Harry Browne / Fail-Safe Investing

Contents

Prologue

Keep It Safe and Simple

Part I - The 17 Simple Rules of Financial Safety

Rule #1: Build Your Wealth upon Your Career
Rule #2: Don't Assume You Can Replace Your Wealth
Rule #3: Understand the Difference between Investing & Speculating
Rule #4: Beware of Fortune-Tellers
Rule #5: Don't Expect Anyone to Make You Rich
Rule #6: Don't Expect a Trading System to Work Reliably
Rule #7: Invest Only on a Cash Basis
Rule #8: Make Your Own Decisions
Rule #9: Do Only What You Understand
Rule #10: Spread the Risk
Rule #11: Build a Bullet-proof Portfolio for Protection
Rule #12: Speculate Only with Money You Can Afford to Lose
Rule #13: Keep Some Assets outside Your Own Country
Rule #14: Take Advantage of Tax-Reduction Plans
Rule #15: Ask the Right Questions
Rule #16: Enjoy Yourself with a Budget for Pleasure
Rule #17: Whenever You're in Doubt, Err on the Side Of Safety

Part II - More about the Rules

Rule #1: More about Your Career and Your Wealth
Rule #2: More about Protecting Your Wealth
Rule #3: More about Investing and Speculating
Rule #4: More about Fortune-Tellers and Forecasts
Rule #5: More about Relying on an Investment Expert
Rule #6: More about Trading Systems
Rule #7: More about Investing on a Cash Basis
Rule #8: More about Making Your Own Decisions
Rule #9: More about Understanding What You Do
Rule #10: More about Spreading the Risk
Rule #11: More about the Bullet-proof Portfolio
Rule #12: More about Speculating
Rule #13: More about Keeping Some Assets Overseas
Rule #14: More about Tax-Reduction Plans
Rule #15: More about Asking the Right Questions
Rule #16: More about the Pleasure Budget
Rule #17: More about Erring on the Side of Safety

Epilogue

Getting On with Your Life

Appendices

A. Acknowledgments
B. Where to Get Help
C. The Author