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The Awesome Portfolio

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'The portfolio is awesome, the approach is awesome, and the book is awesome' – Phil Bak, founder, Skyline Standard

Have you ever wanted to protect your money against market volatility but still benefit from outsized returns?

Then The Awesome Portfolio is for you.


For the last few decades, the conventional wisdom in investing has been to put your money in low-cost index funds, let them compound over time, and ride them into retirement, where you pick up your bag of money. Often, that isn’t what happens. Over the course of an investing lifetime, there will be enormous ups and downs, big bear markets, and people will be unable to withstand the volatility.

If volatility is the enemy, then the goal should be to construct a portfolio that gives you something close to the returns of the stock market, but with a lot less volatility – enter Jared Dillian's 'Awesome Portfolio'. It is the portfolio for people who want to sleep at night, and not ever have to worry about what their investments are doing.

In this practical and accessible book, Jared Dillian, a seasoned Wall Street veteran and financial thought leader, dives deep into the philosophy and rationale behind this approach, examining the historical returns and mathematics that make it work.

This essential guide offers a fresh perspective on wealth accumulation and retirement investing that will revolutionize how you manage your money.


'The mic drop of finance books' – John Mauldin, founding partner, Mauldin Economics
'The Awesome Portfolio is one for the ages. All ages' – Michael Martin, author, The Inner Voice of Trading

Critics Review

The portfolio is awesome, the approach is awesome, and the book is awesome.
Phil Bak, Founder, Skyline Standard
The Awesome Portfolio offers a smarter, more balanced approach to investing – grounded in discipline, true diversification, and long-term thinking.
Lawrence McDonald, author, How to Listen When Markets Speak
The mic drop of finance books. The Awesome Portfolio is the key to saving for retirement.
John Mauldin, founding partner, Mauldin Economics
Jared always amazes via math mixed with psychology. His ‘Awesome Portfolio’ sets a new bar for set-it-and-forget-investing – a streamlined, human-focused, simple portfolio for a lifetime.
Lyn Alden, author, Broken Money
The Awesome Portfolio is one for the ages. All ages.
Michael Martin, author, The Inner Voice of Trading
Jared Dillian shares thirty years of successes and failures that led him to The Awesome Portfolio. I can't wait to share it with my kids as they now begin their investing journey.
Peter Atwater, author, The Confidence Map
Easily the most engaging and useful book about personal investing I’ve read in a decade.
Ben Hunt, President and co-founder, Perscient
The Awesome Portfolio is a great way to ease investor anxiety and maximize happiness both today and in the future.
Eric Balchunas, ETF Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence
The Awesome Portfolio is simple, elegant, and backed by decades of data.
Alex Morris, Co-Founder & CEO, F/m Investments

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Joshua M. Brown, author, You Weren't Supposed To See That and CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management
Among the crowd chorus of sameness on Wall Street there are a few voices that stand out. Jared Dillian is one such voice.
Charles Payne, host, Making Money with Charles Payne
An actionable step-by-step plan to de-stress your financial life.
James P. O’Shaughnessy, author, What Works on Wall Street
Author Jared Dillian
Narrator LJ Ganser
Duration 5 hours and 30 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781804094112
Format Audiobook
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Genre Investment and securities, Personal finance, Private wealth management, Retirement
Availability GB, IE, US

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