Books By Jared Dillian
Jared Dillian's Books
Jared writes about markets for a living. He also writes short stories, essays, and books about how to live.
Some of it will make you money.
All of it will make you think.
The Awesome Portfolio
A simple, stress-free approach to investing
For decades, the advice was simple: buy index funds, compound, and retire rich. It rarely works. The ups and downs are brutal, and most people bail at the bottom. The Awesome Portfolio—stocks, bonds, cash, gold, real estate—gets you near index returns with half the volatility. It's for people who want to sleep at night. Jared Dillian shows you the math.
"The Awesome Portfolio is one for the ages. All ages."
— Michael Martin, author, The Inner Voice of Trading
Rule 62
A book for anyone who doesn’t want to live a boring life.
Forget the couch. Say goodbye to punching the clock. Rule 62 is a manifesto: he who makes the most memories wins. In 79 essays—raucous, soulful, often hilarious—Jared Dillian tackles the big questions. What does it mean to live a life of meaning? How does love work? What's real wealth? This is a dazzling and page-turning collection from one of the most entertaining writers at work today.
“The foundational truths of life through real-life stories… so interesting that you cannot put it down.”
― John G.
Night Moves: And other stories
A gut punch of a book that introduces a powerful new voice in American short fiction.
Night Moves is Jared's first collection of short stories, and each of the 16 goes somewhere darker than finance writing: death, success, anxiety, addiction, poverty, wealth, God. A professor with a drinking problem wins the Powerball but has to fight old habits to claim it in time. A teenage truant is sent to a religious sect in the high desert and finds an awful truth waiting there. Distinctive characters, all fighting for their lives. A page-turning, thought-provoking collection for any lover of the art of storytelling.
“I dare you to stop after reading one story.”
— Barbara Claypole White, bestselling author of The Perfect Son
No Worries
How to live a stress-free financial life
Most personal finance advice is a million tiny sacrifices that suck the joy out of your life. Skip the latte, clip the coupons, feel miserable. No Worries is… not that. Jared digs into how an abundance mindset works, how to stop splurging without turning life into a chore, how to buy a house or a car without getting hosed, and more. Get a few big things right and you'll be in better shape than 99% of people, so you can get on with your life.
“Chock full of practical advice that will prompt an evaluation (or revaluation) of your financial life.”
— J. Warters
Those Bastards
69 essays on life, creativity, and meaning
Those Bastards is a literary sensation, filled with insights on what it means to be human, struggling in a world of uncertainty. Jared dives headlong into the central questions of existence with eyes wide open, observing life in a way that only he can. By turns funny and sad, the collection overflows with sharp takes on music, culture, and life. By turns funny and sad, the collection overflows with sharp takes on music, culture, and life.
“Read this book. Re-read this book and share it with those that you care about.”
— Bob D.
All the Evil of This World
A Wall Street excavation, not for the faint of heart.
There are humans behind the big, bad vilified banks, there are humans behind the calculations of Wall Street, there are humans behind all the legal and illegal financial machinations in the news–they are not always the best humans, and they are not always the worst humans, but All The Evil Of This World tells their stories with abundant curiosity, sympathy, and honesty. Seven fictional voices collide around one infamous real-life trade: the 2000 3Com/Palm spinoff.
“Daring and brilliantly executed.”
— Chuck McD.
Street Freak: Money and Madness at Lehman Brothers
Money and madness at Lehman Brothers
When Jared joined Lehman Brothers in 2001, he fulfilled a lifelong dream—and had no idea how close to the edge it would take him. Street Freak takes you behind the scenes of the legendary firm's final years, from 9/11 to bankruptcy, and of Jared’s journey to madness and back. An outsider who rose to head ETF trader, Jared tells a raw, visceral, and wholly original story of Wall Street and himself.
“Breathtaking skill, courage and honesty.”
— Aaron B.