Original MD Squared Investment Flowchart !

Aint She Purty?

Made Her myself.

This is the official Miles-Dividend-MD-How-to-Save Flow chart.

Start at the top and see where the flow chart takes you.  What could be more fun?

In terms of posts that correspond to each step of the flow sheet….

Step 1:  Save a healthy proportion of your take home income.  Please read:

https://www.milesdividendmd.com/2013/09/21/the-best-thing-i-ever-read-on-the-internet/

https://www.milesdividendmd.com/2013/10/02/i-was-told-there-would-be-no-math/

https://www.milesdividendmd.com/2013/10/14/more-math/

Step 2: On avoiding High interest debt please see rule 1 in:

https://www.milesdividendmd.com/2013/09/24/the-miles-game/

Step 3,4,5,6 (order of investments including the lovely backdoor Roth) please see:

https://www.milesdividendmd.com/2013/10/31/the-back-door/

Step 7: Read!

Haven’t really covered references yet, but here are some of the books that I have really enjoyed on investing:

Great First Book: http://www.amazon.com/Think-Invest-Like-Warren-Buffett/dp/0071809953

Great intermediate book with all the concepts you’ll need to design your own portfolio:  http: //www.amazon.com/Guide-Winning-Investment-Strategy-Youll/dp/0312339879/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1383636604&sr=1-1

Wonderful next level book about asset allocation including fun with math/spreadsheets!  http://www.amazon.com/The-Intelligent-Asset-Allocator-Portfolio/dp/0071362363

A Nice Book about fixed income (Bond) investing: http://www.amazon.com/Only-Guide-Winning-Strategy-Youll/dp/0312353634/ref=la_B000APJJ8O_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1383636734&sr=1-5

And if reading a book about investments is not your cup of tea, don’t feel bad, you’ll likely have equivalent performance with your portfolio invested in Betterment without another thought.  (You just won’t have as much fun.)

Step 8:  I will cover Vanguard and Motif in the future but Betterment is reviewed in:

https://www.milesdividendmd.com/2013/10/22/do-i-bore-you-with-my-investment-talk/

Enjoy!