Index Funds Without the Misery

Everyone says "just buy index funds." Few people explain what an index fund is, or why the fee matters so much.

💡 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

✔️ What a fund is: a shared basket

✔️ Mutual funds vs ETFs: "index" is what it holds, "ETF" is how it trades

✔️ What an index fund actually does, and the story of the first one

✔️ Active vs passive, and why the cheaper player tends to win after costs

✔️ Expense ratios: what a 1% fee does to a balance over 30 years, worked out in full

✔️ How to read a fund fact sheet, using a made-up example fund

✔️ The kinds of index fund, rebalancing, and what no index fund can do

📖 WHAT'S INSIDE

✔️ 27 pages

✔️ 12 worked examples

✔️ 12 practice problems with full answers

✔️ A "Try This Now" action page, a glossary and a one-page summary

🔒 No fund names or tickers. It teaches you how to judge any fund yourself.

👉 Want all five? The Investing Bundle has this book plus four more and a bonus workbook for $47.

Educational only. Not financial, investment, tax or legal advice. US-focused. Instant PDF download.