The Rational Investor: How to Beat Wall Street, Build Passive Wealth and Stop Worrying About Money

I get Ben's daily advice and find it excellent! Investing is more psychological than it is mathematical! Genius!

Well laid out book with empirical evidence noted. A very good book for a beginning, younger investor. The book will help you get a rational path to building long-term wealth.

This book taught me that I did not know as much about investing as I had thought. I feel much wiser after reading Ben’s book.

Perhaps the best book on investing I have ever found, this book makes a - perhaps the -compelling case for investing in equity index funds over time.

Straightforward and easy to read and understand. Love all the footnotes detailing the research. Makes the case for investing in low cost index funds and to stay in it for the long term. Describes why it is not advantageous to try to time the market. Also cautions when interest rates/inflation is high or possibility of recession to back away from all the “expert” talking heads, as to not make fear based decisions.

This book leaves no stone unturned it explains everything it discusses in this book to the best detail possible and makes it so that anyone with a basic knowledge of the stock market can make money using this book.

This book neatly and quickly summarises all the best thinking in personal investment. Having been extremely fortunate to inherit a sum of money, I got to know a bunch of seemingly well meaning wealth managers based in Switzerland who befuddled my normally calm head with, for instance, crypto, gold, private markets, structured products and a whole bunch of other stuff. So much stuff in fact, it completely paralysed me. Ben's book completely unconfused me and simplified everything. Now I can get on with my life and not worry about investments, or worry about missing out - knowing I'm getting the best returns. He calmly answered every question I'd ever asked on the subject using evidence based learnings and Warren Buffet style common sense. The time and fees I'm saving pays for this book a thousand times over. Thanks Ben.

I know Ben from my school days at Guelph. Go Gryphons!!!I am somewhat of an investment/finance enthousiast myself and have read 20+ personal finance books and I'd say he makes the best case for why index funds is the most practical way to invest your money. I appreciated his incorporation of academic literature and how it was conveyed in a simple matter. This is definitely a book I'd recommend to someone very green in investing as it doesn't have to be complicated to build wealth and can make it seem less intimidating.

As with the Financial Freedom Equation, The Rational Investor is a smart well written book that delivers practical advice for anyone wanting to learn more about investing. Whether you are a seasoned investor or just beginning this book is for you. Highly recommend it. Great read!

The author has written two books, both of which contain sections on real estate investing. Those sections should be required reading for anyone thinking about starting in real estate investing.