Comments on: The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing: Chapters 1 – 8 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/13/the-bogleheads-guide-to-investing-chapters-1-8/ Financial talk for the rest of us Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: eR0CK http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/13/the-bogleheads-guide-to-investing-chapters-1-8/#comment-10640 eR0CK Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:12:06 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/13/the-bogleheads-guide-to-investing-chapters-1-8/#comment-10640 Ironically, I also just finished Chapter 8.

I think it’s a great book and great for beginners. I haven’t got much use out of it thus far, but it’s interesting nonetheless.

]]> By: Trent http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/13/the-bogleheads-guide-to-investing-chapters-1-8/#comment-10636 Trent Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:59:46 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/13/the-bogleheads-guide-to-investing-chapters-1-8/#comment-10636 That’s $50K in today’s dollars – much more in 30 years.

]]> By: Paula http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/13/the-bogleheads-guide-to-investing-chapters-1-8/#comment-10626 Paula Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:04:45 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/13/the-bogleheads-guide-to-investing-chapters-1-8/#comment-10626 50K/year seems incredibly low 30 years from now. I realize that you won’t have a mortgage, but I’m assuming that health care costs for my husband and I will easily take the place of the mortgage.

]]> By: Duane http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/13/the-bogleheads-guide-to-investing-chapters-1-8/#comment-10469 Duane Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:20:31 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/13/the-bogleheads-guide-to-investing-chapters-1-8/#comment-10469 On the sixth part I’m puzzled about the calculation. A 7% return on 2.2 million would be over 140k per year. It isn’t clear if the 50k refers to gross or net income. Can you clarify things?

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