Rethinking Investing

Praise for RETHINKING INVESTING "Read Charley Ellis' Rethinking Investing if you desire succinct and helpful investment advice. It is a highly readable and engaging book that delivers wise counsel on a range of important investment matters." -Rob Wallace, Chief Investment Officer, Stanford University "You will not find a more approachable, practical, sensible, and actionable guide to personal investment than this book." -Seth Alexander, CIO, MIT "This is a brilliant book by a master investor and storyteller! Explained in simple and clear language, Rethinking Investing is for anyone who needs a primer on investing their own money, building their own wealth, and planning for their financial life. This book should be required reading for every high school and college student in the USA." -Brett Barakett, CEO, Tremblant Capital "Rethinking Investing shares the indispensable wisdom that Charley Ellis, a luminary of the investment industry, has gathered over six decades. Investors who follow his safe advice will be well on their way to achieving their financial goals." - Michael J. Mauboussin, Managing Director, Consilient Research, Morgan Stanley Investment Management "A great book. Charley cuts through the vast and often complicated landscape of investing to boil down building wealth into a few simple, valuable rules. Wealth = growth - cost; where growth is maximized from saving and working...for as long as possible, and cost is minimized through low fees and tax awareness. Sticking with this formula (for a long time) is the key to financial success." -Tobias Moskowitz, Director, Swensen Asset Management Institute "Charley Ellis' Rethinking Investing condenses, succinctly and elegantly, the key tenets of prudent and successful personal investing. His emphasis on the advantages of investing in low-cost broad based market indices and ETFs, crafting an asset allocation that reflects individual circumstances, and the importance of compounding are key ingredients to long-term investment success. When Charley offers investment advice I pay attention." -Paula Volent, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, The Rockefeller University