The Bogleheads Guide to the ThreeFu..., John C. Bogle
The Bogleheads Guide to the ThreeFu..., John C. Bogle
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The Bogleheads' Guide to the Three-Fund Portfolio
How a Simple Portfolio of Three Total Market Index Funds Outperforms Most Investors with Less Risk

Author: John C. Bogle

Narrator: Barry Abrams

Unabridged: 2 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 07/24/2024

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Twenty benefits from the three-fund total market index portfolio.

The Bogleheads' Guide to The Three-Fund Portfolio describes the most popular portfolio on the Bogleheads forum. This all-indexed portfolio contains over 15,000 worldwide securities, in just three easily-managed funds, that has outperformed the vast majority of both professional and amateur investors.

If you are a new investor, or an experienced investor who wants to simplify and improve your portfolio, The Bogleheads' Guide to The Three-Fund Portfolio is a short, easy-to-listen-to guide to show you how.

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily on September 30, 2024

very short book without much substance. Go read the main Bogglehead book instead.......more

Goodreads review by tom Sparks on July 25, 2018

I thought the book was more like a million endorsements. Missed the facts on what happens to your money in the total bond fund when interest rates go up How long you will be holding it to get back 0. Just stay the course millions of dollars in principle? Really did not convince me. His friend John B......more

Goodreads review by Mario on February 01, 2021

A short and important summary of a great investment strategy. I read John Bogle's books 30 years ago, advising investors to put all their money into a total US stock index fund and total US bond index fund. Had I followed his advice, I would have more money today. Instead, I made the error of thinki......more

Goodreads review by Courtney (bookplaces) on November 08, 2020

2.5 Stars - This had some valuable information on the logic behind the Three-Fund Portfolio that reinforced much of what I learned from watching hours of YouTube😄 However, it mostly felt like an ode to Mr. Bogle and Vanguard. Despite how short this book is, I think the meat of it could have been cov......more

Goodreads review by Jay on December 21, 2018

Quite a short book laying out the main reasons the “three-fund portfolio” of the book title makes sense compared to investing in individual stocks or actively managed funds/etfs, or any other index funds/etfs. If you’ve read about index funds, say from any of Bogle’s books, you will see this is just......more