2011
Launches the JL Collins blog
Begins publishing the essays that become the Stock Series and the foundation of his first book.2
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Author and personal-finance educator
JL Collins
Author of The Simple Path to Wealth and creator of the Stock Series
JL Collins is the author of The Simple Path to Wealth and the creator of the Stock Series. His work presents a deliberately simple route toward financial independence, centered on a high savings rate, control of debt, long-term index investing and the freedom to choose one’s work and time.1,2
01 · The profile
Background & perspective
He launched his blog in the spring of 2011 and began organizing letters and explanations originally written for his daughter. The Stock Series gradually turned those pieces into an educational path through saving, debt, index funds, asset allocation and financial independence.1,2
The Simple Path to Wealth was published in June 2016. JL Collins adopted this byline to distinguish his work clearly from that of another management author. He later published How I Lost Money in Real Estate Before It Was Fashionable and Pathfinders, which brings together readers’ accounts of adapting the principles to different circumstances.3,1,4
02 · Verified landmarks
The journey in a few dates
A selective timeline established from identified sources.
2016
Publishes The Simple Path to Wealth
Organizes his principles on saving, debt and index investing into a coherent path toward financial independence.3
022021
Publishes his real-estate cautionary tale
Examines his own real-estate mistakes in How I Lost Money in Real Estate Before It Was Fashionable.4
032025
Revises The Simple Path to Wealth
Publishes an expanded edition with updated data, an FAQ, resources and a new case study.5
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04 · Transparency
Profile sources
- 01AboutJL Collins
- 02How I Failed My Daughter and a Simple Path to WealthJL Collins
- 03The Simple Path to Wealth Is Now PublishedJL Collins
- 04The New Book Is OutJL Collins
- 05A New Edition of The Simple Path to WealthJL Collins
- 06PathfindersHarriman House