The Simple Path to Wealth Your roadmap to a rich, free life — in just five minutes per week. September 29, 2026Big apologies from us here at Team JL if you missed out on the last newsletter! We're told the broadcast failed to reach many of you due to a technical snafu. Our big topic for that one was what you should do if you inherit a bundle of individual stocks from a relative. You can still check it out here!You can also get the lowdown on an upcoming live event with JL Collins and his...
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The Simple Path to Wealth Your roadmap to a rich, free life — in just five minutes per week. September 15, 2026If you're looking for a practical companion on the journey to financial independence, The Simple Path to Wealth Workbook is here to help you turn ideas into action.One of the first to learn the path was Jessica Collins. In fact, JL created it for her: his blog and the book grew out of letters to his daughter offering wisdom and advice on how she could win her financial...
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The Simple Path to Wealth Your roadmap to a rich, free life — in just five minutes per week. September 1, 2026JL famously developed The Simple Path to Wealth from a series of letters he wrote to his daughter Jessica. Now she's carrying the torch with a companion piece, The Simple Path to Wealth Workbook, and earlier this month Jessica joined the Fit Rich Life podcast to discuss the new project and her life walking the Path—which includes an early retirement at 32 years old!That interview will...
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The Simple Path to Wealth Your roadmap to a rich, free life — in just five minutes per week. August 18, 2026"I love this overview of the incredible bull market we are enjoying," JL writes in, "Especially the point that the Magnificent Seven are now the laggards, and the other 493 stocks of the S&P 500 are the ones leading the market further up.It wasn’t too long ago my inbox was filling up with great concern that index funds were failing because of the Mag 7’s success. Now it's the very...
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The Simple Path to Wealth Your roadmap to a rich, free life — in just five minutes per week. August 4, 2026Last week we asked how our international readers are following The Simple Path, and we received letters from dozens of countries across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Still waiting on Antarctica, but it's a start!If you haven't yet chimed in, please do. It will help us build out a comprehensive database of information on the International Path.In the meantime, we're keeping...
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The Simple Path to Wealth Your roadmap to a rich, free life — in just five minutes per week. July 21, 2026It's one of our most common reader questions: "How can I follow The Simple Path from outside the United States?"The Path is fairly straight for Americans, who have access to near-zero-cost index funds via brokerage services—like Vanguard and Fidelity—where pretty much anyone can sign up.Just open an account, transfer money, and use it to buy your VTSAX or VTI or VT.But for folks who live...
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The Simple Path to Wealth Your roadmap to a rich, free life — in just five minutes per week. July 7, 2026This week, JL flags an essay from Brad Barrett in the ChooseFI newsletter. "A similar point I make frequently," JL writes, "is that those of us on The Simple Path are unicorns." Check it out below!A Secret Hidden in Plain SightI went to my 25th college reunion at the University of Richmond this past Saturday, and I came away with an observation I can't stop thinking about.Over the course...
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The Simple Path to Wealth Your roadmap to a rich, free life — in just five minutes per week. June 23, 2026Amazon Prime Day cometh, and The Simple Path to Wealth will be a part of the festivities. Today, the bible of financial independence is available on Amazon for the lowest price ever. That's both the physical book and the Kindle version! If you've been meaning to pick up a copy or share one with a friend, this might just be your moment! THE SIMPLE NUMBERS This year, the U.S. stock market...
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The Simple Path to Wealth Your roadmap to a rich, free life — in just five minutes per week. June 9, 2026"Mr. Jack Bogle might be your patron saint, but YOU are mine! Thank you for paying it forward," Rich B. writes to JL. "Every graduation announcement my wife and I receive, we send them a copy of The Simple Path to Wealth. I look forward to the day when they come back to me and say, 'Hey, remember that book you sent me? It changed my life!’ Because it has changed my life! I feel this deep...
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The Simple Path to Wealth Your roadmap to a rich, free life — in just five minutes per week. May 12, 2026A heartfelt thanks to the very many of you who've volunteered to serve as beta readers for The Simple Path to Wealth Workbook ahead of its release this fall! For those who are chosen to participate via the random draw, we'll get you more information soon.In the meantime, anyone and everyone is welcome to pre-order the new Simple Path companion book now! It's another great tool for staying...
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