Common Sense on Mutual Funds

By John C. Bogle

Categories: Business & Money

John C. Bogle, who founded Vanguard in 1975 and launched the first index mutual fund for individual investors, takes a critical look at the mutual fund industry and the costs it charges. Bogle argues that simplicity beats costly complexity and that a low-cost, broadly diversified portfolio will outperform most Wall Street professionals over the long run. This second edition updates the 1999 original, reviewing the industry's structural and regulatory changes and restating his rules for building a portfolio.

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