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How to Invest and Spend for Happiness, Health, and Wealth

Order this book to read about real success: how to spend for happiness, how to invest effectively, how to boost life satisfaction and enhance longevity. This might be the world's wisest personal finance book.

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Once learning about the long odds of success with actively managed mutual funds versus passive index funds, most investors will be keen to jump ship. And…

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