic Finance
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Thursday, October 19
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CHAPTER 15
How to Manage a Windfall Successfully
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Get Rich Slowly
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Friday, October 20
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CHAPTER 16
Do You Need an Advisor?
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Stop Buying Crap
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Monday, October 23
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CHAPTER 17
Track Your Progress
and Rebalance When Necessary
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Tired But Happy
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Tuesday, October 24
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CHAPTER 18
Tune Out the “Noise”
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MyMoneyBlog
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Wednesday, October 25
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CHAPTER 19
Mastering Your Investments
Means Mastering Your Emotions
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It’s Just Money
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Thursday, October 26
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CHAPTER 20
Making Your Money Last Longer Than You do
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Frugal for Life
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Friday, October 27
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CHAPTER 21
Protect Your Assets by Being Well-Insured
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Financial Freedumb
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Monday, October 30
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CHAPTER 22
Passing it on When You Pass on
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Udandi and the Craft of Money
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Tuesday, October 31
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CHAPTER 23
You Can do it!
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PoliticalCalculations
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Topics: Books | 9 Comments »
Comments
September 20th, 2006 at 12:33 pm
Looking forward to it, as always!
September 20th, 2006 at 12:43 pm
I am very much looking forward to reading this guide. You have taught me so much already! Thank you.
September 20th, 2006 at 12:47 pm
Great Idea! If anybody isn’t able to do their review, I’d gladly step in to help.
September 20th, 2006 at 1:25 pm
Very interesting. I’ll be looking forward to this
September 20th, 2006 at 2:47 pm
This is going to be fun! Thanks for organizing this JLP.
September 21st, 2006 at 12:28 pm
Can’t wait! This should be interesting…
September 22nd, 2006 at 5:21 am
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Here are interesting posts and news this week from the MoneyBlogNetwork members and beyond: AllFinancialMatters lists 5 things I wish I knew when I was 20. He also detailed his Bogleheads’ October Project which I’ll be part of. MightyBargainHunter de…
September 25th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
Oh nuts! I forgot to sign up!
October 1st, 2006 at 11:14 am
[...] I was also reading “The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing”. It covers basic but practical points on many aspects of investing and serves as a good starter kit for beginner. I find the rebalancing guideline in the book useful and would adopt it for my portfolio. Though I have a few chapters to go, it was an enjoyable read so far and I recommend it to all new investors. For those who want to preview the book, the good news is twenty three personal finance bloggers will each reviews one chapter of the book, over the month of October. I can’t wait to read them [...]