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Books by Purvang Gandhi
Two complete book series on Amazon, fourteen books in all, and a third series on the way. Each series is a full framework you can learn on your own, one book at a time.
Self study path Learn on your own, anytime, for the price of a book. No class times, no deadlines.
M.I.N.T. Framework 7 books · for traders and investors
3 Bucket Framework 7 books · rebuilding wealth after 50
MIND Framework 12 books · coming soon
Every book here gives you one skill. Read a whole series in order and you start to think differently about money and markets. That change in thinking is the real goal.
Series 1: The M.I.N.T. Framework
Seven books for anyone who wants to invest and trade with a plan: Mindset, Invest, Navigate, Trade.
See the M.I.N.T. series on Amazon ↗
One book adds a skill. The framework transforms you.
A book Gives you one skill: a plan, a portfolio, a career map or a set of trading rules.
Useful on its own. You can start with whichever book answers your question today.
The framework Joins those skills into one way of thinking. Direction comes before money, money before markets, and rules before trades.
That is transformation: you stop reacting to the market and start running a system.
M Mindset Direction, plan and identity
I Invest Grow wealth simply
N Navigate Find your role in the market
T Trade Rules, systems, top down
The seven M.I.N.T. books, in reading order
Step 1 · Direction Made Many Geniuses but Without a Plan How Direction Transforms Knowledge into Achievement
Brilliant people do not fail for lack of knowledge. They fail for lack of a plan.
The skill it adds: You write down what financial freedom means for you, set clear milestones and build three habits that keep you moving.
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Step 2 · The plan Financial Freedom: Your Complete Blueprint The Numbers, The Timeline, The Method
Financial freedom is not a feeling. It is a number, a date and a rate.
The skill it adds: You work out your own freedom number, the date you want to reach it and the return you need to get there.
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Step 3 · I for Invest The Beginner's Guide to ETF Investing Build Wealth Simply, Intelligently, and for the Long Term
Simple, low cost and built to last.
The skill it adds: You learn how to build a long term portfolio with ETFs, without needing to pick single stocks.
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Step 4 · N for Navigate Careers in the Stock Market Find Your Way to Success: Navigate the N in M.I.N.T.
Twelve roles. One market. Find the one that fits you.
The skill it adds: You see twelve real roles in the market and find out which one suits your skills and temperament.
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Step 5 · T for Trade How to Make a Mechanical Trading System A 20 Day Practical Manual for Building Your Own Rule Based Trading System
Stop trading on feelings. Start trading on rules.
The skill it adds: In 20 days you build your first rule based system: entry, exit, stop and position size, all written down.
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Step 6 · Trade top down Top Down Trader Fundamental Logic, Technical Timing, Quant Execution. Trade Like a System, Think Like a Scientist.
Global, country, sector, script. Think in that order.
The skill it adds: You learn to pick what to trade from the top down, then time it with technicals and run it with quant rules.
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Step 7 · Identity The Subtle Transformation How the Company You Keep Shapes Your Mind and Your Trading System
Your system is built by reading. The trader who runs it is built by environment.
The skill it adds: You see how the people and places around you shape your decisions, and how to choose them on purpose.
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Series 2: The 3 Bucket Framework
The Comeback Investor: Rebuilding Wealth After 50. Seven books for professionals between 50 and 65 whose salary stopped earlier than planned. Your money goes into three buckets, each with one job.
1 Safety Cash and protection so a fall never forces a sale
2 Income Dividends and covered calls to replace lost salary
3 Growth Long term capital that keeps ahead of inflation
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The seven 3 Bucket books, in reading order
Book 1 · The start The Comeback Investor: The Day Everything Changed Told your career was over at 50? Your financial life is not.
What you get: You understand what follows a sudden job loss, so fear stops driving your money decisions.
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Book 2 · Where you stand The Comeback Investor: Where You Stand Right Now Fear grows in the dark. The cure is the actual number.
What you get: You take an honest inventory of your position and measure the income gap you must close.
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Book 3 · The machine The Comeback Investor: How the Market Works You do not need to predict the market. You need to understand it.
What you get: You learn how the market really works before you put a single rupee or dollar into it.
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Book 4 · Income bucket The Comeback Investor: The Dividend Income System This is the book where the Income bucket gets built.
What you get: You plan how to replace lost salary with dividends from quality businesses, step by step.
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Book 5 · Second income The Comeback Investor: The Options Income System A second income layer, without a second investment.
What you get: You add conservative covered call income on top of the shares you already own.
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Book 6 · Safety bucket The Comeback Investor: The Capital Protection System Keep an unavoidable loss from becoming an unrecoverable one.
What you get: You write a four layer protection plan in advance, before a downturn tests you.
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Book 7 · Living it The Comeback Investor: Your Twelve Month Execution Plan Six books built the system. This one shows you how to live it.
What you get: You turn everything into a simple monthly, quarterly and yearly routine.
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Series 3: The MIND Framework
Coming soon 12 books The third series is being written now: twelve books on the MIND Framework. Join the free course and you will hear first when each book is out.
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Books build the skill alone. If you want Purvang to walk you through it live and finish with your own tested system, join the mentorship.
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