Reddit reviews The Ages of the Investor: A Critical Look at Life-cycle Investing (Investing for Adults Book 1)

Hi - how are you going.

The JL Collins is a great place to start:- https://jlcollinsnh.com/category/stock-investing-series/

I also really like William Bernstein's books. I got this series for free a while back and it's great. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008CM2T2A/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i8

This book is good as well:- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1260026647/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3

There is some great information in the MMM forum.

I think it's actually pretty simple. Develop a portfolio of low cost index funds. You get to choose your asset allocation so I think it's about reading up and developing your own outlook. Then choose an asset allocation and start investing towards that.

If you want to be safe I would consider an inflation protected immediate annuity and/or TIPS (actual TIPS, not a mutual fund).

Some reading if interested:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Ages-Investor-Life-cycle-ebook/dp/B008CM2T2A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340164538&sr=8-1&keywords=%22the+ages+of+the+investor%22

http://www.amazon.com/Deep-Risk-Portfolio-Investing-ebook/dp/B00EV25GAM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1377803466&sr=8-3&keywords=deep+risk+bernstein

Personally I prefer stocks/bonds but wanted to give another perspective. A mixture of immediate annuity (up to the state insured limit), tips, and stocks would be pretty ideal.