I'm surprised at the enthusiastic praise for this book. I've read many investment books over the last few years and this one stands out as one of the most tedious.Its focus seems to be more on cute, fatuous writing than conveying information. While the authors' opinions seem to be all over the place, they basically suggest that you'd get better results by buying index funds and forgetting about them.There are many better-argued books that make that point. Personally, I think that you'd gain more information by reading a few magazines articles than by bothering with this book.If you want good writers on passive investing, portfolio construction and asset allocation strategies, supported by extensive facts, read books by Wiliam Bernstein, Larry Swedroe, Richard Ferri and John Bogle -- any of their books would truly be far better investments for you.