Invested: How Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger Taught Me to Master My Mind, My Emotions, and My Money (with a Little Help from My Dad)

It’s too complicated. I can’t understand this. It’s too hard. Can’t I pay someone to do it for me. I’m not interested. It hurts my brain.Now repeat the above for about 100 pages and you get a sense of what I mean by fluff in the book.When she finally gets down to showing how to evaluate a company, like he dad’s book, they go on for page after page on how to do approximate calculations in your head. Hey, you kno what - people have calculators now. Every computer has a spreadsheet. How about showing a formula? Can’t do that - the book would be too short.Pass on this book.

Note: My previous review was removed (hidden). Let's see how long this one survives.As other negative reviews have indicated, this book is a useful investing pamphlet obscured by Danielle's search for meaning and validation.If you're the anxious type, petrified of losing money, this book may help you.If you've had an adventurous life and kept your wits about you, stick with "Rule One" or "Payback Time".Aside from those grumblings, at least the book pulls all of Phil's teachings into one volume, including Owner Earnings.

I read both of Phil Town's books, Rule #1 and Payback Time, for the first time back in 2010. Both were excellent in explaining the Graham/Buffett/Munger approach to investing and how the "little" guy investor could apply that approach to achieve similar 15% annual rate gains. In the intervening years, my Roth IRA, where I do my Rule#1 investing, has achieve a 19% AROR which attests to the fact that these investing principles work.In addition to reading the books, I've been a follower of Phil and Danielle's INVESTED podcast and attended one of Phil's weekend workshops. So I began reading Invested with some curiosity but also with the expectation that I wouldn't learn anything new. With regard to the bottom-line Rule #1 approach, my expectations were validated to some extent - but what INVESTED did do was add clarity to this investing approach as well as force me to look at it from a fresh perspective.INVESTED will also appeal to those who love a good story. All of the book is written from the perspective of Danielle who, despite the fact that her father is a very successful investor, never had any interest in investing herself. The book really is her story about her life and how it came to be that she came to the realization that she needed to learn how to invest in order to free herself from her financial shackles; her emotions as she began to learn from her father; the frustrations that come with learning a new skill; and then the elation that comes from having mastered that skill.Overall, it was an enjoyable and informational read that will appeal to anyone.

Thus is not intended as a don’t read rating. If you like a nice human interest story which also gives some valuable investment strategy and practice lessons then this is for you. However; although good, the investment information alone would be one very short chapter, including examples.

Excellent. If you are preparing for the Atlanta workshop given by her dad, this gives you a fantastic summary of the process. You will do an abbreviated version of this and you won't be sorry if you can internalize this information before you go. I am so thankful Danielle took her dads' lessons and wrote them in a way a complete novice can follow. It has helped me put the pieces of this investing puzzle together in a way I can follow.

As a woman, I find it inspiring and refreshing to read about investing from a woman's perspective. Danielle not only walks us through her journey from total fear of investing to total excitement about buying great companies but she engages us with the story of how she and her dad mended and strengthened their relationship through this process. Danielle makes you feel like you are learning about all this right alongside her, with zero expectation that you understand the math behind valuation or know the jargon of the investing industry. Invested explains in plain English what all the other investing books assume you know. And Danielle's warm wisecracks never fail to amuse. This book is by far the most engaging and helpful investing guide I've read. I'm completely inspired to start my journey with Danielle's help. Fantastic all around!

I read 40% of it and decided not to waste any more time. If you want to learn that educated lawyer didn't know about inflation or had bad claustrophobia, go for it. 40% and it still taught me nothing. Maybe if you need some motivation, it might help you. If you need knowledge and information, this book is useless.

Another top shelf easy to read, can't live without investing book written by Phil Town to go with his two Best-Sellers Rule #1 and Payback Time! Invested is extra-special because Mr Town walks his amazing daughter, Danielle Town, through his easy to understand, time-proven, investing strategy while she ventures in with smart skepticism.

For anyone new to investing this is truly a good book to read and get a better understanding of the value investing world. Dannielle Town provides the added advantage of being relatively new to the investing world and really good at explaining concepts in an easy to understand way. I adopted the value investing lifestyle just after I finished University 11 months ago and have been able to pick up considerable information since then. Even so, I have picked up valuable content due to Danielle's easy to understand writing style.As an avid fan of the Rule One podcast, I loved reading about the evolution of both Phil and Danielle Town's relationship getting better through the practice of investing. For anyone who has listened to the podcasts, you can see just how much she has developed as an investor which is a lovely aspect to read about. From all the investing books I have read I like the focus of the narrative on transforming one's self through the commitment to the practice. Furthermore for anyone who has read Guy Spiers book on the Education of a value Investor the narrative flows as beautifully in this book as it does in his. For anyone who has not read Guy's book I strongly recommend you go on to reading it after reading Danielle's Invested: you will certainly be a better person for it. The principles of value investing go far wider than investing in stocks and can help educate you on multiple aspects of your life.Overall a truly wonderful book to read and I must thank both Danielle and Phil for taking their time to educate individuals like myself.

Bought this off the recommendation from the youtube channel @InvestingWithRose and it did not disappoint. I am very much a beginner when it comes to investing, it's something I knew I should be doing... but I had no idea how to! The reasons I loved this book, may be a reason why others would not. It is a mix of numbers, mathematical formulas for how to pick a "wonderful company" alongside a really lovely personal narrative of Danielle's fears of investing and she voiced pretty much everything I was worried about too.The book is really well structured in a month by month format from January to December with "investing practice" activities for you to do at the end of each chapter/month. Very easy and enjoyable to read (especially if you listen along to the InvestED podcast too) I will be re-reading it to hammer home all the important points and also will be getting the book by co-author Phil Town - Rule #1 investing. Definitely worth a read, even if the style of writing isnt to your taste EVERYONE will get some value from this book. Highly recommend

Money is something deeply personal and emotional for all of us. Depending on how and where we have been raised we will see money very differently, sometimes with greed, apprehension, fear or joy.Invested is remarkable as it gives an emotional account of relationship with money and help us see the baggage we might bring to investing our money.And it does it in a very personal and factual way at the same time. Danielle takes us through her investing practice journey and at the same time shares deeply about her personal journey that unfolds at the same time.There is nothing better than books telling an emotional human story and Invested is such a book. It is also immensely practical to help people from from simplest concepts to the more complex ones.And sorry for Phil Town. Before reading Rule #1, people should definitely start with Invested!

If you wish to start investment I would recommend starting with this one

Habe mit diesem Buch einen Fehler gemacht (Schreibstil det Autorin sagt mir überhaupt nicht zu, liest sich sehr langatmig, gleiche Infos wie in Phil Town's Büchern) und ausserdem waren meine Erwartungen nachdem ich beide Bücher von Phil Town (Vater der Autorin) gelesen hatte auch dementsprechend hoch nd wurden leider auf (fast) ganzer Linie enttäuscht .... lieber den youtube-Kanal von R#1 anschauen, ist viel informativer und spannender!