First, a quick announcement:

This Sunday, at 9am Singapore Time, I’m going to release Automatic Investing to the world.

By this point you’re either really excited about it or are really tired of hearing about it. Either way, we’ll be underway soon.

The Most Valuable Currency Of All

Today, I want to talk about a pretty unique reason of why I chose index investing over the other sexier tactics out there.

It’s because index investing gives me the most valuable currency of all: ENERGY.

You see, I’ve realized that while investing is important, most of us don’t want it to take over our entire lives. We’ve got better ways to spend our energy.

As young people, we want to focus on excelling in our careers, having fun with our friends, and spending time with our families. We have big ambitions. We might be thinking about launching our own businesses, writing ...