J. L. Collins

United States

Finance Blogger and Author at Freelance

FI blogger most noted for The Stock Series. Author of The Simple Path to Wealth, How I Lost Money in Real Estate and Pathfinders https://t.co/eprWWNC8kZ

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How to make sure you get the right version of The Simple Path to Wealth

1 week ago | jlcollinsnh.com | JL Collins |J. L. Collins

As most of you already know by now, as of May 20, 2025 there is a new, updated version of The Simple Path to Wealth available. Indeed, it has already reached #7 on the New York Times Best Sellers List. If you buy the book at Barnes & Noble or any local bookstore, you’ll automatically get the new edition. But, somewhat confusingly, the original is also still available on Amazon.
The one thing that will determine whether the market makes you wealthy or leaves you bleeding on the side of the road

3 weeks ago | jlcollinsnh.com | JL Collins |J. L. Collins

I’ve been an investor in the stock market for 50 years. Here’s the one thing that will determine whether the market makes you wealthy or leaves you bleeding on the side of the road:What you do when the market drops. Market drops fall into three broad categories:Corrections, which are drops of ~10%Bear Markets, which are when the declines reach 20%Crashes, which are when the market drops 30% or more. Now the fact that each of these events has a name should tell you something.
A New Edition of The Simple Path to Wealth

1 month ago | jlcollinsnh.com | JL Collins |J. L. Collins

Let’s start with a couple pieces of exciting news, and then I’ll fill you in. First, there is a brand new edition of The Simple Path to Wealth coming to bookstores on May 20th. Second, my pal Pete Adeney, Mr. Money Mustache himself, and I will be doing a live zoom conversation, open to everyone who preorders the book. More on that below. I hope you’ll join!But, it almost didn’t happen.
Deja vu all over again

2 months ago | jlcollinsnh.com | JL Collins |J. L. Collins

April 7, 2025Deja vu all over againA few short years ago my blog comment section and social media were blowing up. Panic was in the air. The comments were varied, but uniformly convinced this time was different. As a theme, they ran along these lines:“JL, I love your work and have been following The Simple Path with great success. But now the market is crashing and this time is surely different. This time it is a pandemic. This time economies around the world have shut down.
Got a question?

Jan 7, 2025 | jlcollinsnh.com | JL Collins |J. L. Collins

Got a question? by JL Collins 1 Comment - Updated: January 7, 2025This one is going to be very brief. I’m putting together a FAQ. If you have a question you’ve always wanted to ask, drop it in the comments below. Keep in mind this is for a general FAQThanks! Read Next from JL
President Trump and the future of stock returns

Nov 11, 2024 | jlcollinsnh.com | JL Collins |J. L. Collins

Since last Wednesday, depending on your political leanings, you have been celebrating or in mourning. Or maybe you greeted the news with indifference. Now, as the dust settles, you might be wondering what this all means for your portfolio. Love him or loathe him, Mr. Trump is a disruptive force and Mr. Market hates disruption. Back in November 2015 that was my analysis, and I was sorely tempted to move to cash. Instead, I stuck to my discipline and remained fully invested.
Kibanda Repairs & Summer Reading

Sep 2, 2024 | jlcollinsnh.com | JL Collins |J. L. Collins

September. Labor Day. Already. Ah well, it has been a great summer here at Kibanda. This was the year we conclusively decided not to tear it down and build new. If you’ve read the saga you know it was in pretty desperate shape when we bought it back in 2017 and the fallback was always to bring in the bulldozers. We didn’t, opting to fix it up and nurse it along. Then, about three years ago, we began seriously thinking about a new build.
Are Index Funds a Bubble?

Jul 9, 2024 | jlcollinsnh.com | JL Collins |J. L. Collins

Lanju Photografie, UnsplashRecently a friend reached out asking for my take on concerns raised in this article:What Goes UpI hate these kind of requests, probably because every time this sort of hand wringing article appears, people want me to talk them down off the ledge. Ordinarily, I ignore these requests. Guess I’m bored fielding them and reading this stuff. There’s nothing new in them and, if you’ve read my work, you already know my take.
24 Intriguing Quotes from Pathfinders

Oct 31, 2023 | jlcollinsnh.com | JL Collins |J. L. Collins

Halloween has been my favorite holiday since I was old enough to trick-or-treat. But none has been as special as this October 31, 2023. This is the Halloween that launched…Pathfinders has been two years in the making and it is a book I have wanted to bring to you since 2016 after The Simple Path to Wealth was published.
32 Things to Know about Following The Simple Path to Wealth

Oct 8, 2023 | jlcollinsnh.com | JL Collins |J. L. Collins

32 things to know about following…The Simple Path to Wealth(besides that it is not outdated) 😉1. Investing, done well, is the soul of simplicity. 2. Anyone who tells you differently is selling you something. 3. Investing is playing the long game: Think decades. 4. Once you understand a few key things, the less you think about it the better your results. 5. Once you implement those few key things, the less you do the better your results. 6.