Chapter 1. Why Are We Here?

We have written this book as a pathway and guide to your financial security. Of course, no book on its own can act as the runway lights for such a complex and dynamic topic as an individual's future financial health.

However, we believe that with the ACTIVE PARTICIPATION of our readers, we can get a good way down the road to safely securing the money part of people's lives.

That's a big boast. But it's a boast grounded in a strong belief that everyone has it within them to become a successful investor. The trick is to step back from the daily mayhem and noise of stock and bond markets and to THINK about the big picture. And that's what we try to do, and to inspire you to do also, in this book.

To think.

To think about where ...

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