Whether you are new to FIRE or an old timer, continuing your financial education is key to achieving FIRE.

With the ever evolving economy, successful FIRE fighters are lifelong learners.

If you took time throughout the year to learn a new skill, you may be eligible for the Lifetime Learning Credit.

The Lifetime Learning Credit is worth a maximum of $2,000 per year, and helps pay for college and educational expenses that improve your job skills.

An eligible educational institution is any college, university, vocational school, or other postsecondary educational institution eligible to participate in a student aid program administered by the US Department of Education.

The path to financial wealth is to have your money work for you.

Investing in index funds allows your money to compound over time so that you can earn money while you sleep.While it is important to invest early, it is also important to invest wisely.

So why not invest like the top investors of our time?

Read up to find out how the best investors were able to create their wealth, even during the Great Recession. These three investment books have been a game changer for my path to financial freedom.

Gain indispensable insights to investing in the stock market with the following books.

1. Unshakeable: Your Financial Freedom Playbook by Tony Robbins

Want to be able to sleep through the night even if the economy crashed? Or be able to have peace of mind about your finances despite the uncertainty in the world?

In the book Unshakeable: Your Financial Freedom Playbook, Tony Robbins provides the key steps needed to accelerate the path to financial freedom. The book also covers simple investing tips from top investors who made money during the Great Recession.

Regardless of salary, age, or previous money mistakes, Unshakeable helps readers achieve financial freedom like a boss. I have a copy of Unshakeable as a reminder to continue mastering the money mindset to true wealth.

Start reading “Unshakeable” here!

2. The Simple Path to Wealth by Jim L. Collins

I learned a lot of simple personal financial strategies the hard way. Through bouncing back from mistakes big and small, I’m living proof that financial freedom is within reach regardless of past money mistakes.

After reading “The Simple Path to Wealth”, I was able to really understand simple strategies for index fund investing. I rebalanced my portfolio by investing in the low cost index fund, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Admiral Shares (VTSAX).

Yes, the majority of my investment portfolio is VTSAX. And I sleep very well each night. Interested in taking a deeper look into this strategy?

Check out “The Simple Path to Wealth” here!

3. The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing by Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, and Michael Leboeuf

The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing is a straightforward guide to investing for beginners to advanced investors. The guide provides practical advice, no matter what your age or net worth.

The easy-to-use strategies are quite similar to “The Simple Path to Wealth”. The guide aims to help you build financial wealth so that you can profit more from the investments you make.

If you face a financial challenge, or simply want to know what is prudent to do with the money you save, The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing will likely have the answers to help you gain and maintain financial footing.

Start reading “The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing” here!