The Lazy Person’s Guide to Investing by Paul B Farrell

I just checked out The Lazy Persons Guide to Investing by Paul B. Farrell from my library. The subtitle is “A Book for Procrastinators, the Financially Challenged, and Everyone Who Worries About Dealing with Their Money.” A quick scan makes it seem to be pretty simple but looks like it could be a good review of different investment methods that do not require one to actively manage your money. I am working at putting together my investment strategy right now.

Here is the table of contents for the book. As I read different sections I hope to write out my thoughts.

Introduction: America’s Laziest Portfolios

PART 1. THE CONTEST WINNERS
1. The Couch Potato Portfolio Is Microwavable
2. The World-Famous Coffeehouse Portfolio
3. Dr. Bernstein’s No-Brainer Portfolio
4. A Challenger Jumps in Ring! Scores on Points

PART 2. RECESS FUN: TESTING THE SIX LAZIEST STRATEGIES
5. Strategy One: Zero Timing Wins
6. Strategy Two: Frugal Saving Wins
7. Strategy Three: Compounding Wins
8. Strategy Four: Asset Allocation Wins
9. Strategy Five: Buy’n'hold Wins
10. Strategy Six: Do-It-Yourself Wins

PART 3. SIX MORE BORING, LAZY PORTFOLIOS FOR AMERICA
11. The Dummies Ultimate Keep-It-Simple Portfolio
12. Dilbert’s Anti-Weasel Defense Portfolio
13. Motley Fools Morph into Index Champions
14. Idiot-Proof Portfolios for the Financially Challenged
15. Where Do Active Money Managers Put Their Own Money? In Safer Passive Index Funds!
16. Even Nobel Economists Prefer Lazy Theories

PART 4. ADVENTURES OUTSIDE THE (VANGUARD) BOX
17. The Care and Feeding of Your 401 (k) Plan
18. Happy Hybrids: One-Fund Mini Portfolios
19. The ETF Zoo: Spiders, Qubes, Diamonds, Webs, Vipers
20. DRIP-DRIP-DRIPping with No-Load Stocks
21. You Wanna Be the Next Super-Mario?
22. The Superpowered Zero-Funds Portfolio
23. Lazy Portfolios for Not-So-Lazy Kids

PART 5. WHEN LAZINESS FAILS YOU AND YOU’RE ITCHIN’ FOR SOME ACTION!
24. Sssssizzle … Fizzzzzz … That’s Your Brain Frying on a Hot Stock
25. Plan B: How Investors Learn to Live with Two Brains and a Split Personality

The Home Stretch

Epilogue: The Ultimate Secret of Success for Millionaires and Lazy Investors

The Complete Library for America’s Laziest Investors