The long-term focus of index funds is a much needed counterweight to the short-termism favored by so many market participants. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
We need a mutual fund industry with both vision and values; a vision of fiduciary duty and shareholder service, and values rooted… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The historical data support one conclusion with unusual force: To invest with success, you must be a long-term investor. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
If your fund doesn't last for the long term, how can you invest for the long term? — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
We need a federal government commission to study the way our financial services system is working - I believe it is working… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
Sure there are some companies at the margins of our society that probably do that and I think we all have the… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
“Owning the stock market over the long term is a winner's game, but attempting to beat the market is a loser's game.” — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I think high turnover is definitively the investor's enemy, so you don't want to bring a high-turnover philosophy to this business. You… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The basic idea of retirement income is, to me, to get a check, two checks every month, one from your fixed income and one… — John C. Bogle Copy Share
When you're young, you've got plenty of time to recover from your mistakes. — John C. Bogle Copy Share
I almost hate to say how proud I am of my career and, most of all, helping folks get the returns they deserve. — John C. Bogle Copy Share
The Vanguard Experiment was designed to prove that mutual funds could operate independently, and do so in a manner that would directly benefit their… — John C. Bogle Copy Share
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Learning is to the Studious, and Riches to the Careful. If a man empties his… — John C. Bogle Copy Share
I liked the so-called Volcker Rule. I would have separated investment banking and commercial, deposit banking, as we did under the Glass-Steagal Act. I… — John C. Bogle Copy Share
We make too much out of past performance, and it's very misleading to investors. It causes them to move money around. They buy a… — John C. Bogle Copy Share
It's very difficult for any particular segment of the stock market to sustain superior performance. The watch word for our financial markets is, "reversion… — John C. Bogle Copy Share
I do think that impact investing is not that effective. Shares go from investor A to investor B, and the company doesn't even know… — John C. Bogle Copy Share
I was born in an earlier generation and, as a group, my classmates at Blair Academy and Princeton University were as ethical, straightforward, and… — John C. Bogle Copy Share
Successful investing is about owning businesses and reaping the huge rewards provided by the dividends and earnings growth of our nation's - and, for… — John C. Bogle Copy Share
Without getting into brothels, there are ethical capitalists the problem is that there aren't enough of them. It is not "just a few bad… — John C. Bogle Copy Share
The average hedge fund manager is going to earn zero per cent in extra return. — John C. Bogle Copy Share