Stacked

Your Super-Serious Guide to Modern Money Management

By: Joe Saul-Sehy, Emily Guy Birken

Narrated by: Joe Saul-Sehy, Emily Guy Birken, Julie - Ray Harrison

Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

From the money nerds behind the award-winning Stacking Benjamins podcast, a new kind of personal finance book to get your house in order.

Rich. Wealthy. Well-heeled. Moneyed. Affluent. Not bad — but why not get Stacked instead? If you’ve ever dreamed of a basic philosophy of money that’ll help you live bigger, be bolder, and laugh harder, you need this book.

In these uncertain times, the basics matter more than ever. But for most of us, concepts such as investing, budgeting, and getting out of debt just don’t float our boats (or 150-foot yachts) — and so we put them off longer than we should. Joe Saul-Sehy and Emily Guy Birken are here to tell you that personal finance can be a lot more fun than you think. (No haberdashery, maritime knowledge, or specialized flatware required.)

Learn about everything from side hustles, to hiring a legit financial adviser, to planning for emergencies, to what’s new and exciting — and actually worth your time — in financial apps and software. If you’re looking for the same old get-rich-quick clichés, avocado toast shaming, or alphabet soup of incomprehensible financial terms, you won’t find them here. Instead, Saul-Sehy and Birken take you step by step along the way to financial success, with their signature blend of shrewd financial information and wacky humor.

This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF that contains charts, illustrations and worksheets from the book.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2021 Joe Saul-Sehy, Emily Guy Birken (P)2021 Penguin Audio

Fun and accessible financial overview

This book is a fun and accessible overview for people who are new to personal finance (“I know I need to get my money act together, but I don’t know where to start and it’s all overwhelming - help!”) and those who are familiar with the basics and want to do better. The information is solid; the humor is entertaining (if a little corny); and the action items are realistic and achievable. The audiobook format is especially fun because it includes great clips from the podcast “Stacking Benjamins.”

If there’s one gentle critique, I felt that some chapters could have been re-ordered more helpfully. The first chapter feels a bit overwhelming: calculate the cost of your goals and rate of return you’ll need to reach them. And the psychology of money is so interesting and important that I thought it would be better earlier in the book. All this to say, stick with the book to the end, and you’ll learn a lot and even laugh a little.

Easy beginner guide to finance.

Lighthearted jokes makes these serious topics easy to listen to. Would recommend to other people.

This Book Taught Me Money!

This book launched me on a path from complete financial ignorance to finally making some sort of sense out of all this money stuff! I legitimately cannot recommend it enough.

Entertaining and informative!

Enjoyed every minute of this audiobook. Lots of great information for anyone interested in getting their financial house in order. And keeps you entertained along the way!

A great book, very detailed yet light and funny

With so many financial books out there it’s not easy to be unique and refreshing on the subject but these guys nailed it. It is a funny and light read on all the important matters of life from getting out of debt, investing, leaving proper will/trust ( much needed info for me personally) and best of all- YOU GET BADGE after each chapter lol and you get piece of Joe’s Mom’s mind too. Hilariously awesome book!

Atypical Finance Book

See what I did there?

If you are looking for the typical financial book, this isn't for you. I'm a retired financial advisor and have read my share of finance books. This one is different.

Written in Joe and Emily's (and mom's) unique style, this book covers all the important aspects of financial planning. From the basics to the more complex, it's a great little handbook.

Is it silly? Yes. But does it cover what you need to know? Yes, it does that too.

This book is a great gift for someone you know who just can't stay awake trying to read about finances. And even if you are a long-term financial pro, you just might be reminded of some things you forgot.

Thanks Joe

humorous and informative. listen to this with your adult kids and significant other. Sage financial thoughts.

Good info

Reasonably entertaining for the subject matter. A little slow at times, but it gets the job done.

Great starter book to conceptualize finance

This book is NOT dry! So, I definitely recommend it for people that want to start the journey. I think one of the best items this book covers is the fear of money and the fear of starting to invest your money. There are no promises of great success, but this is the advice that I found about 10 years ago that put me on my path of successful investing. I spent months and months and months gathering the info - Joe and Emily give it to you all in a well though out book.

Shout out to Joe's mom! Thanks for being practical!

Thanks joe and crew

Just an amazing book with a lot of information. Due to this book I passed it in to friends to read. Between this and the podcast joe, og, Doug and everyone one else that has worked goes above and beyond.