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John Bogle

Posted by Chris Farrell on Wednesday, April 25, 2007

John Bogle is the legendary founder of Vanguard, the giant mutual fund company. He's an industry pioneer, and within the mutual fund business considered a certified curmudgeon. He's also one of the best friends the individual investor has had in recent decades. The reason is that Bogle opened up index investing to the individual investor with the Standard & Poor's 500 equity index fund in 1976.

He's out with a new book, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing. I've been reading it, and it's good. The first sentence is a gem: "Successful investing is all about common sense." He convincingly explains what he means by financial commonsense over the next 214 pages. Buy it. Read it. Bogle is good for your financial health.

Comments (3)

Patricia:

Thanks for the useful advice, Chris.

Posted by Patricia | April 25, 2007 3:09 PM

Joe:

Thanks for mentioning John Bogle's Book. I am glad that he wrote it.

Posted by Joe | May 5, 2007 9:54 AM

Cassidy M:

thanks for the tip. luckily my library already has some copies so I can buy it after I learn some of John's lessons.

Posted by Cassidy M | May 17, 2007 4:56 PM

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