Finance ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Common Sense Investing With Index Funds: Make Money With Index Funds Now!
James Pattersenn Jr. · 2021
🎙 Narrated by Andrew Baldwin
69/100
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James Pattersenn Jr. keeps this refreshingly simple and grounded in real Bogle/index philosophy, with concrete Vanguard fund picks instead of vague platitudes — that specificity is both its strength and its shelf-life risk if fund lineups shift. It's a solid, revisitable starter reference for true beginners, and Andrew Baldwin's narration should hold up fine for a straightforward finance listen.
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🎙 Narration: good Unabridged, narrated by Andrew Baldwin via Trilogy Publishing Group — no detailed critique found, but described as an easy, accessible listen suited to newcomers.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety80
Substance / usefulness62
Craft & writing65
Originality55
Evidence & accuracy62
Hype vs delivers62
Age-fit85
Human-eye read68
Penny’s verdict69
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