If you have trouble imagining a 20% loss in the stock market, you shouldn't be in stocks. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
My father's money vanished in the Great Depression, and he had trouble keeping a job. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
You know the rule of 72, divide the number into 72, any number you want, and that's how long it will take… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
Our financial system is driven by a giant marketing machine in which the interests of sellers directly conflict with the interests of… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I spend about half of my time wondering why I have so much in stocks and about half wondering why I have… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
With actively managed funds, people have big behavior problems. With funds that have done well, they put their money in, and when… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
Hint: money flows into most funds after good performance, and goes out when bad performance follows. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
My favourite holdings are Vanguard's Wellington Fund, a balanced mutual fund which is a legacy investment from my first career at Wellington… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
We must work to establish a 'fiduciary society,' where manager/agents entrusted with managing other people's money are required - by federal statute… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a wealthy and respected merchant in Montclair, New Jersey, where I was born. But his estate was wiped out… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
But whatever the consensus on the EMH, I know of no serious academic, professional money manager, trained security analyst, or intelligent individual… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
It occurs to me that, after the huge output of writing I've produced over the years, there is a close link between… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
We make too much out of past performance, and it's very misleading to investors. It causes them to move money around. They… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The multiple failings of our flawed financial sector are jeopardizing, not only the retirement security of our nation's savers but the economy… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
When our financial system - essentially our money managers, marketers of investment products and stockbrokers - put up zero percent of the… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The general systems of money management today require people to pretend to do something they can't do and like something they don't.… — 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
Entrepreneurs or international conglomerateurs, or large financial institutions buy or create mutual fund management companies to create a return on their own… — 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
