The index card guide to finance, by Helaine Olen and harold Pollack

11/24/2021

Do you or perhaps a young person in your life starting out need some basic investment advice or some information to get started? If so, our short book has you covered.

Maybe someone in your life needs basic advice on savings and investment from people who aren't giving a sales pitch for some mutual fund, financial service, or investment. Maybe someone in your life wants help getting started on a financial plan. Or maybe you have some financial New Years' resolutions you want to go over.

If so--we've got you covered. https://www.amazon.com/Index-Card-Personal-Finance-Complicated/dp/0143130528/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The Index Card has been featured on the PBS News Hour, Money Magazine, the New York Times, the Freakonomics podcast, the Washington Post, and many other places.

We offer basic evidence-based advice that won't make you fabulously wealthy, but that can help you methodically plan for your future. Our book makes a great holiday gift for young people starting out, and for anyone else who wants to get their basic retirement savings and investments in order.

The Index Card costs about $12.50 at Amazon and other booksellers. That's all we are selling. We're not affiliated with or selling any financial product or service. We believe it is a valuable resource, and we hope you will take a look.

11/22/2020

Maybe someone in your life needs basic advice on savings and investment from people who aren't giving a sales pitch for some mutual fund, financial service, or investment. Maybe someone in your life wants help getting started on a financial plan. Or maybe you have some financial New Years' resolutions you want to go over.

If so--we've got you covered. https://www.amazon.com/Index-Card-Personal-Finance-Complicated/dp/0143130528/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The Index Card has been featured on the PBS News Hour, Money Magazine, the New York Times, the Freakonomics podcast, the Washington Post, and many other places.

We offer basic evidence-based advice that won't make you fabulously wealthy, but that can help you methodically plan for your future. Our book makes a great holiday gift for young people starting out, and for anyone else who wants to get their basic retirement savings and investments in order.

The Index Card costs about $12.50 at Amazon and other booksellers. That's all we are selling. We're not affiliated with or selling any financial product or service. We believe it is a valuable resource, and we hope you will take a look.

12/15/2019

If someone in your life needs basic savings & investment advice--we've got you covered for $9.

“The newbie investor will not find a better guide to personal finance.” —Burton Malkiel, author of A RANDOM WALK DOWN WALL STREET TV analysts and money managers would have you believe your finances are enormously complicated, and if you don’...

03/13/2018

Harold's new index card on home buying.

Buying a home does not have to be so complicated. 's Harold Pollak shares his simple tips on how to buy a home.

01/02/2018

Have financial new year's resolutions? Our book based on the award-winning index card helps you achieve them a little better. https://www.amazon.com/Index-Card-Personal-Finance-Complicated/dp/1591847680/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1501808223&sr=8-1

01/01/2018

Have financial new year's resolutions? Our little book helps you do simple things a little better.

“THE MOST NOTABLE PERSONAL FINANCE WRITING OF 2013 . . . WAS A HANDWRITTEN 4 × 6 INDEX CARD.” —MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE TV analysts and money managers would have you believe your finances are enormously complicated, and if you don’t follow their guidance, you&r...

12/26/2017

Fun conversation with Harold Pollack

The Moolala Book Club: Recommended Reading To Help You Better Manage Your Money, on the Moolala podcast with guests Shannon Lee Simmons, Chris White, Harold Pollack of The index card guide to finance, by Helaine Olen and harold Pollack Clint Greenleaf and Beth Kobliner.

Regardless of what you make, it can feel like you’re constantly broke. You think you can afford that new car or that vacation, but it feels like you can’t. We’ll talk with an author about “guilt-free” spending. Then, we have all the investment advice you’ll ever need — and it supposedly fits on an index card! Plus, a lot of factors can affect an investment decision, but a person’s emotions can actually play the biggest role. We’ll find out how investment advisors could better serve their clients by understanding their emotions.

12/21/2017

Helaine in the Washington Post.

Instead, it's just another day in Trump's United States.

12/19/2017

Helaine at the Atlantic.

They could certainly afford to donate bigger sums, but something seems to be holding them back.

12/18/2017

Helaine in the Washington Post.

Tax experts explain how Republicans are helping the wealthy game the system on their own behalf. "Drain the swamp" this isn't.

12/11/2017

Helaine Olen in the Atlantic.

A conversation about inheritance, philanthropy, and aging with the philosopher Martha Nussbaum and the law professor Saul Levmore