About the Author Rob West is a publisher, author, blogger, serial entrepreneur, traveller and lifestyle designer with professional interests in publishing, sustainability and investing. He’s a firm believer in defining your own success and prioritizing action and experience and his work is geared towards giving people the practical tools and motivation to steer their own course, make life happen on their terms and contribute to a more positive world. He’s lived on both sides of the Atlantic, calls London home and has filled several passports with entrance stamps to 42 countries. This included a 14 month vagabonding session that threaded a course from the fells of England through the beer halls of Prague, the canals of Venice, the rainforests of Laos, the islands of Thailand, the volcanoes of Indonesia, the beachs of New Zealand, the deserts of Australia, the bars of Hollywood and the mountains of Western Canada. This was followed by taking a winter off to live in Merida, Mexico where is Child Millionaire daughter Mia had her first birthday. He and his wife are currently developing a permaculture-based micro-farm on Gabriola Island, Canada. Rob started investing in university and got absolutely slaughtered when the dotcom bubble burst causing him to rethink life, happiness and everything he thought he knew about investing. Over the past ten years he’s commissioned several hundred books on sustainability and has developed a vision for the long-term along with a sizeable investment portfolio using the principles of ownership and income. He’s now combined his long-term thinking with his investing success and distilled the juice into The Child Millionaire, which is the ultimate long-term investment guide. Read more
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Don't save - Invest! Essential guidance for uncertain times
If, like me, you would like to save money for the future but are uncertain how to proceed given low interest rates, rising inflation and a turbulent stock market, then this is the book for you. Very well written and thoroughly researched, it cuts through the jargon so often used by the 'experts' to outline how normal people can take advantage of a simple and well established method of long-term investing.Child Millionaire is not for those who want to get in on the secrets behind a get-rich-quick scheme, but for those who wish to grow their wealth gradually with low risk over a long time-horizon. Indeed, if you don't have children then I would strongly recommend that you buy it anyway - I don't have kids and read it in the context of saving for my retirement (as far as I can see it could easily be called the Retirement Millionaire!)Starting with a crash course in investment fundamentals, it goes on to explain how anybody can easily set up a portfolio of blue-chip stocks that has the potential to grow exponentially and ride out financial turmoil, given enough time and the compounding effect of dividend reinvestment and regular additional stock purchases.With additional resources such as an investment calculator and introductions to many of the themes in the book available at [...]Child Millionaire is an absolute bargain that I hope will repay itself many times over!
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