The Simple Path to Wealth | JL Collins | Talks at Google

Author and financial blogger JL Collins brings his refreshingly unique and approachable take on investing to Google. The author of “The Simple Path to Wealth: Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich, Free Life“, JL offers easy-to-understand, effective tips and resources to understand investing with confidence. In this interview with Googler Rachel Smith, JL Collins discusses money and investing, including: how to think about money and investing to build wealth, how to avoid debt, how to simplify the world of 401(k), 403(b), TSP, IRA and Roth accounts, TRFs (Target Retirement Funds), HSAs (Health Savings Accounts) and RMDs (Required Minimum Distributions). He also talks about what the stock market really is and how it really works, How to invest in a raging bull, or bear, market, and specific investments to implement financial strategies. Learn more at or get the book here: Moderated by Rachel Smith.