His daughter escaped after a few months, but his son served out his entire sentence of three years less a day. After milking his one and only good idea for years, Dave left the personal-finance field to home-school his children. It went on to sell an astonishing two million copies in Canada. Cheating was never proven but widely suspected. In 1985, he won the award for the highest mark in the country on the Canadian Securities Course. My daughter asked, “What’s next, Dad? The Wealthy Barber Goes to Hawaii? It’s like the old Gidget series.” I closed her RESP.ĭavid Chilton is an economics graduate from Wilfrid Laurier University. Yes, I know The Wealthy Barber Returns isn’t the most creative title. I really hope you enjoy and benefit from its ideas.Įven if you don’t, though, please tell others that you did. In a way, I’ve been writing this book for more than 20 years. (Sadly, that doesn’t exist.) In fact, you might disagree with some of my opinions - I’m sure that many in the industry will.īut I’m confident that what follows will make you think differently and more wisely about your saving, spending, borrowing and investment decisions.
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Neither my knowledge nor a mere 200 pages would allow for that.Īnd by no means is it the definitive word on how to manage your finances. I’ll admit that The Wealthy Barber Returns is certainly not comprehensive. It’s almost as though I’m in your living room except better because, well, I’m not. Heck, there’s hardly any math.Įssentially, it’s just me chatting casually about the world of money. There are no checklists, no graphs and almost no charts.
I’m hopeful that The Wealthy Barber Returns will answer that question.Īlthough it doesn’t use its predecessor’s novel format (yes, that’s a generous use of the word “novel”), this, too, is an unusual financial-planning book. Luck played such a huge role in The Wealthy Barber’s success that I didn’t want to tempt fate.Īfter watching Canadians’ savings rates plunge, debt levels skyrocket and investment returns consistently disappoint over the last decade, I was pulling my hair out. Until recently, I believed I would never write another personal-finance book. I hope you enjoy the book! Please stay in touch with any questions and comments. Here’s the book’s Introduction to whet your appetite. The Wealthy Barber Returns is on shelves now!