The Index Card: Why Personal Finance DoesnÕt Have to Be Complicated

By: Helaine Olen

Published January 5th 2016 by Portfolio

Category: Business

Pages: 256 pages

ISBN: 9781591847687

Description:
TV analysts and money managers would have you believe your finances are enormously complicated and if you donÕt follow their guidance, youÕll end up in the poorhouse. TheyÕre wrong.

When University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack interviewed Helaine Olen, an award-winning financial journalist and the author of the bestselling Pound Foolish, he made an off?-hand suggestion: everything you need to know about managing your money could fit on an index card. To prove his point, he grabbed a 4" x 6" card, scribbled down a list of rules, and posted a picture of the card online. The post went viral.

Now Pollack teams up with Olen to explain why the ten simple rules of the index card outperform more complicated financial strategies. Inside is an easy-to-follow action plan that works in good times and bad, giving you the tools, knowledge, and confidence to seize control of your financial life.