The Little Book of Common Sense Inves..., John C. Bogle
The Little Book of Common Sense Inves..., John C. Bogle
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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns

Author: John C. Bogle

Narrator: Thom Pinto

Unabridged: 5 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/13/2007

Synopsis

John C. Bogle's The Little Book of Index Investing is a power-packed explanation of why outperforming the market is an investor illusion. Instead, the founder of The Vanguard Group—the man who's been called "the conscience of the investment industry"*—recommends a simple, time-tested investment strategy that can deliver the greatest return to the greatest number of investors: indexing. Why? Investing is a zero-sum game where transaction costs, taxes, poor investment diversification, and poor market-timing (an affliction for most investors) hurts your portfolio more than it helps. Indexing eliminates that hurt. Bottom-line, if you can't be an index, why not invest in one? And you'll be all the happier and richer for it.
*Time Magazine

About John C. Bogle

John C. Bogle is founder of The Vanguard Group, Inc. and president of the Bogle Financial Markets Research Center. He created Vanguard, one of the two largest mutual-fund organizations in the world, in 1974 and served as Chairman and CEO until 1996 and Senior Chairman until 2000. Designated by Fortune magazine as one of the investment industry’s four “Giants of the 20th Century,” in 2004 he was awarded the Woodrow Wilson Award from Princeton University, his alma mater, for distinguished achievement in the nation’s service. That same year Time magazine named Mr. Bogle one of the world’s 100 most powerful and influential people.

About Thom Pinto

Thom Pinto has narrated hundreds of documentaries over the past decade for The History Channel, Travel Channel, TLC, and several other cable networks. His audiobook credits include John C. Bogle's The Little Book of Common Sense Investing as well as The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book. He has performed numerous character roles for audiobook adaptations of children’s feature films, as well as several Civil War memoirs for Greystone Entertainment. He was a featured voice in the film Zodiac, the animated film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, and Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Keegan on August 22, 2015

What did I think? I'll get back to you in about 30 years.......more

Goodreads review by Michael on April 30, 2017

While it was indeed a little book, it was much longer than it needed to be. The whole book can be summed up in one sentence: Buy and hold a low cost index fund. You're welcome, you've essentially just read the book.......more

Goodreads review by Diego on April 03, 2017

One sentence summary: Invest in index funds.......more

Goodreads review by David on January 30, 2020

I get it. Invest in index funds that are low cost, broadly diverse, and hold hold hold. Great idea, but much of the book is spent smacking you over the head with the idea.......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on December 02, 2021

This is a funny little book. It starts out very fun, making a strong case to attach itself to Thomas Paine's Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings, the book that led to the American Revolution. While the idea doesn't exactly feature all throughout this piece of good advice, it......more

Quotes

“John C. Bogle...has the mind of an economist and the personality of a preacher.” —The Washington Post

“Bogle is rattling the status quo among the mutual fund titans.” —Fortune

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