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Every book JL Collins recommended on podcasts
Across 2 podcasts. Every show JL Collins appears on, in one place — not just one.
As evidenced by his appearances on ChooseFI and The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, JL Collins is an expert in personal finance and passive investing who centers his discussions on building long-term wealth through straightforward index fund strategies. During these podcast episodes, Collins has recommended and reflected upon key financial literature. On ChooseFI, he recommended Nassim Nicholas Taleb's 'The Black Swan', highlighting its insights into rare, unpredictable market events and encouraging listeners to read it. When discussing the mechanics of value investing, Collins referenced Benjamin Graham's classic 'The Intelligent Investor', noting Graham's foundational influence on investors like Warren Buffett. Furthermore, Collins frequently discusses his own book, 'The Simple Path to Wealth'. He has shared the origins of the work—which evolved from financial letters written to his daughter in 2010 and 2011—and discussed reader feedback regarding how the book demystifies investing, helps individuals navigate market downturns without panic, and teaches sustainable wealth management. Through these literary highlights, Collins reinforces disciplined, long-term financial principles for everyday investors.
Books recommended by JL Collins
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The Simple Path to Wealth
The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins is a clear and accessible guide to achieving financial independence through low-cost index fund investing and simple savings habits.
Discussed“Finally, the biggest compliment I get that I most appreciate comes from people who who say, you know, I've tried to understand this investing stuff. I've tried reading different books about it and I've just never been able to get it and I pick up the simple path to wealth and suddenly it makes sense to me.”
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The Black Swan
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is an influential examination of how highly improbable, unpredictable events profoundly impact history, finance, and human society.
Recommended“there's a book I forget the author's name but uh the guy wrote the book about black swans oh Nasim Nicholas taleb yeah so so he wrote this book The Black Swan which is which is a great book I highly recommend it”
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The intelligent investor
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham is a seminal 1949 text on value investing that outlines timeless principles for managing risk and analyzing market behavior.
Discussed“Benjamin Graham, who who wrote The Intelligent Investor, who was a mentor to Warren Buffett, basically said what you should do is look for value companies and try to determine where the beer is and then try to see if you can get a buying opportunity, watch it where you can buy it for less than the actual value of”
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Other mentions (13: passing, ad reads, own books)
“You're an accidental landlord, which was subject to my second book. You know, that's not optimal.”
“and then the simple path to wealth of course is the nuts and bolts about how to put it together so maybe hearing the stories that it can be done is at least as good a place to start”
“and my mission with Pathfinders and with the simple path to wealth is I want people to know that one of the things they can buy with their money is their freedom their financial Independence now you may choose not to follow this path but it least you will know it's an option”
“and my mission with Pathfinders and with the simple path to wealth is I want people to know that one of the things they can buy with their money is their freedom their financial Independence”
“The stock market is there's really two aspects to the stock market and I in my book and then on the blog, I liken it to a stein of beer that you that you can't really it's not a clear glass...”
“and it really I've wrote it for my daughter and you know I hoped it would be successful at least within the FI Community”
“and that's the key to the simple path to wealth is you buy these things and you hold them and you forget about them”
“and then also in 2016 is when I published my book The Simple path to wealth and that's been much more successful than I could have hoped”
“actually last year it started making money a couple of years ago but it was really just sort of breaking even with its expenses so I wasn't showing any any great income from it but last year the expenses have stayed fairly stable when the income is has grown rather nicely so suddenly as of 2016 I had income from”
“I think that the book that I'm most excited about it at the moment that is new on the scene and I think it's not even quite a year old is Millennial Revolution”
“and I know I've got a book out there I hope everybody goes out ignores this advice maybe not”
“uh if they're interested in the simple path to wealth which is my book there's a link to that will take them to Amazon to buy the book”
“if they're interested in the simple path to wealth which is my book there's a link to that will take them to Amazon to buy the book”